Liz
Thursday, March 24, 2011
I'm lost without you
Another rainy cold windy day.
The sky isnt a color I can describe,
It's like someone changed the world the shades of grey and all the light and color has been drained away.
The sky isnt a color I can describe,
It's like someone changed the world the shades of grey and all the light and color has been drained away.
As I look at the large strong trees in my yard they stand tall and strong and protect my house, and yet they seem small and frail against this wicked storm, like old statues left outside, ready to crumble. I pray they last one storm but have no idea if the will be able to.
The streets are wet, the wind has a snowy chill to it, the flowers have faces that say sun where are you? The hours pass each day and I've lost my shadow, without the sunshine I'm less than myself, I'm sad.
If sunshine was a safety blanket I feel that I'm in about to crash without helmet.
I used to think I knew what I was doing, I used to think i had an inner map and a precious guide to walk with me, I used to feel sure footing on the trail. There is a new path for me, but the rocky road has made me tired, the passage isn't cleared and I have no guide, and no light for my feet.
I will walk as far as I can, but the idea of a safe place secluded and charming seems so very far away.
What will I do if I loose my way, how will I ever find my way back, when I can't go back ever.
My eyes have deceived me, they tell me to look like them, act like them, and be like them. If my eyes were shut I could not want, I could not see what I was missing. If my eyes are shut I will get lost for there is no path so faithful that darkness offers.
A leap of faith, blind faith, out of the darkness and cold and into the sunshine and comfort of the Warm day.
But not today, it is grey day today. My life is grey too, my heart and my head are soggy and damp. I'm one glass window, one last bill, one last plan from homeless.
It's not what I would want, I'm not in control of it all though, sometimes acceptance is as powerful as trust or forgiveness.
God you have never let me down, I need you now, I'm
So lost without you.
Take my hand , show me the way back home.
Liz
Monday, March 21, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Fwd: All You Need is Love
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Saturday, March 5, 2011
Fwd: hello from lizzie :)
Begin forwarded message:
From: Marie Fox <marie@mariefox.com>
Date: March 5, 2011 3:32:58 PM PST
To: elizabeth masloff <emasloff@att.net>
Subject: Re: hello from lizzie :)
Dear Liz,Your note fills me with joy. Isn't it amazing to reconnect all these years later? I'm so pleased that the little Russian bowl was passed along from your father to you - and that it has been decorating your dining table (and feeding people nuts and crackers!) all this time. The story behind the bowl is that for a year I travelled around the U.S. with an exhibit of Russian art. I managed the shop that accompanied the exhibit which went to Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, St. Paul, Minnesota, Boston (my hometown) and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. While touring with the exhibit I learned Russian and a year later visited Russia. After the exhibit closed in New York I headed to Berkeley where I met Doug...and you and your family.I remember the little chair I painted for you and am so happy that your own children sat in it. It's so thrilling for me to know that a small act of love and creativity had such a long-lasting affect. I'm so pleased that it inspired you to pass along your art to other people. To me, that's the beauty of art, and more importantly friendship - that it can be shared and handed along as a gift to enrich someone else's life. I'm so glad that paint and colors and creativity are important to you. They are essential to me too. I loved painting my folk art for those 20 or so years, but now I'm creating big strong women. I'm wildly crazy about making them - and they make me feel ageless. Did Doug send you the link? http://mariefoxpaintingaday.blogspot.com.I imagine you have those Fuller genes for music. Doug has a fabulous voice and there was one song in particular I always asked him to sing for me. Oh, a girl loves to be serenaded.Doug did send me a photo with the mural in the background. I recognized Matt, other than Doug and me, but not the other people. I'll have to look at it again - to find your mother.I'm writing to you from New England where my husband Bob and I have returned to after almost 5 weeks in California looking for a house. We found one high up a hill near Santa Monica - where hawks fly and there's lots of parkland for hiking. We are so excited to be returning to California. Where do you live? I'd also love to know more about your life, your children and husband, your other adventures.Fondly,MarieOn Mar 1, 2011, at 8:16 PM, elizabeth masloff wrote:Love you too Marie !!My Father gave me this when we moved into our house. He has been watching over this fondly since 74? and we keep it with the same affection on our dining table usually filled with nuts and a cracker... This bowl is in perfect condition stunningly thank you for such a sweet note and much thanks for Doug forwarding my question. ♥
I posted this as a response to the facebook post, I thought that you and Doug would be thrilled to know that we still have it!I used the little chair to death with my three kids...and it would always inspire me to create many of the same ideas for other people. In fact, I'd have to return the girl bonding favor for being the most artistic person in my past- full of the values that I love, paint and colors!I have a photo of you and Doug and Matt and my MOM, and Kenny I believe in Albany with most of the Mural in it! :)Did Doug show you that?I have seen your web site, via uncle Doug, I am delighted with your style, Folk art and music remains my muse.Please keep in touch, I am grateful for your correspondence and friendship.
