i am: present and accounted for
listening to: rain pattering on the windows
drinking: british blend tea

• I made an incredible pot roast earlier in the week and now have some incredible BBQ made from the leftovers simmering on the stove.
• It's raining right now, and supposed to continue doing so until tomorrow evening when, if the weather forecast ( Read more... )

i am: taking a break
listening to: telemann - viola concerto in g
drinking: honey lemon ginseng tea
We've been having a few days of early spring this week, and it's been nice. I find the smallest of birds fascinating to watch - the wrens, chickadees, and the house finches (which look large next to the others.) They flit around in pairs scoping out ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: gel-sol, raneboze
drinking: british blend tea

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i am: procrastinating
listening to: my ears ringing
drinking: british blend tea

( cut for vast depths of mundanity )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: it's very quiet in here at the moment
drinking: iced tea
i seem to have been stuck in hibernation mode lately; i've been working through a manuscript that's extremely challenging, and at the same time quite entertaining. i have less than 100 pages left to do though, and then one or two more. it seems ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: rain battering the windows and awning
drinking: iced tea
i've not updated much lately, because i've nothing much of interest to say. that's never stopped me before, but my hands are still aching - and i still have no idea what i've done to them. i've not been overly abusive, but they're just not ( Read more... )

i am: ready for monday
listening to: a string of commercials on the tv in the other room
drinking: iced tea

• i finished up my calendars on thursday: assembled, uploaded, ordered my "quality control" copies. i need to do some focused proofreading before releasing them into what zazzle calls the public marketplace - just to make sure i didn't misspell ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: pc hum in d minor
drinking: british blend tea
my neighbors have a black and white cat named puss, and a boston terrier named pepper. nicely matched set. anyway, every morning while i'm making my first cup of tea, i stand at the kitchen window gazing out upon my butterfly bush and hedgerow (or what's ( Read more... )

i am: present and accounted for
listening to: the a/c cranking
drinking: british blend tea
i'm having one of those scattered mondays; my brain's all awhirl. i wish i could blame it on too much caffeine, but i think i'm still a cup low. i've been working on manuscripts today, and playing scrabble, and downloading templates from zazzle, uploading a ( Read more... )

i am: sitting here when i should be in the kitchen cooking
listening to: an ambitious neighbor mowing his lawn
drinking: green tea, hot

• son returned from his "underway" last weekend for a brief visit to dryland. very brief. he'll be leaving on friday for a two-month jaunt this time. at least i got one good meal in him before he's submerged beneath ( Read more... )