I tried to read at the breakfast table yesterday while I ate warm oatmeal with craisins and walnuts. Instead of following the words on the page, though, my eyes kept looking through the sliding glass door. At the garden. A woodpecker and a red cardinal swung on the bird feeder, eating the sunflower seeds I … Continue reading Gardening in February
I feel so free now being able to read whatever I want! My new ereader connects directly to my library account so when I finish one book, I can immediately check out another. I love it so much đ. Two big bottlenecks, though, are that my small-town library doesnât have as many titles digitally as … Continue reading Another Saturday, Another Book
When my daughter and I pulled out of the garage this morning for swim practice, a bright full moon shone in clear night sky. After many days of grey skies, rain, and then snow, the air has finally cleared. It’s been scrubbed clean, and we can see beyond our atmosphere. We can see into space … Continue reading Grocery shopping while the moon is out
I awoke at 4:45am to my alarm and the sound of rain lashing against the windows. The kids’ school was on a 2-hour delay due to heavy rain and potential flooding, but our daughter’s swim practice was still on for 5:30. The last thing I wanted to do was get out of bed to drive … Continue reading Flex Day Flood Day
From my teen years on, from the first day I learned that intuition was a thing that might exist, I believed fully in it. I have no doubt that we can sense things that aren’t visible, that our gut can guide us, that we can just have a feeling. The problem was, I didn’t know … Continue reading Aging and intuition
It’s been unseasonably warm the past few days, with highs in the 50s instead of the 30s we’d normally expect in February. Last night, before going to sleep, my husband opened our bedroom window. Just a few inches, but enough to let in a balmy rush of fresh air. My god it smelled good. After … Continue reading Sleeping with the window open
