Not Drowning, Waving

I didn't sleep well. It was a combination of stuff. I have a cold that makes it hard to breathe without snoring (which wakes me up as we...

...it's been awhile. In fact, it's been so much of an awhile that I almost forgot my username and password to this blog. It's ...

I woke this morning and found myself in the mirror -- slightly tired with a wave-like swoop of hair curling over my head. I've known tee...

I've finished my first round of small animal massage work and am on to the next and hopefully final level before I become licensed. The ...

My friends have always told me I'm a perfectionist. I don't see it. There are so many things I don't do perfectly that it's ...

Yesterday, on a walk with a dog through an impoverished neighborhood, I came upon this planter box. I had to take a photo. I'd walked th...

It's not a bad smell. No. It's a glorious smell and it reminds me of our vacation to Mexico a few years ago. Mexicans live next door...

I took a nap on the couch this evening after working at the pool. I didn't really want to sleep too much because I worried it would keep...

I'm reclining in a faux-leather recliner sofa looking out over the Willamette Valley's walnut groves and mountain horizons while my ...

I am on my final chapter of my animal massage course. It's all about First Aide. I feel pretty confident, but I have yet to log in and t...

Since he joined our family, Rubin has been a challenge. Not a bad one, just testing our patience (mine in particular) and posing problems w...

Right now I'm sitting at my friends' computer at her house in Port Townsend. I haven't been back to PT in two years and I have m...

As I write, there is a very long-haired dog sound asleep beside me. The curly one is on his bed in the living room -- his usual morning posi...

Yesterday we sat in the sun at my parents' house surrounded by elders -- my parents, two friends with whom I grew up (surrogate Aunt an...

In the pool with Gussy. Photo courtesy of Wellsprings K9 . As a child, I remember wetting my bed. I didn’t...

It's Sunday night. Tomorrow I go back to work. 3 hours of teaching, 3 hours of dog walking, and then obedience class for an hour. That...

I didn’t want to wake up this morning. I wanted to sleep in for a long, long time. This is not a bad thing for I am usually an insomniac wak...

I am in my final month of teaching. After 24 years, I've tried to "retire" once before (two years ago), but then the financial...

I know, it's been awhile. It's been such a long while I forgot my login name and password. Not that anyone cares. I write this to cl...

I can't see the stars tonight -- way too many clouds along with wind and rain. But if I could, I think they'd be out of whack. Here...

I'm actually reading a book, but last night we saw Patty Larkin in concert with John Gorka. He was okay, she was fabulous. Amazing guita...