Monday blog
Art by Moon Diva Art A heart of grief. My family experienced another loss last week. This time is was my last living uncle. Since December 2018 my husband and I have attended the funerals of seven family members. A mother (me), two sisters (one for each), two uncles (me), two cousins (me). That is …
The sunset after the storm. I have been busy with family over the past week so I have not had a lot of time to think about what I wanted to write about this week. Here it is Monday afternoon, and I am just now sitting down to my keyboard. How does life get so …
What to do when your day goes south? At the time I write this, it is Monday. I awoke refreshed from a good night’s rest ready to tackle Monday. I should have known better. In making some updates to the website, I managed to delete a whole section. I do not know how I did …
Woman in the Mirror by Artist, William Meade Prince – Oil on Canvas, 1923 Are You Selfish? Selfishness vs. Self-Preservation. What is the difference, and why is it important to differentiate? Over the past week these two topics have been on my mind. Most of us are taught early in life to avoid being selfish …
Happy Valentine’s Day! Hallmark’s Holiday of Love Day of Love! I prefer this over Valentine’s Day because not everyone is in a romantic relationship. Hallmark is a master of creating days to sell their cards – and more power to them. We all love a good Hallmark card. We have attics, basements, boxes, and scrapbooks …
Have a slice of insomnia – fresh baked! Insomnia. Well known to women ‘of a certain age.’ I hate that term, don’t you? What that means is women over the age of 50. Women in pre-mid-post-menopausal years. Women who have more gray hair and wrinkles. Women who get chin hairs and crazy eyebrows. (What’s up …
Meet Spartacus, The Wander Kitty Spartacus, the Wander Kitty Goes Caterwauling Spartacus, The Wander Kitty found us at the end of July last year. He was barely weaned from his mother, but dumped near our home. It was during a rainy period so he found shelter under our car. I discovered him one morning as …
“Tangled in our nets, are we stuck in a sticky web?” ~ Todd Thompson Are you tangled and stuck? Tangled nets and hard choices; that’s a mouth full, right? These topics came up more than once this week. Not surprising since this was my birthday week. The more we age, the more we ask the …
Organic is always better. When you allow your creativity to flow from an organic place, wonderful things happen! A garden of organic words. What exactly do I mean by that statement? For starters, I cannot tell you how many times people will ask how I come up with the stories I write, or the art …
I am in total control. Are you a control freak? This week I asked myself this question. It was prompted after hearing that one of my friend’s had lost her sister. Turns out this sister was a hoarder. They had been estranged for a bit, and while family knew this sister had mental health issues, …
