weaving the threads of a life

I was thinking about life threads on the way home from Bangor today, and about weaving, patterns, fabric. Some folks lives seem, at least from the outside, to be woven in a simple pattern, from just a few threads... a check or a plaid perhaps. Simple life, simple pattern, so it would appear. What got …

The Heel Bone’s Connected to the …. Knee Bone?

For some time I have been having problems with my left heel. It came on abruptly. One day at work it hurt to walk on it. Then over the days off, it stopped but took up again when work started and subsequently refused to abate completely... ranging from a low pain to something much worse …

"Artist Dates"

I definitely need to get back into taking time to nourish my "inner artist." If you have read The Artist's Way then you are familiar with the concept of an Artist Date. If not, become so. Whether you think of yourself as an artist or not, I think it is essential to engage in this …

Spring Indoor Planting

Today I made mini soil blocks and planted: 20 each mini cubes of:cabbage, Danish Ballheadcabbage, Friggacabbage, Golden Acrescabbage, Red Expresscauliflower, Early Snowbroccolilettuce, Black Seeded Simpsonlettuce, Buttercrunchlettuce, Cardinale,lettuce, Coslettuce, Green Icelettuce, Outredgeouslettuce, Red Salad Bowllettuce, Royal Oak Leaflettuce, Sloboltlettuce, Speckled Amishlettuce, Summertimeleeks, King Richardcelery, Afino (cutting)celery, TangoHerbs:  basil; red, sweet, Thai, lemon; marjoram, cumin, catnipChinese LanternStraw …

The beginning of Spring!

!Happy  spring! With the equinox just passed on Tuesday and the New Moon coming tomorrow, who could think of a better time to stir up life and plant the seeds of change!To continue the metaphor, remember that new habits take time, just like seedlings. Sometimes there are setbacks, in the garden and in life. But …

Once again, become Do-ers, not just viewers

Most folks make resolutions with the turn of the calendar. For me, though, the dark of winter is a time to contemplate, to look both ways and analyze, to plot and to plan and to think on things.Spring, which quickly approaches, is a time to prune a little here or there (though on the woody …

Celebtate Everything?

I've seen little graphics popping up on Facebook from time to time, spouting the thought that one should celebrate everything, any chance one gets. But I am not so sure that I agree with that thought.If one means it in the sense of "celebrating" and taking joy in the moment, of embracing life to the …

Bringing a blog back to life

Sometimes, I think, following what the Gods say can make one look like a flake.Reliably, for day and months on end, They had me taking down and transmitting thoughts that I received. "Words of Wisdom" they said... for me and for me to share. It felt very strange, but I did it. Then, seemingly out …