This will be my fourth opportunity to cross our wonderful country. The first three times were pretty harried and hurried – the first a true unknown adventure full of break downs and roadside kindnesses in a dilapidated van (I didn’t know it at the time of purchase, but it had a blown head gasket!) which…
When you read the words of great writers, you realize that what you offer when you sit down at a keyboard is paltry; perhaps not even worth typing. After spending the morning with the words of Rachel Carson, Emily Dickinson, M.C. Escher, Thoreau, Oliver Sacks and the like, you wonder what in the world makes…
Today on a break I sat outside, away from computers and phones, and practiced just being. Why is this so darn hard?? Thoughts came floating in and I let them float by. I looked at the ground. I looked at the sky. I looked at the golden air where sun streamed between tree limbs. Here…
Shabbat is always good for a lazy, reflective, do-nothing-much day. Today it has rained on and off. So I fired up some wax tarts (Cinnamon Roll and Orange Spice), took out the sketch book (if you can call what I do at this stage ‘sketching’ lol), and connected the phone to the laptop. Yes. I…
At the same time I am embarking on poking my writing muse, I am also doing an art journal…finally. I follow an artist whose books I own, and I’ve been watching little clips for probably close to a year now, contemplating doing one. What held me back? I sketch like a kindergartener, lol. Plus, you…
It has been over eleven years since I went to the eye doctor. I know, because my late husband drove me there. Today’s visit was an eye opener (no pun intended, hah!) Things have really gotten high tech in the eye exam world. Little lasers to measure your retinal thickness. Video game type tracking of…
If you only knew me like I know me But that’s not true I am mother,daughter,woman,artist,worker,gypsy,friend The facet you see depends on where the light is brightest At that moment If I only knew me like I wish you to know me But what is true How can I be all of this and any…
I read a lot of blogs each week. Some weeks more than usual, other weeks far less. I DO have to sleep sometime 🙂 I’ll drop by Community Pool on the weekends sometimes to catch newcomers and provide feedback. All of us write for a reason, but the reasons vary. Pain and loss, self-discovery, because…
Remember how just a few days ago I mentioned that I was divesting myself of 50% of what I own, except of course, in the realm of books. I also mentioned that my bookcases had a bit of room in them. Ahem. Wellll, I went to the library on lunch break this week, and lo…
Like my musical tastes, my reading tastes are eclectic as well. My baby brother often shares writers of interest with me, and he introduced me to Theroux several years ago. Certain writers incite a desire in me to travel, something I’ve had little opportunity to do. I appreciate their depictions of places most likely I’ll…
Sunflower Solace Farm 