The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Said

The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Said

I had a conversation yesterday which got me thinking about how I would frame the thoughts for todays blog. I was talking about past experiences and the other person said a short and very obvious when you think about it phrase 'abuse is not love'. After everything that happened a few years ago (which you [...]

The Beauty Battlefield

The Beauty Battlefield

I talked over the weekend about how I would rather lose my sight than sound. It got me thinking as I was writing it about how that might work in SL. After all what most people, including myself, enjoy about SL is the ability to make our avatars a gorgeous, slim, physically attractive version of [...]

Why I Rise for One Billion Rising and How You Can Too

Why I Rise for One Billion Rising and How You Can Too

"I don't come to Second Life for politics" I've read that a lot over the last 2 years on Facebook or other social media forums. I agree! To a point! For those of us that spend a lot of hours here though I think it has to be about more than shopping, adjusting our cheekbones [...]

The Person You Should Value Most Can Be Seen In the Mirror

The Person You Should Value Most Can Be Seen In the Mirror

Writing a blog where you talk openly about your thoughts and feelings can be like walking a tightrope sometimes. I know there are people that might read a post that is about them or about a situation involving them. That said, this blog was started as a place for me to write about those elements [...]

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

But if you try sometimes, well, you just might find, that you get what you need. That song lyric has been in my head for a couple of weeks now because it's really resonating with me and how I approach certain aspects of my Second Life.  For me, the joy of meeting new people and [...]

OCD for Exercise?

OCD for Exercise?

Why is that I have a tendency to be a little OCD about really silly little things but can't seem to catch the OCD bug for things that would be beneficial to me like exercise, or healthy eating or in fact any kind of self-discipline sometimes. I thought about this today when I was opening [...]