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October 2008 - Posts

It's My Apostrophe, and I'll Rant if I Want To
Soon it will be that two-month holiday known as Christmas Day.  It's that time of year when people say, "I want everything to be perfect," more often than they say it about their weddings. I, however, call this time of year "Apostrophe Season."  Read More

posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 1:18 PM by Lady Rose 2001 | 3 Comments

"I Never Push Him"
Very often my Keen clients will say this of a boyfriend who won't commit:  "I never push him.  I never ask him for anything." Why not?  Why the heck not?  Because the man has made it clear that if the woman pushes for a closer relationship, or even (eek!) Read More

posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7:27 PM by Lady Rose 2001 | 6 Comments

No, Don't Bother
Have you ever noticed how often people tell you not to do something nice for them?  As if by rote, people say, "No, don't bother, stop." I was thinking about this last week, when we had a lovely, relaxed houseguest who accepted our hospitality with Read More

posted Monday, October 27, 2008 9:45 PM by Lady Rose 2001 | 3 Comments

High School Reunion
When I was in high school, I gave as good as I got.  When someone tossed a little teasing or ridicule my way, I tossed it right back. Then I returned to my many wonderful friends, who allowed me to be my relaxed, affectionate self again. However, Read More

posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 4:40 PM by Lady Rose 2001 | 0 Comments

I Still Love Lucy's Husband
In a previous post, I wrote about how a Tarot card reminded me of a life philosophy of the actor Desi Arnaz.  You know Mr. Arnaz - he played the husband of "Lucy" on "I Love Lucy." Here is another example of how his brilliant mind reminds me of Read More

posted Monday, October 13, 2008 8:56 PM by Lady Rose 2001 | 0 Comments

All Any Woman Wants
I once read Tarot cards for an 82-year-old woman.  During the reading, she said this: "Oh, honey, all any woman wants is to be loved by someone besides her mama." Read More

posted Monday, October 13, 2008 7:24 PM by Lady Rose 2001 | 0 Comments

Soulmates - Ha!
I don't believe in the soulmate theory.  It is difficult to believe in both a loving God, and a God who assigns only one love to a customer.  That would be uncharacteristic of the Entity who created the sensually irresistible need for sleep, Read More

posted Monday, October 13, 2008 4:38 PM by Lady Rose 2001 | 3 Comments

Are You Odd?
Are you odd?  I am too.  Shake hands, brother or sister. I'm very tall, and I like to impersonate dead movie stars.  (You should hear my Katharine Hepburn!)  Oh - and I read Tarot cards for a living, and see Spirits. And that's just for Read More

posted Friday, October 03, 2008 4:38 PM by Lady Rose 2001 | 3 Comments

Getting Over Your Parents
I had very casual friends, a couple, who always seemed to be complaining about their grown daughter, Annie. "Oh, Annie is such an ingrate.  Annie is such a disappointment to us.  She is so self-centered!  It's always one thing or another Read More

posted Friday, October 03, 2008 3:43 PM by Lady Rose 2001 | 2 Comments

What is Different?
I think the surest way to capture someone's romantic attention is to behave in a way that is different from the stereotype they want to attach to you. I thought of this again when I was reading a fashion magazine.  In it, actress Jacqueline Bisset Read More

posted Friday, October 03, 2008 2:40 PM by Lady Rose 2001 | 1 Comments

What to Do When You've Lost Something
Have you ever noticed that when we lose something - keys, checkbook, purse - we become absolutely obsessed with proving that the item should be exactly where it is not?  We're angry.  It should be right there and it is not.  Instead of Read More

posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:24 PM by Lady Rose 2001 | 2 Comments