Elayna Alexandra

School has started, in force. 200 plus pages of reading, in depth discussion postings, a paper and a test the first week alone. Normally this would have left me totally overwhelmed and I am a bit, however at the same time I am really working on taking one day at a time. Staying organized, staying [...]

School is drawing near, when weekends are no longer for lounging but rather pounding keys on the keyboard, hunching over books, reading and absorbing at a rate that no human is really capable of. I feel a bit frantic about getting all the things I want to done before this starts again. In the process [...]

It is interesting how life can come to us in phases. How in one phase building up collections, buying things, hording feels comforting. Then life changes and you can see the in permanent nature of all of this stuff, and suddenly the things seem to be holding you back. I am at a stage where [...]

Grateful for the sunshine

I feel soft inside. Sensitive. Vulnerable. Even with the extra time that I have not being in school I am not getting the things that I need done. I am tired. I miss my family, my Oregon friends. I am worried even though I try not to. I see doubt sneaking around the corners of [...]

I have been slowly trying to reorganize things, cut down on some commitments as I gear up for school to start in a couple weeks. I want to have time do my best and really be present, while not over doing it. Yet as I go through this process I am immediately hit with the [...]

Grateful for the pain since I know from it I can grow. Grateful for growing because it means that I can experience things in a new way. Grateful for experiences in a new light.

I have always believed that what books we like read and own, the movies and television shows we watch, the places we eat, the music we listen to tells so much about us as individuals. It creates a visual picture of us, sometimes revealing something very intimate about us, a hidden secret about something we [...]

Fall is my favorite time of year. Maybe it is because it is the brief pause that the world takes after the heat of summer, and before winter takes hold. Of course in Southern Arizona it is hard to even notice the passing of the seasons; one must attune yourself to the finer details and [...]

Stories to tell and share soon.