Category Archives: Writing

~:: Direction ::~

Posted on July 19, 2012 by K

I’m lost. Not as in: my soul has failed.  As in: standing at a complicated crossroads and turning helplessly round and around and around. I’m at that place where a long laundry-list of delightful, challenging, loving to-do s (how the … Continue reading →

Posted in Epiphanies and Meditations, Just talk | Tagged , , | 19 Comments

~:: Brave ::~

Posted on June 28, 2012 by K

I haven’t written anything on a blog or in a journal for weeks.  I’ve been self-publishing like a crazy person, and now I have all the book promotion to figure out.  I HATE being behind like this, and being out … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Movie reviews | Tagged , , | 26 Comments

~:: Anni Daulter’s Book ::~

Posted on June 5, 2012 by K

I can be a creative person. No – stop laughing.  I can. I can even design and throw a good party, if I put my mind to it. And therein lies the rub (allusion?): at this point, in the middle … Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews | Tagged , | 33 Comments

~:: More Harrowing Stuff ::~

Posted on May 25, 2012 by K

25th – cold and rainy. Not rainy yet, but it will be. We are still alive, which is good news. (And this: Constant tense-shift alert. I am too un-moured to decide past or present) The most effective antidote for art … Continue reading →

Posted in dumb stuff, whining | Tagged , , , , , , | 39 Comments

~:: On Birthdays ::~

Posted on May 15, 2012 by K

Behinder and behinder. In our house, at some point, I made a decree: Christmas is all about Christ, but birthdays are all about YOU. I always hated the sit-on-Santa-and-ask-for-stuff thing. So for my poor children, if Santa’s lap was involved, … Continue reading →

Posted in A little history, Explanations, Family, holidays, Memories and Ruminations | Tagged , | 30 Comments

~:: Easter ::~

Posted on April 8, 2012 by K

I am restless.  There are so many things I want to write down. So many shots I want to share. On the Sabbath, I tend to want to write things of a spiritual nature, but today I am so tempted … Continue reading →

Posted in Explanations, HappyHappyHappy, holidays | Tagged | 20 Comments

~:: How We Captured a Duck ::~

Posted on March 23, 2012 by K

Back in the saddle (not literally). Slept through a million odd dreams, hours’ and hours’ worth. Woke up feeling more like myself. Dressed for the pasture. Greeted the dogs. Checked my mail. Put my phone in my pocket and my … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun Stuff, Minutiae, The outside world | Tagged , | 25 Comments

~:: What Happened on Monday ::~

Posted on March 22, 2012 by K

First, may I say that I am growing to hate capchas of any kind with a deep and abiding hatred?  Well, I am.  And the darned things are getting longer. Isn’t there another way? Counter-bots that follow the dang spammers … Continue reading →

Posted in A little history, Family, Gin, Journeys, Seasons, snow, The g-kids, The kids, The outside world, whining | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 27 Comments

~:: And Where Did They Bury the Caucus? ::~

Posted on March 17, 2012 by K

And this: go look at my giveaway and enter to WINNNNN!  Giving away a hard back copy of Breaking Rank! Here are some awful (I am NO good with this phone) shots of our only actual snow storm of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, friends, Just talk, The outside world | Tagged , , , | 24 Comments

~:: The Tale of a Grey Bird ::~

Posted on March 14, 2012 by K

I will tell you that I, having decided to educate my children myself for as long as I could, waded into teaching them to read with naïve confidence.  And backed out of it astonished at the complexity of the job. … Continue reading →

Posted in IMENHO (Evidently not humble), Just talk, The outside world | 20 Comments