Just a brief note to say that, yes, I am still alive and no, I don’t have time to write much. In point form, then: – good weekend – got a full night’s sleep Friday for the first night in weeks – got six hours to myself with no kids, dogs or husband on Saturday…
Category: family
Divided Attention
Had an okay walk. Moss still hates his halti and Katherine still travels at the speed of a two-almost-three-year-old, so we must have looked a fair sight. One woman walking a normal border collie on one leash and a whirling, leaping, psycho-collie on the other with a child in tow who insisted on jumping everywhere,…
Rainy Days and Mondays
You know you’re in a dismal mood when you start quoting that Carpenters song. I have no really good reason to feel rotten, other than just simple overwhelmation. If it’s not a word, it should be. Also, the weather sucks and that always seems to play havock with my moods. Not to mention that I’m…
The cracks are full
Lately, while I’ve been getting ready for the workshops, things have been falling through the cracks around here. Yesterday morning I got up, had my coffee and determined that there actually were no cracks left into which things might fall. Since plugged philosophical cracks don’t tend to cut home heating costs but do tend to…
Backgrounds
Layers Photos by VickyTH. No matter what the focus of the foreground of life, the background continues to patter away. In fact, the background is often more interesting in a subtle way. Lately I’ve been going out of my tree getting ready for the fabric painting and landscape quilting workshops this weekend. Not to mention…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 