For a long time I've embraced the holidays as a time to pull out my phone and reconnect with my family and with friends I speak to rarely. Sometimes this works, sometimes not so much; there are a lot of people that feel that if you only speak to them once or twice a year, you aren't worth keeping in their circle. This year, however, I find that ( Read more... )

Got this in my email this morning. It says I have to pass it on in 6 minutes, but I hate passing on chain email! OTOH, I like the content of this one, so ( Read more... )

When B was a toddler, I asked my friend (We’ll call him “Pete”) to watch my kids one day while I went to the train station to pick up a friend who was visiting. But when it came time to leave, B was so upset at not getting to go, I took her with me. I told Pete I was going to take her, and just leave him watching M, who was older. Pete was playing ( Read more... )

Pink, purple, and white
the heather is blooming
with snow in the forecsst
as if it were spring
Life rushing to Life
as if life were the goal
not merely the journey
of blossom and soul.

http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/22260/sew-vintage-with-the-1912-project?utm_source=email&utm_medium=eletter&utm_term ( Read more... )

I believe in white knights. Does that make me naive, or just observant?

you linger ( Read more... )

Last Thursday a co-worker and I decided to go in after work and donate blood. The abbreviated version of this song and dance is simple - his blood pressure was too high, my hematocrit was too low, and on the way out, I stumbled and injured myself ( Read more... )

This morning I saw a wild animal on my way to work ( Read more... )

Seen from the bus on the way home from work ( Read more... )