How are you, asks one character or another on almost every episode of both our latest binge-watch series. (Coming Up With Better Questions) Sometimes two and three times during a single episode, one character approaches a person who has either witnessed or...
Awakened by Another Nightmare My early morning dream jolted me awake. What did it mean? Maybe it reflected the uncertainty I feel in uncertain times. In this dream — another nightmare — I have double booked myself with one too many appointments and am frantically...
Maybe you have heard that the terrifying collapse of a condominium in Florida was not without warning. Three years previously, engineers had presented their findings of serious foundational issues to the condominium board. (Miami Building Collapse, NYT) They found, ...
Gardening and reading — or listening to good books — occupy my imagination and keep me steady. Heaven knows they are better topics to engage than most today! As Mother’s Day passed, when I knew I might safely plant, I stuck some seeds and and bulbs in the freshly...
The Observation Still Works Elinor Dashwood’s observation works for me: she expressed the restraint our current events necessitates: “And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.” (Sense in Sensibility) Just...
The Setting: May, Moonlight and Magnolias It was a walk in late May, filled with bright moonlight and magnolias .No phone photos memorialized the walk; they should have! How do I capture that on a cell phone? There is a sweetness of May verging on June that no other...
These times — that COVID-19 magnified —-have surely taught me how like a sheep I am. And I don’t mean cute and cuddly! I am skitterish and willful. By that, I mean I can worry and wander — looking for a reassuring voice, who echos what I want to hear. Now, Doug is...
As this pandemic continues, the learning curve continues, and seems to lengthen. How teachable am I willing to be? This time last year, I anticipated a learning curve because of the shock of COVID-19* Quarantining, masking, social distancing, vaccinating, etc — these...
So, I am venturing forth, yet I might still freak. We have attended church in person, had dinner with family; Doug actually went into a restaurant a with a friend! Plus, I went to IN-PERSON Bible study! (Reading aloud 1 Timothy and Titus with friends, I see how I can...
Is it over yet? This really should be over. Seriously. I am almost two weeks past my second shot, and I need to be getting on with my life! Wait -- Did someone say "FOURTH surge"? Researchers NPR spoke to all cautioned that public policy and Americans' behavior can...
There we were, in our first traffic jam in over a year. We hadn't factored traffic into our ETA ! For a year Rt. 2 was always almost empty! Weird was how it felt. Well, the whole day was weird . . . we both felt under so much pressure! We had three simple chores to...
Last week I occupied myself with three small paintings. Two were disasters, requiring immediate Gesso interventions. One was worth keeping, the first one. Looking at it, though, I can see the proportions aren’t right: too much container compared to the tulips. Well,...
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