A Gathering of Poetry | February 2024
As a person who finds a great deal of silliness with Valentine's Day and the whole idea that surrounds it... love poems are not my favorite. That is until I read José A. Alcántara's poem in Poetry of Presence II. (I mean a former construction worker, baker, commercial...
Unraveled Wednesday | 2.15.23
Greetings Gentle Unravelers! I am still feeling behind on sleep from a weekend of insomnia, but I got one good nights sleep and (at this writing) have my fingers crossed for a second. But I wanted to catch you all up from the past two weeks of making!! I am roughly...
Sometimes Monday | 2.13.23
Brings a slow start thanks to a bad bout of insomnia this weekend. Ugh. So I am easing myself into the week gently, with an extra cup of coffee before I begin the "Monday Chores." But there is sunshine again today! And I have some weekend embroidery wheels to catch up...
A Few Good Things | 2.10.23
Hello Friday... it's been a week where my motto has been this: "The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get" I have felt like I have been playing catch up all week but there were a few good things. Thing One: I have had tremulous buds on my snow drops for weeks and I...
Unraveled Wednesday | 2.8.23
Greetings Unravelers! It is Wednesday and I don't have my painting homework done (which is due by noon today... so guess what I am doing this morning! LOL) It has been a week that I feel "behind" ... terribly behind! I begin each day with a plan of action but then a...
Sometimes Monday | 2.6.23
is overflowing with good things from the weekend. Krista Tippett's On Being podcast returned last week, but I did not listen to the episode until Saturday. I am hitting replay this morning... it was just that good! I have also gotten on the waitlist for Dacher...
Hello February | 2.3.23
And Hello Friday! It's been a week, hasn't it? How about an update on all.things.medical first... On Monday, the Nurse Practitioner called with my blood test results...sigh. My cholesterol was not at good levels and had jumped extraordinarily since my last blood work....
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