As promised, this entry will recall a “best” from my childhood. Except as I think back, I cannot remember one particular Christmas as a whole. There are moments and glimmers and little videotape replays of great moments, and if I try even just a little bit, I can remember disappointments. So much of my childhood [...]
Read the rest of Best Christmas Ever, Part 2
(Received the “Best of Holidailies” nod. Thanks, guys!) This entry will be about the best Christmas ever in my adult life. Part 2 will be about the best one as a child. As for many folks, this time of year is very difficult for me, either for reasons of missing loved ones, craving the family [...]
Read the rest of Best Christmas Ever, Part 1
I have returned from Africa, and I am jet-lagged, -whelmed (I pendulum between under and over on an hourly basis) with my life here, and changed. This might shock you, or not surprise you. If it thrills you, please do write to me or comment. I am this woman, and I am a hunter. For [...]
Read the rest of Out Of Africa
(28 of 50) Forgive me for just a moment, for not being fluffy, funny or pointless. This is a particularly important day for me, historically, as an American and as an Air Force brat. Today is June 6. On a pretty day in summer, 64 years ago, a whole lot of men, young and old, [...]
Read the rest of D-Day
(27 of 50) (not to be confused with Greta Thragnusdottir’s magnum opus – a much later but fragmented text which is considered to be the first Icelandic historical romance) I suppose it is time to begin the story about how I discovered these Icelandic texts. I had always meant to reveal them in appropriate academic [...]
Read the rest of The Eddas of Thrag Thragnusson
(18 of 50) I am a knitter. I learned from my mother when I was probably about six or seven. I am backdating that to the house I remember knitting in. I can see the bedroom where she had her sewing stuff. There was a little Singer sewing machine for kids there too, and I [...]
Read the rest of Knitting
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Lap Dog, originally uploaded by tigerwillow. (17 of 50) My 40 lb. lap dog, Miss Lucy. She is not allowed on the couch unless in a lap, so it works out [...]
Read the rest of Lap Dog
I wrote some letters today. Here are snippets for public viewing. 1. February is bittersweet for me. January is a snowplow – all the leftover pent-up energy and procrastinated chores, the Boy’s birthday (which of course must be a standalone event, not at all like Christmas), and then the annual convention for my company. We [...]
Read the rest of Two Letters from the Land of Mourning
One of my bloggy friends – a woman I know only because I like her writing – is a walking miracle. And I love a good story. Read her latest story, in her words, in chronological order, with apologies for perhaps plagiarizing too much of her blog into mine: Boxes Frightened News Questions Memo
Read the rest of Miracles Exist!
How do you know if your Christmas slippers are indeed a great pair? I left the house today – in the car and half-way down the alley to the street. Uh oh! I still had my slippers on, so I had to go back, pull into the driveway and go inside to put on shoes. [...]
Read the rest of Good Slippers