under the down blanket

10 February 2010

On a morning like this–and there have been many this winter–I wonder exactly why I should get out of bed.  I am fortunate that I can stay in bed!  My appreciation goes out to all you folks that take care of things when the weather is obscene.
Despite all the snow and ice, this winter has [...]

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New year’s eve eve, as my kids would say

30 December 2008

McKinley is asleep beside me, having weaseled his way into my bed earlier while I was still downstairs talking with Rae, my second oldest, who will be eighteen next month. The wind is supposed to get wicked tonight–it certainly was last night–but for now all I hear is his gentle breathing.
Tomorrow [...]

Protected: in my world

1 November 2008

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a green report for st. patrick

17 March 2008

It’s become, in a matter of days, the time of year when I don’t bother to wash my jeans when they’re dirty, but just wear them over and over again. This is because washing them would be totally futile. Moving rocks, spreading wood chips in the garden paths, weeding, transplanting–all these activities are [...]

two years blog

10 February 2008

The wind was constant today, so much so that even though it wasn’t that cold, my down coat was necessary for any venturing outside. And venture I did, for the sky was electric blue and the sunlight brilliant, occasionally dappled by fast downy clouds that sped to the East. The mountains behind [...]

the wind, here again

3 December 2007

Tonight it is the wind. Never quiet, pushing through forest and valley, pine and bare oak. I hear it coming, and the wind gennies spin and howl like wolves, then slow to a mystical fluted song. All the animals are inside tonight, except the chickens, who have gathered in the shelter of the [...]

4 November 2007

Yesterday was the deadline for getting artwork delivered to the arts council gallery for a Holiday Show, and Andrew and I made it with twenty minutes to spare. I delivered two pieces: a small landscape of the mountain range behind my home, and “This Garden is Mine”, which is a large nude of green color [...]

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