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It's January
Winter:
I'm inside.
I'm outside happy to get back inside.
I'm inside looking outside.
The End
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I Have a Plan
And that plan is to get a "colony of rainbows" (to quote Julianna, my young invisible neighbor and Tumblr friend) in abundance in more rooms in this house.
Bought two more crystal prisms today and will hang them tomorrow in sunny windows.
This feels more like a dire need than a frivolous desire!
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The Courage to Make Crepes!
Finally, after all these years I found the nerve to make homemade crepes, and it was actually easier than pancakes!
Nothing burned, nothing stuck to the pan, and they tasted great!
This time- stuffed with bananas, walnuts and whipped cream!
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Time Travel
You can buy almost anything you can imagine on eBay.
This old post card shows both my new and old neighborhood in Oakland (Pittsburgh).
I can even see my new house when it was young, and Oakland was not yet jammed with modern University of Pittburgh buildings, and the original old campus plan stood out beautifully.
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Cat Lady
I am queen in the world of cats...because I know how to open a can of food.
Princess tends to sit on or near my head.
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Full Moons
A good link for full moons. (chart below)
http://www.almanac.com/moon/full/PA/Pittsburgh
I am getting in the mood to paint, looking back at some of my old art.
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Restoring or Destroying
I was horrified to see one of my favorite paintings, that had been missing for a while, from the gallery, at the Carnegie Museum (Pittsburgh, PA) being "tampered with" aka "restoring" it by removing a layer of painting that was not original, but perhaps added in 1920s...and planning to take it out of this frame that suited it so well, and put it in ( Read more... ) -
Selective Social Interaction Theory
"Selective Social Interaction Theory argues that as people age they become more selective or picky about their friendships and relationships. For example, in college we may have enjoyed meeting and hanging out with a wide range of people, but as we get older we are more likely to focus on the interactions that are the most familiar and rewarding ( Read more... )
