So, moving on....
Based on the sheer volume of hits on certain links, here are some answers:
- The off the wall name of my blog was inspired when on a walk with my then infant children in the wooded area of my past home. I am obsessed with all plant life (I wanted to name my firstborn Ivy,) I am a level I Certified Aromatherapist, an amateur botanist, and adorn my body and home with plants and flowers. I am a walking Garden of Eden (the name of one of my children.) My dream was/is to one day own a coffee house/bookstore with an adjoining botanical garden. Will it ever come to pass? I have no idea. Right now I pay the bills by working in a high end day spa as a licensed massage therapist. I love it.
- I am the one that wrote Old Realities By The Minute. I noticed that this post goes viral on the web via the Booze Free Brigade every few months. My stat counter blows up with hits to this post. I can't tell you how that happened; I'm not a member of the Booze Free Brigade. All I hope is that for whatever reason its being tossed around, people gain something from it.
- I would love to tell you that I am rocking a beautifully lustrous head of silver hair, but sorry folks, I started coloring it again about a year ago. All those who come here via 'going gray naturally' hits aren't going to get much more. But, I will certainly let readers know when I decide to ditch the color again.
- I mention California a lot, a certainly a lot more lately. I was born and raised outside of Long Beach and my immediate family is still there. The rest are in San Diego. I lived for a period of time in San Luis Obispo county before moving to Kern County. I spent 10 years in Bakersfield before moving to Appalachia. I got sober for the first time at Thursdays in Sunset Beach, but ultimately kicked it in Bakersfield.
That should just about cover it.
Stay sober. Stay sane.
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Sometimes statcounter creeps me out. Like I'd rather not know. Pictures are an issue for me, which is why I blur them. But if someone really wants to dig, they can find you. Remember Junky's Wife, the original addict blogger. She had some real bad experiences with people trying to find her and I think that's why she ultimately quit.
If I was rich I would live in Newport Beach.
an interesting post to be sure, I love learning more about the folks I read, and you fascinate me...
I hate that folks make trouble for us here online...
my visitor counter has ceased to display on my blog and this bums my ego out immeasurably lol...
I love the idea of the coffee shop and garden. I find myself imagining me as a coffee house owner someday later in life...
I would prefer to remain anonymous. No stalkers and no real life encounters unless it is with those that I really trust on here. Too much revealed can be dicey.
I remember the puking again and again on that blog post about old memories. That's enough for me to not drink too much--I hate vomiting.
I have a stat counter too but haven't ever looked at it. Now I'm going to go see what it's saying. I followed your link to your old schedule. It was hard work, our old life. When I drank after 15 sober years, I refused to buy myself Stoli. I wasn't worth that price in vodka. I drank from paper sacks in parking lots. It gets worse, never better.
I was too surprised by all the silver when I went natural this year to stay that way. Every morning: Surprise! My eyes thank me now.
Blessings on you sweetie.
The paedophiles on the Internet are a nightmare. I wouldn't post pics of children anywhere and I am wary of any innocent pic that could be twisted and used for indecent purposes.
Stats don't interest me much and are illusory I suspect -- I care about readers who are also dealing with issues like recovery.
Okay, need to leave one more comment. I couldn't believe when I read this: "My dream was/is to one day own a coffee house/bookstore with an adjoining botanical garden". I have a very similar dream! I am constantly writing down new ideas about it's design/mission/products/everything, but at the moment life is more about supporting my family. Hope we both bring our visions to live someday!
I just read "Old Realities." It really resonated with me. Just in case I ever wonder (again) whether I'm an alcoholic I should stick it in my wallet. Nicely done!
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