Month: March 2008
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Sunday thoughts on fish wrap and left over cake.
It’s so quiet this morning. It rained in Paradise last night and the clouds are still dark and heavy with their moisture, blocking a sun that is trying hopelessly to shine. When the weather is like this, it always adds to the quiet, the cars on the street beyond our back wall not making their…
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Wild Mustard & Spanish Tests
Ahhh…the delightfulness of a Friday yawning ahead of me with nary a plan in sight. My favorite sort of day. I should have known that it might not be so when I forced myself to get up at a minute before eight because at least I could have bragging rights to it. Not that there…
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Cork for My Attitude, Perhaps?
I am seriously cranky today. For the most part, I wouldn’t bother to mention it because I rarely am, and if I am, it’s not something worth mentioning. I have committed myself to a permanent state of being one who does not deserve to be cranky ever again, no longer having to deal with the…
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What time is it?
It’s not quite midnight here and it’s lovely outside. When I open the back door, the air rushes in and I can smell the jasmine blooming on the fence between our neighbor’s house and ours. It’s warm out and the sky is clear. I can see constellations I don’t normally see. It’s beautiful. But I’m…
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Lavender and peace of mind
I’ve been thinking about my mom quite a bit lately. It isn’t that I don’t think of her, because she’s always in my mind at one point or another in a days’ time for any number of reasons. When I leave something out of place, I hear her voice telling me to put it away.…
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Spring Break, The Fed, & Bracketology
It’s Spring Break here. That means that at least in Paradise, the clear blue sky and brilliant sunshine will coax you outside after you’ve donned your tee-shirt and shorts only to find that the air is less than warm. Chilly, in fact. It’s rude. What’s even more rude is having to look at winter legs…