M. Linda Graham
Fox Mama: A Story of Parental Love
Retirement Day #1414- homage for Mother's Day This seemed like the right day to post a fable of unconditional parental love. A...
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M. Linda Graham
- Mar 11
- 2 min
MERDE! [got your attention? good! the show is great - read on!]
Retirement Day #1351 Tonight, Dance 49, the annual showcase dance concert presented for the last (can you guess?) 49 years by the Hope...
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M. Linda Graham
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Who's Grooming Who?
Retirement Day #1344 [A Soapbox Moment] Tennessee is officially restricting "adult cabaret performances" — which it defines as including...
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M. Linda Graham
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Palindrome Retirement Day #1331
The other day someone asked why I track the days of my retirement. I considered the possible responses- everything from "it's a countdown"...
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M. Linda Graham
- Feb 11
- 2 min
“HERE COMES THE SUN, AND I SAY, IT’S ALL RIGHT” – the Beatles
Retirement Day #1321 The morning breeze chilled the dank woods where melting snow darkened the tree trunks to black. A keenness defined...
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M. Linda Graham
- Feb 7
- 1 min
Love Languages Lesson, from Argo & Lucca
Just in time for Valentine's Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktGA_jiDIEo
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M. Linda Graham
- Feb 5
- 1 min
Argo & Lucca: Every Dog Has His Day - a 2022 Retrospective
A little late, but all sincere: https://youtu.be/JvSJtMF_SmI
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M. Linda Graham
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Back to Basics Pt 1: Salt of the Earth
Sunday January 30, 2023 Retirement Day #1310 Salt of the Earth My life has been brined lately. My horse, StarBucks, developed an abscess...
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M. Linda Graham
- Oct 25, 2022
- 1 min
The Necessary Art - Dance
I have never believed Dance would save the world, although I've always believed it makes the world a better place to save. But recent...
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M. Linda Graham
- Sep 15, 2022
- 1 min
The Aging Body Part 5: Whack-A-Mole
Retirement Day #1173 Addressing an aging body’s issues becomes a game of Whack-A-Mole. Last Sunday evening, as I virtuously flossed my...
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M. Linda Graham
- Jul 6, 2022
- 1 min
Retirement Day # 1102: Little Acts - Big Love
July 6, 2022 I’ve had a number of people ask how the healing was coming along. It’s going well, thanks to the little acts of big love...
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M. Linda Graham
- Jun 7, 2022
- 2 min
Retirement Day #1073: “I Have A Bone To Pick With Fate” – W. Shakespeare
I woke up particularly low this morning. My baseline emotions are fundamentally optimistic, but this morning- not so much. Like a woman...
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M. Linda Graham
- May 22, 2022
- 1 min
Retirement Day #1055
Thank you all for your kind comments regarding this photo of me with my human, Linda. My name is StarBucks – I'm a subtly beautiful 18yr...
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M. Linda Graham
- Mar 2, 2022
- 1 min
Body Reconciliation #2: It's Good To Be Sore
“The day you don’t wake up sore is the day you realize a) you didn’t live life fully the day before, or b) you woke up dead.” – J....
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M. Linda Graham
- Feb 2, 2022
- 1 min
How to Give Yourself a Mini-Dance Partay
“All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the...
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M. Linda Graham
- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
Hello, Day: Training for Transitions
“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.” -John Allen Paulos November...
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M. Linda Graham
- Oct 22, 2021
- 9 min
How a Pale Horse Found Her Rider
This is the story of a horse who was ghosted and a woman who was a ghost before she died, and how they found each other in their...
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M. Linda Graham
- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
Just in from Pastor Dave:
Body-knowing – Sep. 20, 2021 “In the ancient language of Wisdom, the [physical] moving center carries the “affirming force”; its natural...
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M. Linda Graham
- Aug 5, 2021
- 3 min
Wayside Miracles: The Bluebird of Happiness
Since the beginning of July, I’ve awakened every morning to the brief, bright and lively song of the Indigo Bunting. Along with the usual...
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M. Linda Graham
- Jun 27, 2021
- 3 min
Attestupa, Soylent Green & Retirement Nightmares Retirement Date #728
“Ättestupa (Scandinavian for 'kin/clan precipice') … The name supposedly denotes sites where ritual senicide took place during Nordic...
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