Sincerely
Liz
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Dictionary life...
I stated today that I thought that " normal" should be outlawed...
I was trying to observe the differences between judging from the outside and saying that is normal ..and pushing the concept of someone elses normal upon others. Reading this, its as if its a mathematical formula for normal. If that is the case, how come I never got that in my classes, dictionary oh dictionary, how you ruin me.
Now read what balance means...there are plenty of meanings...
nor·mal
[nawr-muh
l] 
Show IPA–adjective1.2.serving to establish a standard.3.Psychology .a.approximately average in any psychological trait, asintelligence, personality, or emotional adjustment.b.free from any mental disorder; sane.4.Biology, Medicine/Medical .a.free from any infection or other form of disease ormalformation, or from experimental therapy ormanipulation.b.of natural occurrence.5.Mathematics .a.being at right angles, as a line; perpendicular.b.c.(of an orthogonal system of real functions) defined sothat the integral of the square of the absolute value ofany function is 1.d.(of a topological space) having the property thatcorresponding to every pair of disjoint closed sets aretwo disjoint open sets, each containing one of theclosed sets.e.(of a subgroup) having the property that the same set ofelements results when all the elements of the subgroupare operated on consistently on the left and consistentlyon the right by any element of the group; invariant.6.Chemistry .a.(of a solution) containing one equivalent weight of theconstituent in question in one liter of solution.b.pertaining to an aliphatic hydrocarbon having a straightunbranched carbon chain, each carbon atom of which isjoined to no more than two other carbon atoms.c.of or pertaining to a neutral salt in which any replaceablehydroxyl groups or hydrogen atoms have been replacedby other groups or atoms, as sodium sulfate, Na 2 SO 4 .–noun7.the average or mean: Production may fall below normal.8.the standard or type.9.Mathematics .a.a perpendicular line or plane, especially one perpendicularto a tangent line of a curve, or a tangent plane of asurface, at the point of contact.b.the portion of this perpendicular line included between itspoint of contact with the curve and the x- axis.
I stated today that I thought that " normal" should be outlawed...
I was trying to observe the differences between judging from the outside and saying that is normal ..and pushing the concept of someone elses normal upon others. Reading this, its as if its a mathematical formula for normal. If that is the case, how come I never got that in my classes, dictionary oh dictionary, how you ruin me.
Now read what balance means...there are plenty of meanings...
nor·mal
[nawr-muhl] Show IPA–adjective
1.
2.
serving to establish a standard.
3.
Psychology .
a.
approximately average in any psychological trait, asintelligence, personality, or emotional adjustment.
b.
free from any mental disorder; sane.
4.
Biology, Medicine/Medical .
a.
free from any infection or other form of disease ormalformation, or from experimental therapy ormanipulation.
b.
of natural occurrence.
5.
Mathematics .
a.
being at right angles, as a line; perpendicular.
b.
c.
(of an orthogonal system of real functions) defined sothat the integral of the square of the absolute value ofany function is 1.
d.
(of a topological space) having the property thatcorresponding to every pair of disjoint closed sets aretwo disjoint open sets, each containing one of theclosed sets.
e.
