Well, hello. Remember me? I’m the one who used to write here quite regularly. I’m never quite sure how it gets to be Tuesday after it seems that Thursday was just yesterday, but that’s how it goes. I think I’ve figured out that if I had a way to hang on to my thoughts while…
Month: September 2008
Learning from Writers
I’ve been reading portions of William Zinsser’s Inventing the Truth, a collection of pieces by talented writers on The Art and Craft of Memoir. It lays open in a place that I’ll see it throughout the day so that I can noncommittally pick it up and think about what the writers have to say about…
Martha for a Few Hours, Almost
The visit from the “floor” man was interesting yesterday. I found out he is a general contractor, and the floor sample and measurement plan quickly became secondary to the larger discussion around what to do about bathrooms, and closets, and fireplaces, and windows, and stair railings…. The list seems endless. We’ve gone through a couple…
Time for a Remodel
I’m truly in a quandry. As I look back over the past year, so much has changed that no one would notice but me. I’m speaking of my blog world, and not the real world, which is so chaotic right now. I’d like to say that I believe I can impact change on the latter,…
Monday: Fair to Middlin’
I must be mellow today. I’ll credit the heavy fog blowing across my patio right now, and the drops of water left on my plants and spider webs high in the trees. It doesn’t look or feel like late summer, but this happens when the desert to the east of us is hot, pulling moisture…
Pigs, Lipstick, and Other Shiny Objects
This is not a light-hearted post, so if you’re just not in the mood to be real, that’s fine. But right now, I’m thinking that blogging about my patio flowers, or thoughts about floor covering choices for a remodel, or how much I’d like to mail my flea-ridden pets to Siberia are not worth spending…