Toward the Winter SolsticeAlthough the roof is just a story high ( Read more... )

The December solstice is this Saturday. I might skip other holidays, but I always do something to celebrate the turning of the seasons and (for the Northern hemisphere) the return of the light. Here on LJ I usually mark the day by posting a few poems that I feel capture the spirit of this balance point between the seasons ( Read more... )

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

~Robert Schuller

I will do my best. That is all I can do.

~Lyndon Johnson,
after the assassination of John F. Kennedy

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5 (It was beginning winter.It was beginning winter ( Read more... )

Happy Autumn! Happy Spring! Since I'm on the side of the globe that is turning into spring, I'm going with that for my selection of poems.

For winter's rains and ruins are over ( Read more... )

Last weekend I witnessed happy people celebrating their birthdays. The Munchkin turned 3 today. I'm not sure how it's been that long, but I've been taking care of her since she was an infant. And while I've never fallen out of love with her, every week I fall a little bit more in love with her. One of her many current things is to attempt to ( Read more... )

Happy Valentine's Day, my lovely LJ people!

You make my world a better place. Thank you for being part of my life.

love,
~plantgirl

This year I'm taking a different approach with my list of non-fiction. In hopes of keeping it... errr... non-fictional. :)

So instead of listing all the titles I'd like to read, which is an unrealistically large number of books to attempt to read in one year, I'm going to list the books that have been physically gathering dust while sitting on my ( Read more... )

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