with an early wake-up tomorrow. I have decided to attempt NaNoWriMo again this year. Last year, I didn’t even start and the previous two years were not highly successful attempts… But this year I think I have my “heart” back and I feel ready to start being creative again. Tomorrow, assuming I continue to feel […]
Month: September 2011
Presenting… A Professional Teacher
I took this pic with my ipad before the students arrived today. I had my first “paying gig” teaching three classes of P.E. at an elementary school. It was wonderful, and I was tired — so tired that I came home and slept several hours. Which is why this is a little late… You can […]
Unexpected Gifts
Today was full of unexpected moments: the ease of a task formerly dreaded; the satisfaction of accomplishment; the bewilderment of plans that change; the spontaneous expression of friendship. S gave me a gorgeous butterfly brooch, green and lavender and pink – this is a friend who knows me! Another friend gave me a call, we […]
Clouds that tease
I stepped out just after noon-thirty to walk with Lucky, and it was “starting” to sprinkle. Enough precip to splat a few times in the dust of the driveway, on my face and on the pavement down at the road. So I picked a few berries, we walked 1/8 mile and turned around. And then […]
Summer’s End
Okay, so not posting daily, but I will post something as often as I can muster the energy. Not great literature, but… welcome to my world. The blueberries are done now. I picked the last couple off our bushes this week. The blackberries are still ripening, but they are more sour now, smaller and slightly […]