The winter landscape is beautiful in it's bareness and bleakness. I love the yellow of the grass, the blue of the mountains and nakedness of the trees. It's the kind of quiet that makes your head ring and the wind sound like chimes on the bare branches. There is a richness there that makes my heart ache. Some feelings can't be put into words, they are too much or too deep. I like it when that … [Read more...]

Sherry Kettner is a dear friend of mine, she writes over at her blog, http://www.sherrykletters.blogspot.com. I love having late night talks with her over chips and salsa (and margaritas when I'm not preggers!)or just sitting in my dingy 'ment fighting Sum's desire to rip up her favorite bracelet. One night we started talking about maturity and I loved her perspective so much I begged her to write … [Read more...]

Who ever called it "potty training" must have been an observer, not the trainer themselves. Or a Man. Or previously a dog trainer. Whatever the case, "potty training" just isn't the right way to put it. I guess lack of better terms may have caused this- but seriously, "potty training" sounds like an orderly event, very practical and disciplined. Yeah. It doesn't capture the essence of older … [Read more...]

I've been sick for like 2 weeks. First it was the sinus infection thing, then Sum got me sick with some bug where I was heaving the contents of my stomach in a most painful manner. I think I got sick because my immune system was down because I was sad about the house. Once again, I let myself get pulled down by an inanimate object. It's one thing to let people and situations make you sick... … [Read more...]