Kindred Spirits
January 15, 2005
Dear Old Dad
I don't know about you, but when I struck out on my own as a young adult I swore to myself that I would never, never, ever, ever, not in a million years live with my parents again. Ever. Read more.
Rosemarie
by Eva Bell
For many years, I used to take my evening constitutional in Twickenham cemetery during summer. The colourful flowers peeping between marble tombstones, the porcelain angels standing sentinel over graves, the quiet ambience, provided just the right atmosphere for meditation and introspection. Sometimes, an epitaph would conjure up pictures of the "dear departed," someone's young spouse, a little baby, or an old woman who had lived long and loved well. Read more.
Searching for Your Soulmate?
I spend more time than I should probably admit browsing through blogs, lurking on internet message boards, and leafing through women's magazines, and it seems that nearly everyone is looking for his or her "soulmate." And for every person who is alone, or stuck in an unsatisfying relationship, there is some smug soul waiting in the wings to offer assurances that The One is out there and worth waiting for. After all, what could be better than finally finding that special person, your twin soul, the other half whose spirit matches up perfectly with yours? Surely something so right is something we should all be searching for, while at the same time be willing to wait patiently for, right? Read more.
The Dog Whisperer
I'm a dog person and I have been all my life. In my not-quite thirty-two years, I've lived a grand total of only three or four years without at least one dog, and those dog-less times were not good times for me. The longest I've ever gone at one stretch with no dog is one year, five months, and twelve days, when I first moved to Sweden and we lived in an apartment in Stockholm; as soon as we bought our house in a small northern town, I went dog-shopping. As I think my husband--not a dog person, by the way--finally understands, I simply must have a dog. Read more.
Perfect Match
by Jennifer Brenner
Of all the people in the world, my husband is the one I can call my kindred spirit. It took me a while to find him, and I hit a few bumps along the way to get to him, but once I had him I realized he was well worth the wait. Read more.
Weird Like Me
I have been out of college for a whopping five years now, and I have spent most of them working in a library. I love working in a library, not so much because I love books or care about serving the public, but because I finally have a few kindred spirits in my office. Read more.