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Allowing Imperfection In a Big Way in Everyday Ramblings
I am not distracted, no, that is why I shampooed my hair twice this morning. I am not working, there is snow and a great deal of ice in my world and I am spending time with 45 of my closest new ...
Here in Princess Land in Everyday Ramblings
This is the upper part of the park (with the track that they have been working on for months now) a couple of days ago after the thaw. I think there is a stark beauty here. It is supposed to sta...
Thaw in Everyday Ramblings
This is late morning today. Today! It was supposed to thaw yesterday. I still couldn’t make it to my own personal grocery store though I did make it to a store and got fruit and eggs and tortill...
The Tyranny of To Dos in Everyday Ramblings
I haven’t been out further than my patio since yesterday morning before the snow to walk up and down the local public stairway to get my Fitbit floors in. The plan was that it was supposed to s...
A Whole New World in Everyday Ramblings
One thing that may seem confusing to folks that live somewhere where winter weather is expected and normal and folks are prepared for it is that here in Portland when it snows it is a very very ...
A Kitten, A Tin Foil Hat and Mittens in Everyday Ramblings
Say hello to Henry. The picture is what it is, there wasn’t enough light yesterday to get a clear shot without the flash but you get the general idea. He is an engaged little guy. He has long le...
Not Soon Enough! in Everyday Ramblings
It is raining but if it weren’t it would look like this right now. I took this around this time a few years ago. With this unusually wet weather one needs to get one’s mood pictures in where one...
Slightly Counter Culture in Everyday Ramblings
This is an interesting shot that highlights what a workable historic district designation can have on a neighborhood. Both the house on the left and right were built in the late 1800’s. The rent...
In a World in Everyday Ramblings
The other morning I was out early and though we had ground fog near the churned up fast flowing muddy river full of broken branches the sharp sliver of the crescent moon was glimmering through t...
Subliminal Suggestion (The Power of) in Everyday Ramblings
I wanted to get a blanket to use for my personal yoga practice (as opposed to one I share with the cats) and was looking online for something reasonable and I chose a striped green, black and wh...
What the Heck in Everyday Ramblings
This is from Sunday morning too. It is in front of a house that is for sale a few blocks down. They put a lot of money into landscaping this small restored place from the 1800s. I think he was/i...
Activism on the Horizon? in Everyday Ramblings
When I was reading oral narratives by people who lived in this neighborhood as children they often talk about the fruit trees. Those are apples back there. The trees are actually not on the prop...
Learning Things I Don't Want To Know in Everyday Ramblings
Our Japanese Garden in November. I took this nine years ago. Wow. My Periodontist neglected to tell me that the stitches he used a few weeks ago were resolvable so I have had this background wor...
A Formerly Normal Sized Person in Everyday Ramblings
On Tuesday UPS sent me an email that a package would be delivered between 10AM and 2PM so I was ready. My new iPhone was on its way. At 9:45 my doorbell rang and it turned out to be an Amazon de...
Like an Arc Light (A Connected Chain) in Everyday Ramblings
Wow. I feel better. I think maybe I had a bug. I was trying to figure out why my head and lower back and hips ached because it didn’t seem like I had done any overly ambitious exercise. My mouth...
Deep Breathing in Everyday Ramblings
If you look out my front windows it looks like winter. There is still some fall in the back. Yesterday evening I was able to get all the leaves off my patio as the trees above have by now releas...
Grid Lock in So Many Ways in Everyday Ramblings
I read about the electrical grid and look out the window at late fall. Electricity is fascinating. It is very now. I am typing this on my precious slow laptop on the power cord and it is very l...
Focusing on the Positive Close to Home in Everyday Ramblings
We had a gorgeous dry day today. It was a joy to be out in it. The mountains were visible and covered in fresh snow. Kitten has arrived. Pictures will follow. He may end up being Oliver, or Kit,...
But Then Again… in Everyday Ramblings
This is one of the ginko’s next to my place. November is yellow here. So after seeing the whole team of dental specialists last week I was sad to hear that they have plans for me after January. ...
Living Up to Expectations in Everyday Ramblings
It is not raining! After almost three times the normal rainfall over the last five weeks it is such a joy to be out and about with no precipitation to describe degrees of. There is progress in ...
Not Quite With It in Everyday Ramblings
I know, it is Halloween but please indulge me one last picture of the beach even though I am home. We had such a relaxing time. When one thinks about it the fact that everything went so well and...
Loving It in Everyday Ramblings
It is gorgeous here right now. I took this shot just after dawn so it was still a bit cloudy. My inner pony could not wait to get out on the beach. Looking ahead we had a pretty good idea that ...
How Wet Are You? in Everyday Ramblings
This is the mix of leaves outside the windows of my bedroom/office. Yesterday after the heavy wet atmospheric fog burned off the river and surrounds we had a light sunny day. I walked with Frida...
The Philosophy Cafe? in Everyday Ramblings
I won’t be able to go to the Mythos class for the final session next week because I will be at the beach. It is so good. Last night we talked about the modern Mythos, what ideas or concepts are ...
Leaf Fall and Asides in Everyday Ramblings
Welcome to my world of wet leaves. This is the colorful downside of living in a place so green in an environment of climate change. I feel for the guys out there finishing up the work on the tra...
