I looked up “trust” in the dictionary and this is what it said…

1 firm belief or confidence in the honesty, integrity, reliability, justice, etc. of another person or thing; faith; reliance

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[color=magenta] let go, let God[/color]

(deep breath)

tonight the hollywood foreign press chose their favorite performances of the year. i watched. i admired. i laughed. i clapped. i cried…

every year, i eagerly await the arrival of the award season. i adore watching my peers, if i may call them that, receive recognition for their craft. but to be honest, as much as i enjoy trying to predict the outcome and making my ‘best dressed’ list (i don’t belive in ‘worst dressed’), watching these shows always fills me with a little anguish. i feel a sense of yearning. and that’s what it is…a deep and anxious longing. it’s this feeling way down deep in my little belly. a desire to be given the chance.

2005 could not be more welcome in my world!

This past year (which from now on will be unaffectionately called Tumultuous 2004) brought my life many strength and character building events.

Over the past year I…
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From my bicycle, as I rode along the beach this afternoon, I saw…

Runners and bicycle riders, rollerbladers and dog walkers. Elderly people contentedly sitting on park benches. Men without shirts and women in bikinis playing volleyball. A father and his young son on a bicycle built for two.

A seagull convention.

Three little boys wrestling each other into the sand. Happy couples out for a stroll. A woman leaning on a tree, reading a book. Pregnant women gazing out toward the sea.

Not a cloud in the sky.

Just another lazy Santa Monica Saturday—in December…!!