I’m so proud
My dear, amazing, talented, and insanely funny friend, Anne… … Read More Read More
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Caution: Week of work ahead
Something terrible is going to happen this coming weekend. It’s so terrible, it makes me want to run screaming through... Read More
Days are flying by
Looking at the calendar is increasingly confusing. I could swear we’re barely half way through the year, and yet Christmas... Read More
Worker bee
Today’s beading efforts produced part of a Ring Around the Rosie bracelet in bright, happy colors. I did the first... Read More
Patience is a virtue
I got news today on my Big Secret Project – and the news is that I need to wait a... Read More
There’s a lovely hint of fall in the air today. I did a triple-take as I was walking past the... Read More
Hurricane Ike visited, and all I got was some lousy wind
Not a single drop of rain in Austin. Not. One. Drop. To laugh or to cry, that is the question!... Read More
How can I sleep?
I’m mesmerized by the TV coverage of the the hurricane tonight and it’s so hard to tear myself away from... Read More
Vote in the poll
I added a poll over there to the left … Read More Read More
Poor little Winston
Mr. Winston had a day at the beauty shop yesterday (groomer) and came back looking particularly fine and more cool.... Read More
Watching that darned hurricane
It’s pretty odd to be several hundred miles inland of the Texas coast, but yet still needing to make some... Read More
So close, but yet so far
I’ll admit it straight up. I didn’t paint on Saturday like I planned. And I didn’t do much of anything... Read More
One of these is not like the other
So I’ve had two different people email me today, both claiming responsibility for the comment that was written about my... Read More
Interesting Day
People bemuse me. There are so many folks out in the world who make it their life’s work to dwell... Read More
How much change is enough?
I finished working on a project tonight that turned out absolutely gorgeous, if I do say so myself. I’m conflicted,... Read More
They don’t believe me
It took a full day of sleeping and lazing around the house Monday, but I think I’m finally sufficiently recovered... Read More
Hang on Gulf Coast, hang on…
The news about Gustav is getting more worrisome by the hour. It’s exploded from a tropical storm to a Catagory... Read More