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 […]
Category: QWW
Artist Trading Cards
A group of us who play Babble have decided to trade these “Artist Trading Cards.” I made my first few this last week, prototypes in advance of actually making the cards I will trade with other Babblers. I think I am getting a feel for this size and shape, and will eventually share some of […]
Last few minutes of June…
Well, I thought I would spend a few minutes catching folks up to date. The visit with my great aunt and her sons was wonderful. They are such kind and good people. Never enough time, of course, to do and see everything we would like… but enough time to sit and talk about important things […]
He fixed it!
Now the blog looks good in my favorite browser [Firefox]! There was some sort of file missing that IE and Netscape weren’t smart enough to notice, but Firefox did. I have updated the website for my business a little bit (probably won’t be noticeable to most). Need to figure out how to to the 404 […]
Science Fair Saturday
M’s science fair project with his friend went well. They did all the work in class, and managed to put together a fine poster. I think they learned a good bit, too! The community scientist was very complimentary of their work, and they seemed to enjoy explaining what they had done. G didn’t do a […]
9 March 2006
The dogs needed to go out at three-thirty this morning. And there was a thin layer of white stuff all over the ground. Grumble, cold, grumble. At five-thirty they wanted fresh water — their bowl was empty. I looked out the window. Still white stuff, and the floors were so cold… At seven-twenty T was […]
A New Gardening Year…
Following the ancient agrarian practices of the Celts and Saxons, I count the first of November as the beginning of a new gardening year. Typically, by this time of year, the harvests are in, most of the garden beds are ‘put to sleep’ for the winter or have their cover crops sown, and the plans […]