Saturday afternoon, once again. I think I might just as well plan on writing this in the afternoon, and then I’ll be pleasantly surprised if I finish it early. I am grateful today for so many things. The sky was blue for the whole morning, before some clouds popped up after lunch. Mom and I went … Continue reading »
Fishing boat and seagulls follow it
Reblogged from : You, my readers, know of my unabashed love of the Mediterranean Sea. This site, Photography in Patmos, will show you why. Please support these talented photographers — their blog is full of photos of all the island life and nature and the sea that I so love. It will help you understand … Continue reading »
Self-loathing and the drama queen
Despite my very best intentions, I have not fulfilled the changes I want to make in my self-criticism and self-denigration, (see Related Posts below.) This fact easily becomes more self-loathing: I am never more than a step away from “I will never be able to succeed in this or any other effort I make, so … Continue reading »
Songs I Listened to Then
I wandered in my mind, today, back to the songs of 1982. This was the time of a brief hiatus between marriages, for me, and I lived quite crazily with a guitar player by the name of Billy. I hadn’t learned a damned thing during the years that I was married to my first husband, … Continue reading »
Please Help Find Nichole
Reblogged from elroyjones: Please Help Find Nichole. This young girl is missing, let’s rally together and reblog until everyone sees it and maybe we will find her. Many thanks in advance for your help. My friend elroyjones has given us this notice to reblog. Let’s raise awareness and find this girl!
From the Desk of the Stats Junkie
Quite some time has passed since the Stats Junkie checked in. I am happy to say that you, my regular readers, now total 316. That is so far beyond what I ever expected — I know it shouldn’t make any difference, but it does. I get an enormous amount of value from writing this blog … Continue reading »
Share Your World — 2013 Week 20
Share Your World is a challenge hosted by Cee; it allows us to share info about ourselves we might not otherwise reveal. Thanks, Cee. Here are today’s questions, and my answers in blue: Do you like winter, or not, and why? This is a complicated subject for me. I don’t care much for ice and … Continue reading »
Another Apology for Not Commenting
I am awash with emails — for all of your posts that I want to read, I don’t have anywhere enough time. I am barely keeping up with welcoming new readers to the blog. We all go through this, I know — When I prune everything back to a reasonable number of emails, I will … Continue reading »
Friends page: A Reminder
This is a reminder — we have had several new bloggers join us in the last couple of months, and they’ve all used the Friends page to list their blogs. I recommend a look over there — the newest are at the top, so it’s not to hard to find them. This is how we … Continue reading »
To my Mom on Mother’s Day
Dear Mom, Happy Mother’s Day. I hope it is very, very happy. You and I have had so many different stages in our lives together, and this one now is the best yet. I love the time we spend together — you understand me well because I am so much like you. I am very, … Continue reading »
