It's May day, or the 1st of May. Not that anyone near me would believe it based on the weather - it's rainy and chilly and very late March-feeling. Which is actually okay with me, inasmuch as I'd just as soon it not be monstrously hot anytime soon. Or perhaps ever. But I digress ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to come back and post here for some time now - I have books to tell you about, and probably thoughts and such as well - but my energy levels have been unpredictable, and not usually super-high, and so it has gone by the wayside. It doesn't mean I haven't missed you all. In fact, when my energy levels plummet, I don't have lots of ( Read more... )

I have (yet again) been surprised to learn the power of lists ( Read more... )

It is Monday, April 28th, meaning there are only two more days left in National Poetry Month, an event for which I had plans this year (oh the book reviews I was going to write!), but which got scuttled for reasons a bit beyond my control. (Hello, vertigo! And yes, it's improving, but still here ( Read more... )

That about sums it up, when it comes to my theme/goal for 2014 ( Read more... )

. . . but not necessarily checking it twice. I believe in starting the new year off on the right foot by spending time on the first day doing the things that I want to focus on during the year - the things that are important to me ( Read more... )

Let's see . . . there's the continuing health stuff, which is tedious to discuss, so I won't.

On Friday, there was the "standing out in the cold for hours waiting for Stephenie Meyer to sign books" event, which was tiring, really, especially in light of the health stuff, followed by lunch with Maggie. And I baked hamentaschen, which are triangular ( Read more... )

At least, it's been quiet for the past hour or so, while my sweetheart is off at a meeting. Just the thump of a basketball across the street in the last day of almost-warm winter weather. (It's near 50 here today and sunny - the Arctic air arrives tonight, though, so we will only see about half that for the next several days.) And, for a brief ( Read more... )

It's already been a productive day here. I like the idea of doing the things on the first day of the year that you really think are important in the coming year, so there has been time with M and with my sweetheart (and more to come), some focus on financial matters and on scheduling, some emails sent to friends, some organizing and cleaning done ( ( Read more... )

Not to check them twice, necessarily, although I expect I will, in fact, check them at least a bit in days and weeks to come, but it's part of my end-of-year, lull between the holidays practices ( Read more... )