Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now there’s a title worthy of several layers of snide jokes…I’ll leave you the fun of making them, though.
Project 365:7
I’ve published a new page, pages being separate from posts at WordPress. I’m using them for things that are special to me, that I very much want to share with you. This latest one is Mindful [...]
Posted in Project 365, haiku Monday on January 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
sunrise behind clouds
cool, diffuse light – wind shakes twigs
portends the blizzard
Sunday’s Project 365 picture and Haiku Monday.
Posted in adventure, field trips, homeschooling, parenting on January 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Family Phys. Ed.
Sun on white snow.
Freshly made ice – the Zamboni even arrived for a second new coat just before we left.
The sound of blades on ice.
Hardly ever seeing Tias, who plays an elaborate game of hiding in opposite corners of the loops and turns.
Sandra asking if she was a good skater.
Seeing Rainer [...]
Posted in Project 365, adventure on January 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’ve taken the plunge. My Project 365 has begun.
An orange. Grated for zest for Christmas shortbread. Let dry on the counter. Thrown away. Mysteriously appears on the snowy deck. Delights woman every day with its absurdity. Catches the sunrise and catches her eye. Immortalized.
What tipped me over [...]
Posted in art, handmade on January 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Illustration Friday is something I decided to try just before Christmas. I’ve been surprised by the difficulty I can have coming up with a response to the prompt each week. The words are great and have multiple interpretations, yet there is usually a terseness to them that makes my mind say, “Huh. [...]
Posted in handmade on January 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Toes are important. Without any toes, we cannot balance. That’s an odd bit of trivia bouncing around in my mind just now. Prairie Toes, particularly my Prairie Toes, need wool just now. The wind, it is a blowin’. It makes floors cold and boots cold and people cold. I [...]
Posted in homeschooling, parenting on January 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This morning had several things that needed to happen: storytime during breakfast, our 4 minutes of spelling, reading practice, a dentist appointment of unknown duration for Sandra, and a 4 mile run for me. When Tias was distracted by the notion that he could completely fill the screen of his Nintendo DS with [...]
Posted in adventure on January 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
My brain likes to have big ideas. Right now, for instance, I’m contemplating doing Project 365. While I was running on the treadmill yesterday, watching the Budapest Flickr group as slideshow to distract me, I had the idea to draw every place we sleep in Europe. I love to plan. I [...]
Posted in handmade on January 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Extreme wind chills ending early this afternoon, but redeveloping in many areas tonight.
This is a warning that extreme wind chill conditions are imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.
Knitted the second thumb and sewed in ends as the weather forecaster rumbled about how quickly exposed skin would freeze this morning [...]
Posted in homeschooling, parenting on January 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Reading, or the teaching of it, has been a bugaboo here. Sandra’s eye difficulties and therapies… Tias’ wiggly devotion to the the knightly arts rather than monkish duties… I’ve given up hoping for a break-through. There won’t be a dazzling moment of dancing naked through the neighbourhood, shouting my happiness to the [...]
