Hello all, hope all is well in your world, things are up and down, around here, mom had a bit of an accident. sprained her ankle, pretty bad, lots of swelling and bruising, we iced it as soon as it happened, and thank the Lord, there was no break, still it has changed all kinds […]
Read moreHello all, hope all is well, with all of you. It’s January. January, the season, where, mom and I visit doctors, well for the last few years it has been. Not the best time to get around, snow, slush and ice, heavy coats and boots, but, it is, what it is. Fingers crossed, the cataract […]
Read moreGood morning all, I hope all is well with all of you. My bff mentioned yesterday, in one of our, back and forth text conversations, that it was, Blue Monday. I confess, I had no idea what Blue Monday was, so I asked her, is it a day to wear blue to the office? Because […]
Read moreHello you all, hope all is well in your part of the world. The weather has been hard to take, here, in my beautiful ugly, which is to be expected it being January and all. Cold, Grey sunless skies, ice, snow, gloomy weather. I have been afflicted by a combination of , melancoly, and rage, […]
Read moreNow that all the holiday get togethers and celebrations are over, (hope they were all you wanted or needed), we return to the bleak mid Winter, so bleak and grey(well today, anyway) This week is back to regular scheduled things, my Wednesday evening class etc. I started something last year, I started keeping a journal, […]
Read moreIn the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak midwinter, long ago. traditional hymn based on a poem by Christina Rosetti This time of year is most difficult for me, from November to Christmas. It is bleak, dark, […]
Read moreHello all, it’s been a minute since I wrote on the blog, I started a few drafts, I wasn’t happy with them, so I let them lay there. This morning, I deleted the drafts. 2019 is almost over and here comes another decade, the 20’s (I wonder if flappers will make an appearance) It’s been […]
Read moreYesterday, I watched Notre-Dame de Paris, burn. What a sad sight. I love Notre-Dame de Paris. I have never been, I might never go. And, yet, I am attached to it. In my Parisian fantasies, I walk, the banks of the Seine, I browse the book stalls, I stop and think, I breathe it in, […]
Read moreHello everyone , I wish I could wish you all, a Happy Spring, but Spring is MIA, here in the beautiful ugly, yesterday, we had freezing rain, snow, and hail, all within three hours, oh yeah, good times. Ah well, as my bff says, it is what it is. Yup. I am in a season […]
Read more“He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.” ― St. Ignatius of Loyola Hello all, hope you are well, and that you are all, looking forward to Spring. Here, in my beautiful ugly, it’s still Winter, icy sidewalks and snow. But, the sky is bluer, the days are […]
Read more