I'm having a bowl of Oatmeal and a cup of coffee ( Read more... )

Ugh... well! I've been gone from home for 10 days, and it seems like Portland has switched into Autumn in that span. Leaves changing, rain falling, grapes over-ripe, new horses at the barn I don't recognize, etc ( Read more... )

The air is cool
The sky is grey
In a week and a day
I'm going away
(To the city by the bay!!!!)
FOR TEN DAYS!!!

I honestly COULD NOT remember the democratic ticket that ran against Bush in 2004...had to look it up. Kerry/Edwards. In light of Edward's infidelities, it's almost a good thing they didn't get elected. ALMOST.

John Kerry... Haven't heard a peep from him since, have we?

I was perusing some of my old Tags-entries from about 5 years ago... I was funny, I was lively, I was a firecracker. When did I get to be such an old curmudgeon?

Harumph!

Let's see: UPDATE, since I'm still reading LJ but need to start posting more, myself ( Read more... )

As Jane Austen would put it, "The PLEASURE of an unexpected meeting with a friend long absent has retroactively improved my perception of the day hither to ( Read more... )

Yesterday I biked 21 miles to a friend's house for lunch... You read that right. I surprised even me.... and then we all went to Forest park and biked off road: Leif Ericson trail which runs along the crest of the Tualatin Mountain Range adjacent to highway 30 running from Portland, toward St. Helens (as in Volcano)...Anyway, I had a BLAST biking ( Read more... )

I was told on FB that I was a "Christian-basher" because I stated that in this country, "Married" is a legal status, not purely a religious one, and FURTHER MORE, we have freedom to choose ANY religion or NONE AT ALL, and someone using their religious beliefs as an excuse to deny me my EQUAL LEGAL RIGHTS is INEXCUSABLE ( Read more... )

I've a bunch of designs do...Today I procrastinated. HOW? I cleaned. I now have a clean kitchen, a nearly clean laundry room, a clean bedroom, and a clean bath. OK, I recleaned the latter two...but I honestly cannot tell you if or when my kitchen has been this clean. I even scrubbed the floor and took the filters off the fans and ran them in ( Read more... )