We rented a pool

 Taking older kids on a vacation is hard.  They like their own things,but we alllll love a swimming pool. So I got an air bnb with a pool and hence forth that will be the priority in all vacation homes we rent.  We spent a lot of time making whirlpools and bopping beach balls back and forth.  I liked getting up every morning and skimming the bugs off while sipping my coffee.  It helped that it was a heatwave. Our happy relaxing worked for five short days. :)

2026

 Well, here we are. I can post from my phone. I probably always could. I can voice to text. Hmm. Here we have it. More to come.

2024

I've been asked to be in an art show.  I'm scouring the blog fore this one photo I know I have but can't locate, or I might just take a new one and work from it. I've been painting from photos lately. People I love. That's where I started. I suppose I'll move onto stories I love or ideas I love.  Anyway... Maybe I can post the painting here when I'm done. :)

It's been a minute

Updating for the sake of keeping the blog alive. Things are good. I'm really looking forward to this year. Not much else I'd like to share. Cheers to 2023! 

The very last bit

When all the meat is gone
and there's nothing left
but dry white bone,
you can still break it to pieces
and make a wish.

How I'm Doing these Dark Days

I've filled my living room with fairy lights.
I've filled my studio with music. 
I've filled myself with healthful food.
I've filled my calendar with family and friends.

Here I Am Again - Noting this Day.

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The kid made me a beautiful poem and illustration and he saved it up for Thanksgiving each day bursting at the seems with the news he had something for me that I could see on Thanksgiving Day.  I really needed that this week. This kid!  <3 br="">
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I'm rediscovering Kurt Elling today. I'd forgotten how much I liked him.

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I'm in a weird little fragile place in life these days. But hopeful.

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