Begin with yourself my mother always said

Egocentricity over self-assertion,
is an absence of core.

Living always guided by reaction against another person's attitude,
never out of a deep self guidance is...
living negatively.

...

Never on schedule but always on time

"old" friend - highly thought of, trusted element like a familiar condiment

and utterly taken-for-granted

...

Wayward gulls

Landless lovers

Looking for the elusive..

It's a rare treat to see an otter..

All those things my mother never told me

The territory of woman is that which lies untouched by the direct desire of man. Man attacks the vital center. Woman fills out the circumference.

..waiting for love, the core of a woman's life..don't wait for it..create a world. Your world. Alone. Stand alone. Create. And then the love will come to you, then it comes to you. It was only when I wrote my first book that the world I wanted to live in opened to me. - Anais Nin