January Spring
Seattle is weird. The plants have told me this week that it’s spring. The people have been telling me for a couple weeks that the worst of winter was over, but I didn’t believe them. Plants, though, don’t lie. I have daffodils and daylilies poking up, and there are fat buds on many trees and [...]
Sleepwalking
It’s been a good day, I guess. Mostly a day of cocooning. I never really got around to eating anything that could be classed as a meal today, but I’m ok with that. There was busy stuff in the morning, and then a long slow afternoon of work, after which I took a “nap” that [...]
Travelling to Damascus
This draft got lost somehow and forgotten. It’s almost 2 yrs old, but I just found it and want to post it. (12/9/11) – I have been folded and beaten and put through the fire so many times, but I think in this last cycle I finally took my temper. So much that was unnecessary [...]
Better than latte
It’s windy tonight, and the rain is splattering against the windows. It’s good to be inside with the cats. I have a little fire, even; a candle I bought today. I wandered into the scents section of the PCC on my quest for fish oil pills, and two smelly things came home with me. This [...]
Letting grow
Ok, so this is more daily page like. I’m just sitting here, in bed I thought about skipping writing today, but decided that was silly. I can write. It will help settle my mind from the busy gossip of the knitting circle I have come home from. I slept so well last night, after spinning [...]
I make
Since I was a small child, when I felt sad, or stressed, or frustrated, I made things. It gives me an incredible sense of peace to take raw materials and turn them into something with my hands. I have used yarn, paint, wood, paper, and wax. I’ve used plants, creating a garden layer by layer, [...]
New city, new year.
I have never understood people who don’t like being outdoors in the northwest winter. The colors of the world are so vivid when it’s damp, and the diffuse light of our January days is perfect for looking at the world. *This* is the north light that artists crave. I especially love days like this one, [...]
Do I deserve 40?
Hi! Yesterday I turned 40, and this morning I had a life changing realization crack me over the head on the train ride in to work! :-) I’ve always had trouble with the word “deserve.” I’ve thought of it as being about what the universe does. People see something shitty happen and say, “You deserve [...]
Garden Clean-Up
I’m organizing my thoughts for the 2009 spring garden clean-up. I need to: photograph- I want before and after pics! rake and weed everything pick up trash and fallen branches start lamiastrum flats for keet start indoor seeds plant bulbs
Garden Plans
Gardening starts with seeds in the winter. Today, with all the snow, feels like the *perfect* day to be starting garden plans. Here’s what I’ve got: From the Home Depot sale on Saturday: veggies: Peas: Dark seeded early perfection Peas: Sugar Snap Mesclun Salad Greens flowers: Marigolds: scarlet starlet Cosmos: bright lights Oriental poppies: Pizzicato [...]
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