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July 02, 2011 04:16 PM UTC --
Unexpected set backs and recoveries.
I injured my back (somehow) last month, and unable to take any time off from work,made it worse by having to sit at my desk for prolonged periods. . . .
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May 29, 2011 06:54 PM UTC --
Random thoughts on Clouds.....
As a resident of central New York, I am well acquainted with clouds…we are one of the top ranking cloudiest places in the US. (A spurious honor.) Vitamin D deficiency . . .
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May 08, 2011 07:25 PM UTC --
A brief memoir of a mad gardener.
I went to England in May of 1984 and for three glorious weeks, my friend and I drove around the countryside following our noses, from the Glastonbury . . .
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April 12, 2011 07:33 PM UTC --
My name is Emma Frasier.
And I am a member the newly formed Women’s Franchise League created last year (1889) by my friend and colleague Emmeline Pankhurst.
We’ve been called . . .
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March 30, 2011 09:00 PM UTC --
I was sister moon
Following his path of light
As he followed mine
Suddenly eclipsed
Wandering an age of night
Oceans in my wake
I am waning moon
Slower pulse and . . .
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March 13, 2011 08:50 PM UTC --
Although they all had their moments, I found the last assignment to be the most challenging because it forced me to think about myself and delve deeper than I would normally go. For all the relentlessly . . .
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March 10, 2011 08:14 PM UTC --
I ran my self through a cosmic distiller
And filled a small cauldron
(battered gilt-bronze-
an Art Nouveau piece I bought long ago)
And there was my essence.
Half love and contentment
One . . .
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February 20, 2011 04:39 PM UTC --
Like many of us, my busy life propels me and I sometimes forget to reach out to the people I love as often as I’d like to. This week (truthfully before I read the assignment) I picked up the phone . . .
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February 06, 2011 07:26 PM UTC --
Water. Our area is rich with it…lakes and streams, rivers and ponds. And in this season our abundant precipitation dominates, it transforms the landscape and changes the way we live. . . .
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January 22, 2011 05:56 PM UTC --
It seemed providential that Mariana chose the twig for this assignment. I was contemplating one just this morning. The twig in question is still attached to the Elder tree, like a lacey appendage decorating . . .
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January 12, 2011 07:39 PM UTC --
I am a rock sometimes. A bit of solidity in a wildy wavering world. I try to let the tides roll over me without wearing me down too much but a bit of erosion is inevitable.
I am the Rock of ages this . . .
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June 09, 2010 04:49 PM UTC --
Shedding Light on our locks!
When I was a little girl ( a stick-figure with big eyes) my hair was always poker straight, wore long in a silky dark pony tail that draped below my hips. Apparently . . .
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May 16, 2010 07:42 PM UTC --
Reflections
The mirror is antique or nearly. Circa 1923 like this house, shy some 13 years of official status. It’s framed in my bedroom’s closet door. Tall and thin. . . .
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May 04, 2010 08:27 PM UTC --
As spring at last appears in this chilly green valley....I believe that my ancient quince is what I relate to. Past it's prime. Fighting the Bittersweet that threatens to overwhelm its branches. Tenaciously . . .
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April 17, 2010 12:46 PM UTC --
Ten things weighing me down.
1. Political & Environmental disgust. My usual cure is to sign petition, vote and limit my exposure so it doesn't rot my brain
2. Cruelty to animals. I take in homeless . . .
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April 17, 2010 12:12 PM UTC --
Once again I'm late. (It was the week from heck...not as bad as hell but up there)
The perfect day. hhhhhhhmmmmmmm. It's hard not to succomb to my natural indulgences...like reading in bed, scoring . . .
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April 07, 2010 08:15 PM UTC --
I am tardy! But here is my first for the Spring of 2010. Mariana has bid us to introduce ourselves. I am a busy woman...with family, animals, job, etc. I have one beautiful grown child, a Significant . . .
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December 02, 2009 06:46 PM UTC --
On a crisp Fall morning in 1996 , I arrived at the office to be informed that an orange cat was hanging around the building in distress. Since lost animals are my department, I . . .
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September 26, 2009 07:21 PM UTC --
The summer flew. I worked (unavoidably making a living - mostly at a computer) and gardened evenings and weekends - always a pleasure. It rained a lot this year…a good excuse to read and play . . .
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August 30, 2009 04:40 PM UTC --
10 things on a Sunday in late August
The sunrise through the French panes of my living room windows A long white whisker displayed on the carpet A large dragonfly skimming the roses The first yellow . . .
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