I read this poem yesterday in Stephen Fry's The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking The Poet Within (great book, by the way), and knew I had to share:

My downstairs neighbor, ceramic artist Marva Jolly, had her annual sale/open house yesterday. I love her work. I can't afford her larger pieces, but she had works ranging from $10 to $1200. My favorites, though, weren't on sale. I picked up a couple of small ones, one from a group that were experiments on the way to something that hasn't been ( Read more... )

Dinner at Julie's last night was excellent, as always. Turkey moist and delicious, Fran's yummy sweet potatoes, also mashed potatoes, a variety of veggies, etc. No cranberry sauce, though; Julie, being Swedish, requires lingonberry! My pumpkin pudding turned out very well. Gifts were exchanged; as usual, Caroline had been madly baking and ( Read more... )

and I've been up and mixed and stirred and put a pumpkin pudding in the oven! I was going to do it last night, but went to two holiday parties and didn't get home until nearly 11:00, so decided to get up early instead ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving Day was lovely, thanks to the lovely tzurriz, who, when she heard that my sib wasn't going to make it in, invited me to join her family, including her mother (the lovely dreamsweaver), who is an absolutely delightful hostess. Now, I'm going to make their ears burn and say that tzurriz' family is one of the warmest and most welcoming it has ever been my ( Read more... )

I received an email from my older sister that she can't come in for Thanksgiving, but will be here at Christmas. So I'll have duck breast rather than veggie lasagna for dinner. But who will make the chocolate chip cookies for my open house on Sunday? That's her area of expertise ( Read more... )

Gorgeous weather today! I got up and went around the apartment throwing open all the windows. A nice change from yesterday's hot, humid and stormy. I was also rather productive today. Aside from the laundry, I got a fair bit accomplished on the book I'm working on for submission to the One Book, Many Interpretations show. I also painted the ( Read more... )

I mailed off the first batch of holiday cards this morning. I still have more to do. Perhaps most people will have received them by Epiphany, or before the postal rates go up. Or Chinese New Year. Or the Islamic New Year. Well, sometime.

I've been rather pleased with the courts the last couple of days. Reading Judge Jones' decision in ( Read more... )

Changed the kitty litter. Emptied the dishwasher. Went by the bank and made a deposit (always a good thing). Returned a couple of books to the library (yes, you're right, I checked a couple out as well). Picked up the dry cleaning I should have picked up a week ago. Got stamps at the post office. Bought my tree (5' spruce). Brought the ( Read more... )

I can send email again (thanks to a very nice & helpful Apple tech).

I am more than halfway through sewing my book (no thanks to Lilith, who "helped" by attacking the thread ( Read more... )