http://hopenminded.com Im connected and connecting all the time. Sometimes I need a little eye opener and sometimes you do too. Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:43:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been hit in the head several times. I only discovered this when I received my first concussion when I played for Sacred City Derby girls over a year ago. I recall the feeling of being disoriented and lost and like my brain was sloshing around in my head. ... http://hopenminded.com/2011/06/06/knocked-around-for-clarity/ Hyper focusing on a single minded goal is good during the work of that goal. But lets not let every breath of our day be about that goal. The variety of the BIG picture is what attracts the numbers and in the numbers we find such rich diversity, love and ... http://hopenminded.com/2011/06/06/mind-pop/ I want to re-enter the world of writing in here again. I have so much in me and need to share it. I am currently quite distracted and feeling overwhelmed with physical illness. I must return though. I can't complete my personal evolution in small facebook posts. It's simply not ... http://hopenminded.com/2011/05/29/a-new-world/ I have discovered it once again. The beauty in your eyes, the soul so deep and open and wanting my love so completely. I have it here. It's for you, it's real. I have no bad intentions I have no dark side to hide in. I am what you see. ... http://hopenminded.com/2010/09/05/found-beauty/ I have been one busy mother fucker. Ok so that might not be such a nice thing to say to most, but Im just to busy to give a rats ass. I play derby now. Let me tell you that when you play derby you either do it half assed ... http://hopenminded.com/2010/07/16/derbygreatnes/ Boy - hair dyed blond? Boy - dirty and smudged? Boy - in your mussed play clothes? Boy - bored and looking for a tree to climb? Your eyes avoid my smile. We pass, you are no more. Around I travel to find Boy - Your hair is bleached from too much sun. No roof protects ... http://hopenminded.com/2010/04/10/boy-no-more/ The  foreign creature. Stolen. Protective arms did not reach her. Screams and thrashing only bring more pain....quiet that now. Tuck it away, secrets of little girls. Don't frolic or giggle with the wind in your hair. Burned and dead as the gray hairs sprout. The Femalien emerges from old wounds. Pools of green. Mirrors reflecting. Acceptance and safety ... http://hopenminded.com/2010/04/10/femalien/ The following is my sad and pathetic attempt to say I wrote something during the time I have been missing from blogging. It's a lie. This is just my bio from face book. I tried to write some cool shit, but my seven year old kept stealing my damn fancy ... http://hopenminded.com/2010/04/09/it-all-counts/ It really did. I was so into the whole mommy thing and focusing on writing and just getting into shape and taking care of ME. Then I discovered Derby. I have been doing it now for just a few months and Im hooked. I don't ever want to quit. I ... http://hopenminded.com/2010/01/11/my-life-ran-away-with-the-derby-girls/ I have picked up a new addiction.  I have decided to become a roller derby girl.  I attended a bout 6 months or so ago and it was just beautiful to watch. Women in all different sizes moving there beautiful bodies in fast and rugged ways. I was mesmerized.  It ... http://hopenminded.com/2009/11/09/im-a-derby-girl/