(of a subgroup) having the property that the same set ofelements results when all the elements of the subgroupare operated on consistently on the left and consistentlyon the right by any element of the group; invariant.
6.
Chemistry .
a.
(of a solution) containing one equivalent weight of theconstituent in question in one liter of solution.
b.
pertaining to an aliphatic hydrocarbon having a straightunbranched carbon chain, each carbon atom of which isjoined to no more than two other carbon atoms.
c.
of or pertaining to a neutral salt in which any replaceablehydroxyl groups or hydrogen atoms have been replacedby other groups or atoms, as sodium sulfate, Na 2 SO 4 .
–noun
7.
the average or mean: Production may fall below normal.
8.
the standard or type.
9.
Mathematics .
a.
a perpendicular line or plane, especially one perpendicularto a tangent line of a curve, or a tangent plane of asurface, at the point of contact.
b.
the portion of this perpendicular line included between itspoint of contact with the curve and the x- axis.
–noun
1.
2.
something used to produce equilibrium; counterpoise.
3.
mental steadiness or emotional stability; habit of calmbehavior, judgment, etc.
5.
an instrument for determining weight, typically by theequilibrium of a bar with a fulcrum at the center, from eachend of which is suspended a scale or pan, one holding anobject of known weight, and the other holding the object tobe weighed.
6.
the remainder or rest: He carried what he could and left thebalance for his brother to bring.
7.
the power or ability to decide an outcome by throwing one'sstrength, influence, support, or the like, to one side or theother.
8.
(in winemaking) the degree to which all the attributes of awine are in harmony, with none either too prominent ordeficient.
9.
Accounting .
a.
equality between the totals of the two sides of anaccount.
b.
the difference between the debit total and the credittotal of an account.
c.
unpaid difference represented by the excess of debitsover credits.
10.
an adjustment of accounts.
11.
12.
preponderating weight: The balance of the blame is on yourside.
13.
Fine Arts . composition or placement of elements of design,as figures, forms, or colors, in such a manner as to producean aesthetically pleasing or harmoniously integrated whole.
14.
Dance . a balancing movement.
15.
Also called balance wheel. Horology . a wheel that oscillatesagainst the tension of a hairspring to regulate the beats of awatch or clock.
16.
17.
Audio . (in a stereophonic sound system) the comparativeloudness of two speakers, usually set by a control (balancecontrol) on the amplifier or receiver.
–verb (used with object)
18.
to bring to or hold in equilibrium; poise: to balance a book onone's head.
19.
to arrange, adjust, or proportion the parts of symmetrically.
20.
to be equal or proportionate to: I'm always happy when cashon hand balances expected expenses. One side of anequation must balance the other.
21.
Accounting .
a.
to add up the two sides of (an account) and determinethe difference.
b.
to make the necessary entries in (an account) so thatthe sums of the two sides will be equal.
c.
to settle by paying what remains due on an account;equalize or adjust.
22.
to weigh in a balance.
23.
to estimate the relative weight or importance of; compare: tobalance all the probabilities of a situation.
24.
to serve as a counterpoise to; counterbalance; offset: Theadvantages more than balance the disadvantages.
25.
–verb (used without object)
—Idioms26.
to have an equality or equivalence in weight, parts, etc.; bein equilibrium: The account doesn't balance. Do these scalesbalance?
27.
Accounting . to reckon or adjust accounts.
28.
to waver or hesitate: He would balance and temporizeendlessly before reaching a decision.
29.
Dance . to move forward and backward or in oppositedirections.
30.
in the balance, with the outcome in doubt or suspense: Whilethe jury deliberated, his fate rested in the balance.
31.
on balance, considering all aspects: On balance, the newproduct is doing well.
thats it-
I am temporizeendlessly-- lol!
my computer says thats not even word!
Everyone is telling me what to do, I cant find any balance, and I have no idea what is normal anymore. I used to think I knew, I had all sorts of lofty ideas for normal, I used my beloved family for that- and sometimes I was able to say -- well we werent always normal. Just when you think that, you are the ONLY one doing anything, and that you are special, its been done.
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