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I am endlessly fascinated and amused by the mysteries of the cosmos and my tiny place in it. Enjoy my explorations of my inner and outer worlds.
Going To Extremes
I’m into extreme sports. I know, I don’t look it. Soft around the middle, gray roots peeking out of the bright red henna, vertically challenged. Wikipedia defines extreme sports as “certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent danger.” It also...
Of Money and Mushrooms
The other day, I was hiking along Laurel Creek. In the summer, I always bring a bag for wild discoveries: from porcinis to wine berries. I had forgotten to bring one, so I grabbed my car trash bag. I felt a little silly walking through the woods swinging my little...
Forget Something?
Scarecrow “They took my arm and they threw it over there! And then they took my legs and threw them over there!” Tin Man “That’s you all over.” I have several vivid memories of forgetting. The first one was about age eight. My mother had discovered the Sears outlet...
Embracing Change, Bracing for Change
Due to the vagaries of circumstance and fortune, I spent a period of my adult life reading Tarot cards at parties as Madame Lavinia. I look back on that time and wonder if that was yet another unplanned detour from my still mysterious life purpose, or part of the big...
New Beginnings
January 1 is an arbitrary date, decided by a pope or an emperor somewhere in the mists of time. There are many cultures around the world that celebrate a different New Year. Yet they’ve all come to agree that for practical purposes, we all start anew on January 1. In...
Smarty Pants
As I stumble into the 21st century; cell phone charger wires dangling from my purse, a snake pit of wires coiled under my feet at my desk (last time I checked: Computer, phone, fax, speakers, cell phone charger, heater, printer, mouse base station and my Skype...
Discussion Area
Lavinia Plonka weaves together 33 autobiographical stories with weighty philosophical questions in her uniquely hilarious way: Are aliens stealing our time? Can one find enlightenment at Sam’s Club? Are nail salons a galactic conspiracy?
These essays originally appeared as Lavinia’s monthly column, “CosmiComedy,” in Western North Carolina Woman Magazine.
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