absurd

a feather boa, on Tuesday morning rings on every finger, during breakfast two fires going, one upstairs, one downstairs; I’m in the bath. bottled water, for face washing…while camping 4 types of cheese, just because. a little bit more of this, a lot more of that one skull scarf? please….6 is the minimum does my […]

The Best Part

This last few days have been a whirlwind of activity, first preparing for family arriving (groceries, booze, decorating, making beds, presents for kids) and then entertaining. Fabulous time had by all…or so they said, I choose to believe them. But what’s the best part when friends and family come to stay? The first night of […]

Left foot…right foot, triple V step

This morning I went to the gym, to a step class. It starts simple: step up, down…step wide (that’s the V step), step on the corner, lift your knee, step on the other corner, lift your knee three times, then V, then Ham, then V, then triple knee, triple V, double Ham…corner to corner across […]

Four times longer…

For three days I’ve been painting the basement. I’m about half done, I see some of you nodding, slightly smirking… for those of you familiar with “we aren’t hiring someone, I can do this, it’s not that big a job” please feel free to add your two cents. Painting the ensuite a nice Robins […]

13 Days Later

This is day 13 since being told I no longer had a job and I’ve started writing on a calendar all the things I’m doing each day because the time passes so quickly. I’m also wondering how I managed working…how was there time to tidy, to do errands, hang out with friends, explore my creative […]

Does your village know you love them?

Last night I felt a moment of pure joy, you know when you feel so incredibly happy that you think you might cry and you just have to say out loud to anyone in earshot that you are having a moment of pure joy…you know that feeling? Mine was caused by watching four amazing women […]

What’s in a name?

I knew a good blog name was important, I didn’t know it would be so hard to choose, or that doing a search for uses of the name might have been a good idea. Did you know there’s a Daisy Daze and the Bumble Bees band (1979), pretty good actually, you can’t beat a lyric […]

This has been…

So far I’ve made the following decisions…