We saw a free movie yesterday. Supergirl. I was not expecting much more than a typical superhero movie, but I was pleasantly surprised. There are heavy grief plots going on, and the title charac...

Monday after a long holiday weekend - I’m geared up but it’s taking me a little while to get into the groove. A lot of chit-chat around the office this morning about Trump interfering in the Wo...

i loathe the summer monthsmay 23rd june 3rd july 15th dark days hard days summer is when the tears flow and i become a selfish stomping little child...i want the lingering grey of autumn......

I took this yesterday on my way to the garden just after sunrise. I didn’t think there was enough light, I am thrilled that it came out so well. I have been putting up pictures of flowers on m...

It's been a while indeed. And where do you start when you haven't written for a year?? I see from my last entry I had shown a photo of the decorating in the hall/stairs/landing so I'll start w...

There is nothing as playful as washing on a line, on a breezy, sunny day. The fabrics swing up as high as an energy filled, adrenalin seeking, boundary pushing 7 year old who has perfected the ...

That was how the sky looked when I left the house this past Friday morning at my usual 4:30am.  I can't recall the last time when there was a full moon outside at that hour of the morn...

The last time I saw mil she was telling me about when she met my late fil. She'd written him a poem that night. He'd told her of his hopes and dreams.He wanted to get married. Have a family. Tak...

2026 isn’t my year. Ever watched intervention and heard most of them say it just hurt so much they needed it to stop? I get that. It just hurts so fucking much. More than anything I’ve ever ...

You know.. I guess that I understand by now, that life was never meant to be easy or a breeze, but I sure do remember the times that my naivety and ignorance made it that way. With age, there’s ...

Wisdom is when you can see the parts of yourself you dislike that you’re projecting onto others and then, somehow, you manage to reckon how to cut that out. Realize your uncritical eye doesn...

Today, I rearranged a workspace that had started getting a bit cluttered. I pulled it all away from the corner, threw away some useless things, and pieced it all back together. Made me want to s...

I weighed myself this morning and I’m down 46 pounds in 5 months! I’ve been fighting to get this extra 3 pounds off and I finally did it. Just 20 more to go until I’m satisfied. I know that I ne...

I was wondering, when we got to the point in this country where the ‘mainstream media’ was deemed so unreliable or ‘entry level’, that people, old and young might start getting their news from a...

They are something I have always been fascinated by for the timeless associations and memories they evoke.  Picket fences, I have discovered on my walks in the historic district of Charleston, e...