Valerie Roney

Drinking from the Fire Hose of Love

by Valerie Roney
December 7, 2010December 16, 2024
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Wow, I was going to write a completely different article this week. Then bam! Something else hit me – karma, and comprehension. I’m still figuring this out as I write, going off on tangents, but I’ll pull all those threads together, bear with me…

You know those times when people are pissing you off, your feelings are getting hurt, you’re butting heads with the world? (Please say yes, I can’t possibly be the only one that self absorbed or stubborn!) Read More »Drinking from the Fire Hose of Love

Sohbet – Dance Already!

Dance Already! I see you standing there knee bobbing fingers twitching to imaginary guitar riffs your body wants to move so… Dance Already! I see… Read More »Sohbet – Dance Already!

A World of Hurt (fiction)

by Valerie Roney
October 31, 2010December 16, 2024
14 Comments, A World of Hurt (fiction)

Just a heads up, this short story contains violence (and snot – people seemed to be upset about the bodily fluids). so if you’re not sure it’s your thing, you can always go read Why I’m Still Single instead. There’s nothing disturbing there, except my own social awkwardness.

Enough of that, now on to A World of Hurt…

Sohbet – a different life

I remeber a different life a poet’s call such waste body laying, yearing too long in the field let it all go something of this… Read More »Sohbet – a different life

Holding On, Letting Go

I think a major part of my spiritual practice is subliminal song lyrics (I sure end up quoting them a lot when I write). Little phrases that pop into my head to remind me what I’m working on, or a song I’ve heard a thousand times suddenly speaks to me in a new way. This week, I had both.

The opening line from a Sarah McLachlan song keeps rolling in my head: Hold on, hold on to yourself, for this is gonna hurt like hell. Read More »Holding On, Letting Go