Now Thursday, I apologize for missing my self-appointed deadline of Wednesday blogs. My jacket illustrator needed some questions answered, and the morning disappeared. So here’s a collection of small offerings, a day late. I spend a lot of time watching the sky while walking Sophie. especially the puffy clouds scudding across that overhead New MexicanContinue reading “In Praise of Small Things”
Author Archives: Coming Home to Myself
Past and Present
Someday I hope to have good news to announce, i.e. the publication date for Quantum Quest, which brings to a close my many years of writing the Pawn Quest trilogy. Those years reflect my involvement, not the far shorter time that actually passes in the tale. Meanwhile, I’m preparing an Afterward to be included inContinue reading “Past and Present”
Recipes for Balance
Saffron crocuses in my backyard. Every day or two there are new blossoms from which to harvest the red stigmas. What luxury! Years ago, while waiting to hear back from a job application, I gave myself orders to: Take a walk. Talk to someone. Write something. I see now that that recipe served me toContinue reading “Recipes for Balance”
Breaking Out
Do you know how hard it is to stop a habit and then start it up again? The resistance. The second thoughts. The imaginary fears. I’m not sure what all is involved, probably all of the above. It’s certainly true where swimming is concerned and seems to be the same for blogging. Anyway, my therapistContinue reading “Breaking Out”
For the Birds
The heat is on—outside and sometimes in. A call to repair my swamp cooler (because water was pouring off the roof) eventually brought a repairman. He showed me a photo of a series of holes in a tube from which water was spraying. He blamed it on birds seeking water. Note to Self: Refill theContinue reading “For the Birds”
A Day in the Life . . .
I seem to have taken a long sabbatical from blogging. And, I noticed that I was eating for no-good-reason and also exercising less, ditto. It occurred to me that maybe the eating was to replace the writing I wasn’t doing, and that I need to get back into a weekly rhythm of blogging, which requiresContinue reading “A Day in the Life . . .”
On Weeding: Plants and Lives
On weeding plants. Our strange winter—mostly warm with lots of early moisture—has left Sophie with a dilemma of how to pass through the barrier to the walkway in our backyard where she goes to do her business. Actually, that particular barrier is the over-grown fall crocuses from which I harvested their saffron last year. SuchContinue reading “On Weeding: Plants and Lives”
Bouncing from book to book
I apologize for my long silence. As my therapist tells me—I’ve never been here before; never been widowed—two years today. Sometimes I bury myself in fiction (especially familiar stories) rather than ponder indecision and unanswered questions such as Where do I go from here? So, where thoughts and books are concerned, it came as aContinue reading “Bouncing from book to book”
Out of Step
I was raking leaves yesterday. Our fall leaf pickup was a month ago. That’s when I put out the apricot leaves—but my oak trees don’t pay attention to timetables. They are out of step. Along with my oaks, I too have felt out of step, especially during these last few months. I lunched with aContinue reading “Out of Step”
A Bumpy Ride through the holidays
For weeks, dreading this holiday season, I’ve watched myself escape into anything other than the present. Consequently, with these special days looming, I worried about my ability to take care of what needed to be done. In the immediate past (like two weeks), I’ve started most days with five minutes of meditation. The idea isContinue reading “A Bumpy Ride through the holidays”
