Terri Guillemets Archives — 1993

This is the archive of my publicly published writing from 1993 — the good and the woefully terrible, the active and the long-retired. Some entries were originally untitled with a title added later, and some were first published under other pen names. —tg


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Give, and blessings boomerang back to you.


      DATE:  1993 Jan 27




Every time a champagne bottle pops, a party angel gets its wings.


      TITLE:  Party angels
      DATE:  1993 Dec 31
      NOTES:  revised




Birdsong:  a branch of music.


      TITLE:  Orkestrel
      DATE:  1993 Nov 16




Eliminate physical clutter. More importantly, eliminate spiritual clutter.


      TITLE:  Simple–minded
      DATE:  1993 Feb 20




Autumn is Spring turned antique.


      DATE:  1993 Nov 11




How can there possibly be
      Any such of a thing
As an overactive imagination?
      The actual real disease
That most are suffering from
      Is underactive imagination!



      TITLE:  Imaginary disease
      DATE:  1993 Feb 6
      NOTES:  revised




A journal is a journey — our own personal passages of self.


      TITLE:  Voyages
      DATE:  1993 Dec 3




In Phoenix, Jack Frost doesn't nip — he just tickles.


      TITLE:  Winter'ish
      DATE:  1993 Dec 4
      LOCATION:  Phoenix, Arizona




they never stand still—
but they're not
in a hurry either


      TITLE:  A lesson from clouds
      DATE:  1993 Aug 15
      NOTES:  revised




Winter in Phoenix is springtime
Spring is summer askew
Summer is torturous hellfire
Autumn is summer part II


      TITLE:  Sonoran seasons
      DATE:  1993 Apr 24
      NOTES:  revised




Happiness is sharing a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry with a shade tree.


      TITLE:  From the library to the park
      SOURCE:  journal
      DATE:  1993 Apr 3
      NOTES:  revised




I'm a dandelion puff in a harsh wind.


      TITLE:  Falling to pieces
      SOURCE:  journal
      DATE:  1993 Mar 21
      NOTES:  revised




We live in the dry dusty desert
where we're always short on water
and even if the sun fell upon us
it couldn't get any hotter!


      TITLE:  Dry spell
      SOURCE:  journal
      DATE:  1993 Aug 1
      LOCATION:  Phoenix, Arizona
      NOTES:  revised




Human nature is just about the only nature some people experience.


      TITLE:  Man vs Nature
      DATE:  1993 Jun 20




Life is life, and death is life, and everything in between.


      DATE:  1993 Dec 21




Skin is a covering for our immortality.


      DATE:  1993 Aug 20




I'm not sure exactly what makes cats purr, but a really comfortable pair of blue jeans, a too-big piece of silky milk chocolate, and a good massage always do the trick for me.


      TITLE:  Purr, purr, purr
      SOURCE:  journal
      DATE:  1993 Oct 8
      NOTES:  revised




If junk food is the devil, then a sweet orange is as scripture.


      TITLE:  Art of nutrition
      DATE:  1993 Feb 5




Vegetables are food of the earth, but fruits taste of the heavens.


      TITLE:  And the juice runneth
      DATE:  1993 Jul 11
      NOTES:  revised




Pregnancy is a disease from which you recover in 18 years and 9 months.


      TITLE:  I kid
      DATE:  1993 Jun 1




INFJ —
eternally restless mind
lifelong soul searcher


      TITLE:  Internal wanderlust
      SOURCE:  correspondence
      DATE:  1993 Dec 18
      NOTES:  revised




A nonsmoker is forced to find food, but for a smoker breakfast can be a cigarette and a cup of bad coffee.


      DATE:  1993 Mar 28




I am hot. I'm a famous star.
I shine so brightly.
The world revolves around me.
People just can't live without me.
I am the light of your life.


      TITLE:  Sun truly brags
      DATE:  1993 Jul 2




Don't let the alarm clock of life wake you from the dream of your ideals.


      DATE:  1993 Jul 16




My soul is so alive I see colors in the black and white.


      DATE:  1993 Dec 4




As none can see the wind but in its effects on the trees, neither can we see the emotions but in their effects on the face and body.


      DATE:  1993 Feb 14




Stress is poison.


      DATE:  1993 Jun 10




Ironically, making a statement with words is the least effective method.


      TITLE:  Everything speaks
      DATE:  1993 May 12




Jealousy is a crutch.


      DATE:  1993 Jun 21




Beauty — in projection and perceiving — is 99.9% attitude.


      DATE:  1993 Feb 16




I enjoy mowing the lawn, it relaxes me. It gets me outdoors, it's good exercise, the freshly cut grass smells great, and the engine is loud enough that I'm sure no one else can hear my thoughts — or intrude upon them.


      DATE:  1993 May 29





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