Grace, just send me a little grace...

Swans are grace in the medicine wheel, and I always feel heartened when they show up, so I made one, just in case I don't pull one, and ...

Strange days...

It looks on the surface like life as usual around here. In reality, I feel like someone upended the house and set it down again. Everythin...

Today's second effort...

And probably not the last. There are lots of minutes in an hour to live through.

Moments of grace...

When I am working, picking up little sticks of color and applying them to my work in progress, I am most at peace, and that is a place I wan...

The long road home to myself...

What a complete turnaround! For the wedding, I was all about my outsides. Loofah, exfoliate, work out, tanning cream! Haircut! Mani/pedi...

Boo and beyond...

Grief is strange. It is like the ocean, coming in waves, and every seventh one is a biggie. If I don't clench up and try to fight it o...

Au revoir, my Boo, my heart...

Sweet Boo went to his eternal rest yesterday. He had been fine all week, slower of course, he was getting on, then suddenly had labored bre...

The days march on, oh, my.

Just checked my bank account balance, oh dear. Well, it's been kind of strained around here lately, and makes me think maybe I should p...

Back to the birds...

Currently, I am taking an antibiotic for a little infection, one that plagues me off and on, and it has made me more nuts than usual. Tende...

The art of being easily amused...

A long time ago, I learned to laugh at myself. This was not an easy task at first. It seemed that everything I did or said was weighty and...

My entrourage...

All three of them. Honestly, two dogs is a handful. Three are a herd. The barking lamp is lit in the little yellow house for the duration...

Aaaarrrrghhhh!

It is the summer of no summer, again. Last time, though, it was just on the coast, at the house on the edge of the world. This time, it ha...

Sonata for a sultry Saturday...

Strange weather for August, barely making it up to 75 degrees, foggy till noon, chilly breeze in the evenings. Sweater weather. I imagine ...

There actually is life after the wedding...

It was so long in the planning, it seemed like it would never happen. And, now, suddenly, it is all over, and gee, life is still here, wait...

And here they are!

The happy, just wed couple at their entrance to the amazing dinner feast. Both are redheads. He is very tall. She wore flats, little gold...

Monday morning, coming down,,,

Notice no picture. Camera is in absentia. I left it behind yesterday morning at the last of the many, many celebrations for my one and onl...