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Writing, Poetry, Prose

Gratitude

Gratitude I have my own woods in which to play to peacefully ponder explore and pray O never did my heart so venture to dream a life so grand Yet stand I here feet planted my trembling soul amazed for naught did I dare ask thee yet was granted. --wrote

I've Gone Kindle

I've Gone Kindle

Anyone who hangs out with me for more than 10 minutes knows I'm a hardcore Googlian. I own the Google Pixel [https://store.google.com/product/pixel_phone], the Google Home [https://store.google.com/product/google_home], Google Wifi [https://store.google.com/product/google_wifi], and Daydream View

From Small & Simple Seeds

From Small & Simple Seeds

It's that time of year again and I've been behind the scenes getting ready for it by planting about 10,000 vegetable seeds. Not really but it sure felt like it each day as I walked into my bedroom where the little creatures were beginning to grow rapidly, restlessly in

If You Give a Girl a Robot...

If You Give a Girl a Robot...

One of my favorite children's books, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, is a great adventure about the perils of giving a mouse a cookie. I couldn't help thinking about this story as I read the following excerpt from a recent article published on GeekWire [https://www.geekwire.com/

Getting Back to Fit

Health & Fitness

Getting Back to Fit

I went out for a three-mile run this evening. It was beautiful and I feel great about it. Running has always been a part of my life but over the past few years, I have been struggling with health problems that have kept me from running the way I used

What's that smell?

Home and Family

What's that smell?

I'm sitting on my back deck, taking a break. I apparently need one. I just returned from a week long vacation and have been using the day to put my world back together again. While making my cleaning rounds throughout the house, I noticed that one of the kitties had

Garden 2016

I have found it is very useful to document my garden process so I can use it as a reference each year. This year, I feel like I have been behind schedule the entire season. I planted my seeds late so all my plants seem tiny compared to the ones

Asus Chromebit CS10 Review

Asus Chromebit CS10 Review

Gadget: Chromebit CS10 Manufacturer: Asus & Google Price: $85 Description: A computer in a stick. Just plug it into a TV or monitor - add a wireless or Bluetooth keyboard/mouse - and you are set to do 90% of everything you usually do on a computer. Usage: This is a

Make It Do or Do Without

Make It Do or Do Without

> Use it up Wear it out Make it do Or do without. * Old New England Proverb I have a bushel basket in my living area that holds my chopped kindling. I like it but recently the bottom began to give way. There was a debate about retiring the basket and

Puzzle Table Hack

Puzzle Table Hack

One thing I do to relax is: build jigsaw puzzles. Every year, right around Thanksgiving time, I set up a card table and toss a puzzle onto it. Building the puzzle becomes my quiet thinking time. It's one way I find my inner peace. However, I have come to learn

Never Hurry, Never Rest

Never Hurry, Never Rest

I awoke at 6am this morning and was out of bed by 7am because that's when my brain wouldn't let me rest anymore. I'm not writing about anything, in particular, this morning. I am just getting the writing flowing again. I have been doing some personal writing and realizing how

Prison: Nine Years Later

Prison: Nine Years Later

It's December 1st. Almost every person I spoke with today mentioned this phenomenon with some sense of foreboding awe - the first day of the last month of the year. There were a few birthdays, the work anniversary of a co-worker, and of course, "Rabbit Rabbit [https://en.wikipedia.org/

Disenfranchisement & Beyond

Disenfranchisement & Beyond

There are few achievements I am proud of in my life but today, on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/issues/civil-rights/voting-rights-act], I'm not only proud to be a registered voter but an election official as well. On the surface, this might not

Writing, Poetry, Prose

Forbidden

This is a writing assignment addressing the struggle I face to freely express myself as a writer. It's a visualization of the personal handicap I endure in feeling I am forbidden to write my own truth. ___It bothers me. It eats away at me - my belief - that I

Slow But Steady Growth

Slow But Steady Growth

There is slow but steady progress happening in my garden. Thus far, there hasn't been enough sunshine for any of my plants to actually thrive. It's been a colder, wet, gloomy June. Things might change if the sun decides to grace us with her presence for a few solid days.

Garden Launch 2015

Garden Launch 2015

Houston, we have lift-off! It's Memorial Day and I am marking it as the official planting day for my 2015 garden. I had actually planted most of my tomatoes on Mother's Day before getting rained out so the remaining seedlings had to wait for the second go-around. I was worried

Huckabee and Me

Huckabee and Me

I like to listen to NPR ONE [http://one.npr.org] while I am working. The app delivers public news, Pandora style. The first story in today’s feed was Mike Huckabee [http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/05/400447185/former-arkansas-gov-mike-huckabee-announces-presidential-run] announcing his run for the White House.

How My Garden Grows

How My Garden Grows

I have decided it would be useful to keep a running log of how my garden grows this year. Last year I planted my first garden in our new place without much forethought. I didn't have time to think through things. I just needed to get it done. Judging by

Glow in the Dark Bocce Balls

Home and Family

Glow in the Dark Bocce Balls

Playing this game reminded me of my long brewing intention to create a playlist of fun family games appropriate for all ages and abilities. The litmus test is whether someone aged 16 would find it enjoyable even when playing with a 3-year-old and 65-year-old. For example, Monopoly would not be

Fire Starter Hack

Fire Starter Hack

We've been living in our new place, nicknamed "The Hedges", for almost a year and one of my very favorite things about this place is our woodstove. Someone actually asked me what I used to talk about before I had a woodstove. Blank stare. I honestly can't remember. I like

Bald Eagles & Osprey

Bald Eagles & Osprey

One of my favorite things to do on Saturday morning is to go to the dump. It sounds silly but there is a lot going on at our local landfill. This week it was Bald Eagles and Osprey. I kid you not. When we pulled in to get our ticket

My First Holz Hausen

My First Holz Hausen

It's the first autumn since moving back to New Hampshire that I actually have a yard. I love it. I loved it in the spring. I loved it all summer long. And now I am loving it to the fullest degree this autumn. Over the long Columbus Day weekend I

More Than Conquerors

It's an absolutely gorgeous Sunday morning in August. I am waiting for Orange Muffins [http://www.pinterest.com/pin/64528207135207732/] to get out of the oven. They smell good. We are out of all the quick and easy items at home so I am trying to do some cooking to

On Becoming a Good Feminist

As far back as my memory stretches, I have struggled with respecting my femaleness. It has taken me these forty plus years to change my perspective. A few months ago I made the comment to my psychologist, "It's not like I am a feminist or anything..." She let out a