Obtuse
on Nov 10, 2009 in margot potter the straw pile seeking joy SAD I have neglected this little blog again and as I have clearly posted a Blogging Without Obligation widget in my sidebar I'm trying not to feel too badly. It's that busy, hectic, frenetic time of year when I've got far too many irons in far too many f...

Reboot
on Oct 5, 2009 in margot potter ott-lite the shopping channel writing my first novel Image Copyright Vaughan BassSo last week was a little rocky, but that's life. If it was always smooth sailing, we'd get bored. Sometimes we need to be shaken a little to get us moving in new directions. I've refocused my energies on the novel I've st...

Keep Your Hands on the Wheel
on Oct 2, 2009 in margot potter charting your own course taking the wheel personal responsibility trusting your intuition being distracted by shiny things Image Copyright Enoch BollesI had an idea. It was a really good idea if I do say so myself and I just did. I spent over a year working really hard on this idea. I researched it. I contemplated it. I nurtured it. I worked to make it a totally marketab...

Round and Round and Round She Goes
on Sep 28, 2009 in margot potter dysfunction child abuse child molesters roman polanski denial and secrecy the wheels of karma Although I'm liberal on most things, when it comes to abuse of children, I've got absolutely no mercy for the abusers. In fact, I think we have no use for them at all in society. I think people who physically and sexually abuse children should get th...

Folding Inward
on Sep 25, 2009 in margot potter brooding irish melancholia big dreams hope autumn Lady Lilith by Dante Gabriel RossettiI am exhausted. I've been hitting a wall at around 3pm every day. It's autumn, I'm afraid. Something about the transition of summer into fall completely saps my energy. Perhaps that's natural. It's a time of foldi...

Twilight Time
on Sep 24, 2009 in margot potter making dinner food issues diets twilight time This is what I like to call "twilight time." Not because it's actually twilight or because of books about teenaged vampires written by a nice midwestern Mormon lady that I don't ever plan on reading. I call it "twilight time" because it's the small...

Compassion
on Sep 23, 2009 in margot potter assisted suicide compassion the right to die with dignity I often ponder why it is that we treat sick animals with more compassion than sick humans. If an animal is suffering and dying, we put them to sleep. We don't even think about the alternative, because we know it is the right thing to do. We 'put them...

Epic Fail
on Sep 20, 2009 in margot potter i'm sorry being a grown up taking responsibility for your actions Last week I jumped into the middle of a situation when I should have stayed out. Because of that people whom I love and respect were deeply hurt. I got caught up in some drama and I acted like a Drama Queen. I'd like to think I'm old and wise enough...

Choices.
on Sep 15, 2009 in margot potter choices the tao te ching unconditional love letting go Every moment, every second of this life is a gift. In fact, every moment is literally all there is. As soon as the moments have passed they are forever altered by the lens through which we view them. We choose the manner in which we react to the thin...

This Little Blog of Mine
on Sep 11, 2009 in my guilty pleasure blog margot potter blogging without shame I realize there aren't a lot of you who read this little blog here anymore, and that is by my own design. I took several years of posts down and have been mining them for book ideas and new directions and I have to say you're going to be excited to s...