Be back on Monday.

It's one of those weeks when there are way more things to be done that can be, so that choices must be made and priorities reset. In ot...

Our dishwasher suddenly died. Oh German Engineering, thou hast failed me once more. So I set out to hand wash a dishwasher chock full o ...

Halloween makes me think of graveyards. Mostly because when I was a kid, after trick or treat, we went up the hill to the oldest cemetery ...

The air is cooler, there are lots of clouds, hints of rain but no deal. Orion was up with a sore throat last night, led into a cold today. ...

This weekend was one for rejuvenation via rest. I spent a couple of hours working, but mostly rested, read, ate food I like and watched na...

We've been having some more fun with glow pigments. Poppets like glow-in-the-dark, for sure. As many of you know, Poppets like having...

Yesterday I got some photography done. Cleaned. Enjoyed Orion's presence, home from school and at play. I thought about rooms we don...

When I first came to live in the desert, I couldn't find the seasons. I grew deeply depressed. As any human being, I needed the chang...

It's October. The weather changed, quite suddenly, two days ago. We wondered if it will last, if the desert is taunting us, planning...

Poppets do love adventures. We all know that. And I've made so many Poppets, I'm like the old woman in the shoe. Ok. I'm not ...

It's 10:45. I started working today at 7:30 a.m. I'm having a glass of wine now. It's a good glass of wine, but I'm stil...

So... Have you picked out your costume yet? Some of the Poppets were, um, wondering. Poppets do love Halloween. For sure.

Finally Autumn's Child has her lights. She seems more real to me now than ever. She seems like a child, stretching her reach to its li...

She wondered if the rain would start before the boat arrived. The sun hid itself hours ago. The blackbirds didn't offer a word. Like ol...

Have we made it to October? not quite. But September isn't so bad. There are little signs of Autumn's coming. Thanks for all your ...

Some days crawl. A single moment is eternal. Years fly by. Decades Lost. Eons forgotten. A distant memory is clear as yesterday. Tomorro...

This weekend MimiKo is visiting. Today she swam with Orion and played DDR and patiently watched Full Frontal Fashion while I plugged away ...

Tonight I am amazed at my own tenacity. On Monday I became suddenly and violently ill. Thought it was food poisoning. Oh, the fun of it. I ...

Today I finished a painting I've been working on for weeks. That felt good. I stood back and crossed my arms and said, "Ok, I...