Boshemia's Bohemia: Who am I?

If you haven't read part 1 of this series, you might want to catch up a little first. Life after Fibromyalgia The last thing I ever wanted to be was one of those people with a bunch of letters defining who they are and what they can do. Though I...

The last thing I ever wanted to be was one of those people with a bunch of letters defining who they are and what they can do. Though I did always think PhD had a nice ring to it, instead at the age of 32 I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia (FMS), Chro...

Nucla, Colorado is located in southwestern Colorado, about 100 miles from the Four Corners Monument. (The junction of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah) In fact Nucla is about 100 miles from anywhere most people have heard of, except for Tellur...

People often talk of having a niche, but for a long time I wasn't sure I had one. I write about so many topics and one doesn't seem to have much in common with the next. Then someone said something that finally made it all click. They said w...

When we got married, we certainly didn't plan on getting divorced, but sadly divorce can happen to the best of us. Sometimes two people just can't get along no matter how hard they try. 40% - 50% of all first marriages end in divorce. If they were u...

I married a testosterone based life form, you know the kind, their blood is one part sweat and one part motor oil. When someone mentions power tools his eyes light up, the rev of a motor no matter how small gets his heart pumping, but the bigger the...

Parenting is an adventure that none of us really understands fully before we enter into it, and it doesn't get any better as it goes. Just about the time you have one of your child's phases figured out, they enter into a new one. People always say t...

One of the greatest joys of parenting is seeing the light in our child's eyes when they open up that perfect gift. The one we spent months planning, weeks searching for, or found at just the right time. The one we were almost as excited to give them...

Behold the Roo! I decided to take over the keyboard today to talk to you about the plight of ugly dogs everywhere. I am fully qualified to speak on this topic because upon meeting me, most people exclaim "That is the ugliest dog I've ever seen." I'm...

There are many things that go into a writers tool box, but the most important tool of all is that which they hold inside of them. Within your imagination are the keys to any number of doors, doors that lead to fantastic places, untold adventures, fa...

When I tell people I work in Second Life a lot of them give me a blank stare. I've even met newbies in Second Life that would give me a blank stare if their avatars had that power. A lot of people don't really understand all the excitement a...

A second Life is exactly what the name implies. A second life. A place you can be anything or anyone you desire. You can live in a mansion on a hill, or in a shack in a swamp, if that's what you really want. Anything you can do in your real life, yo...

Abuse and recovery is a very personal topic for me for many reasons, as is advocacy it is also a passion that drives me to help others escape their own abuse and find true happiness in this life.. The cycle of abuse in my family goes back to at leas...

If you ask 100 people what love is, you will get 100 different answers. Love means so many different things, love is defined by who we are, where we come from and what we were raised to believe. It comes from ourselves, our families, our culture. I...

Many people suffer from doormat disease, and they don't even know it. Doormat disease is a rarely fatal but often painful condition where the spine of a person is replaced by a welcome mat. Doormat disease is often misdiagnosed, or overlooked entire...

Grandma, granny, grammy, nana. It doesn't matter what you call her, a grandmother is a special kind of mother. She's a mother with the rough edges smoothed out. A Grandmother's temper is slow, her hugs are quick, and her rules are always flexible. I...

" All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." -Article 1 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Hum...

On October 6, 2008 I stumbled upon and joined, a place called Squidoo, if you don't know what that is yet look around you have just stumbled here as well. I forgot about it for awhile, but it kept coming up in shares from Tagfoot friends, so I signe...

Failed actor turned drama teacher Dana Marschz is a clueless but lovable character, dedicated to his love of acting despite an obvious lack of talent. When he discovers his beloved Drama class is about to be canceled due to budget cuts, he and his...

George Carlin said "There are no bad words, only bad intentions." I fully agree with him. The only reason a word is bad, is because we as humans made it bad. It is just a collection of sounds, we are the ones who gave those sounds specific meanings....

If you ask 100 people what love is, you will get 100 different answers. Love means so many different things, love is defined by who we are, where we come from and what we were raised to believe. It comes from ourselves, our families, our culture. I...

People often talk of having a niche, but for a long time I wasn't sure I had one. I write about so many topics and one doesn't seem to have much in common with the next. Then someone said something that finally made it all click. They said w...