I don’t usually post on politics, but my preferred presidential candidate has stepped down. I am looking for the “next-best” now… and reviewing the options that remain. So, let’s talk politics a bit: What makes for a good leader? What is the difference between campaigning and doing the job? What sort of qualifications should one […]
Category: musings
New Year’s Goals and Resolutions
Well, it’s something that takes a while for me… I have been mulling things over all week. I have read articles on people making resolutions (for about a month pre-new year they appear in various publications), and goal-setting and such, and thought about them.A few days ago, I added an interesting widget to my site […]
New Page for Heros Only!
I decided that I needed a page to inspire me, to let others know the sorts of people I admire. So the beginnings of the page are at My Hero Page today. I hope to add more images, some thoughts and quotes, etc. as I have time and energy. But for now, here are a […]
Update on School Levy Amendment
I woke this morning to learn that the levy is considered to be passing with a growing lead. That lead amounts to less than 1% still… 50.3668% in favor and 49.6332% opposed. I will not hold my breath, but will wait until the measures are certified in a few weeks. Meantime, I received a comment […]
Taking a Break… when it’s a good thing
I realized this week that I haven’t had the energy or inspiration for “art” in several months. My blog-babble friend, NRKII, is taking a break from her writer’s blog, and it made me take another look at my output and motivations. While I still have the desire to write, I have completely lost the ability […]
Blog Action Day: The Environment…
So many things a person could write about, I spent all weekend thinking and working on this post. Here is my meagre contribution to this month’s Blog Action Day. Of course, we all know by now that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize was given out to people who have been working on Environmental Issues (Global […]
Another Cool Author
Well, I admit I still need to read the books, but Stidkid#2 has a new favorite author, it seems. Lately, he has been reading aloud the Artemis Fowl books, by Eoin Colfer to me while I drive him places or do housework. This is a great series! And one I recommend. I think I still […]
Blog Action Day October 15
On October 15, bloggers around the world will be focused on one issue: the environment. Where will you be? I know where I’ll be…  after a morning in first grade, I’ll be blogging about this topic as yet only roughly defined!  You’ll see that for this post, merely introducing the topic I have chosen […]
Lovely Lovely Lovely
Mother and I visited theTacoma Art Museum today. We went primarily to visit the lovely quilts by the ladies of the Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective. We got lucky and were able to speak with Loretta Bennett, one of the quilters. She is only a few years older than I am, and her quilts (she is […]
Missions accomplished, and some on hold
Never quite sure what sort of categories posts like this belong to. Oh well… I feel very good about my activities the last couple weeks. I researched and designed a bulletin board for the local school which is going to do a “One Book One Community” project on the AH MO book, a collection of […]