Self Time | February 2024
Self-care is not a waste of time. Self-care makes your use of time more sustainable. — Jackie Viramontez I approached the concept of time a bit differently this month. I am not very good at the idea of "self-care" (as I think many women are...sigh.) Every day this...
A Final pre-Holiday RIFF | 12.23.22
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime. ― Laura Ingalls Wilder Today, I hope to do a bit of what Halfpint so nobly encourages us to do......
Unraveled Wednesday | 12.21.22
After the longest night, tomorrow we sing up the dawn. There is a rejoicing that, even in the darkest time, the sun is not vanquished. As of tomorrow, the days begin to get longer as the light of day grows. While the gentle winter sun slowly opens its eyes, let us all...
Sometimes Monday | 12.19.22
Usher's in crunch time... I don't know about any of you, but the Holiday Blues are definitely a thing... at least for me they are. My expectations have often been the trigger for those blues... as in my expectations are HIGH and reality never quite hits that level....
A Gathering of Poetry | December 2022
It's the third Thursday of December and that can mean just one thing...it's the day to share a poem! December is a month that overflows with poetry for me. Maybe it is the darker mornings, maybe it is the twinkle lights, maybe it is the season... but December finds me...
Unraveled Wednesday | 12.14.22
Greetings Unravelers! This week, I might have entirely jumped the Knitting Shark... I am knitting the actual packages not just the gifts! LOL Yes, our "surprise" this week was a Stack of Presents to knit and stitch! And what do presents need? A tree of course. So I...
Sometimes Monday | 12.12.22
Is all about books! Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish While we were very much a Harry Potter House... there was a good bit of Lemony Snicket to fill the 'regularly scheduled reading time'... and I very much concur...
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