In case you missed dawn this morning, this is what it looked like from my frontyard. Not knowing when dawn will come, I open every door. –Emily Dickinson
Category: Uncategorized
Repristinate
My good friend, Rick Kingham, coined a word “repristinate” that is in the dictionary now. It means to restore to the original state or condition. Being the word junkie that I am, I think it is really, really cool that Rick created a word, and Webster’s dictionary picked it up. Bravo, Rick! Well, here is a…
Shifting Shadows
Look round and round upon this bare bleak plain, and see even here, upon a winter’s day, how beautiful the shadows are! Alas! it is the nature of their kind to be so. The loveliest things in life are but shadows; and they come and go, and change and fade away, as rapidly as these!…
Morning of Good-Bye
It still makes me sad to remember 9/11:
Heart
Cat is the warm, cuddly thing that purrs on your lap; and it was your jealous girlfriend in high school.
Movin’ On Up
You have to read yesterday’s blog to understand this. Totally unexpected but the property management called to say there is a bigger unit open with a porch and view of the mountains. Just when I was getting used to that parking lot. Movin’ on up and feelin’ grateful!
Focusing Beyond the View
It is just mid-August, and I can feel fall in the mountain air already. We have been in Colorado for nearly two weeks. These crisp mornings remind me of my childhood. Then, I eagerly anticipated the first hint of a season change and the chill of autumn. One day comes that divides summer from fall.
Just a Skype Away
Loaf is the pan your mother baked bread in, and it is what your friend did on Saturday afternoon while you washed your dad’s car.
Earring Connection
Over a decade ago, Wayne, Julia, and I sold, stored or packed our worldly belongings. We boarded a plane for a new adventure–a new life in Odessa, Ukraine. Communism had just fallen. Our vision was broad, our hopes high, and our experience nill.
‘What Happens in Las Vegas… ‘
You have heard the commericial, “What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas.” The lure is to come for a vacation, have fun, and let your barriers down–no one needs to know. Your secrets are safe here.