Sunday sings such a slow song

I have a slight fever today, and so am moving slowly, gently, with eyes squinting a bit. I try to keep my attention on what’s before me. The area rug spread out on the sidewalk, the vacuum and then the steamer running back and forth across it, by will of my hand. The larger carpet, [...]

Red in a minor key

This is more of a round-up last weekend and Monday. It’s late because I’ve had something going on every night after work and have slept late every morning because I’m fighting a bit of ick, but keeping it at bay with lots of water, vitamins and herbs. Though I’m less hopeful after last night’s class [...]

Mondays call for a harsh dose of potential reality

Reading Jim Kunstler’s Clusterfuck Nation might never be a great way to start the work week, but I clicked on the feed in my google reader anyway.
A graph from this week’s installment of Jim’s wake-up call-bitch-slap for a nation of blind sheep (of which I am often one):

Reality is trying to tell us that we [...]

I surrender, again

Okay, so I apparently have to learn this lesson yet again.
So, yes, universe…I give. Hands up, white flag a-wavin’. There are only so many hours in the day. There are only so many free hours in the week. I remember. I may have forgotten while making all of those grandiose plans to pick vegetables off-site, [...]

An Evening Walk Clears the Rubble

Last night I went straight from work to Lila’s school for the first family connections meeting, then rushed over to pick up my Frankferd Farms Co-Op delivery, then home thinking I would stuff my face with one of the burritos Chris picked up for dinner. But I didn’t feel hungry or tired or like settling [...]

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