My Thanksgiving

I was working yesterday–and the big hoopala is planned for Christmas, since I’m joining Wendy and Jeremy in Santa Monica then–so I figured I’d just fix the turkey–whenever. Use that nifty deep fryer I bought specially from QVC–I...

Foggy Thanksgiving Morning

There is a cloud resting in the valley below my house. How lovely it is.Today, I’m especially grateful.For my loved ones, human and furry.For my freedom, and those who preserve it for me.For the first responders, the brave ones who run toward any disaster, in...

Turkeys in the Trees

They’re out there, windy and cool as it is, trying to snug down in the inadequate branches of tiny trees along my driveway. This morning, I watched with a smile as one HUGE turkey bounced precariously on a low branch, while another, below on the ground, jumped...

Tuesdays

I love Tuesdays. Like Thursdays, they are buckle-down-and-tend-to-business days. By Tuesday, one is over the shock of Monday, and has yet to reach Wednesday–over the hump day, they call it–when a lot of people inevitably start thinking...

Slushy Monday

It snowed. Then it rained. Now, of course, we have slush. You don’t see paintings of slush. You don’t read poems about it. It’s just–slushy.Lest you think I’m feelin’ blue, it isn’t so. I painted and drew this weekend, and...

Pin It on Pinterest