I was never good at math. Or understanding chart graph thing-a-ma-bobs. Playing Blackjack TERRIFIES me. Too much on the spot addition. I don’t gamble in general because comprehending odds is …. incomprehensible. And statistics, make me mad. I understand that sometimes statistics urge people into action, usually by making them mad - “I will not [...]
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Christmas Confuses Me
December 24, 2010 – 8:13 am
When I was a little girl Christmas made sense: You wake up as soon as you hear an adult turn over in their bed and scramble downstairs. The next three hours are spent asking your Grandma if you can wake your mother up yet. Finally your mother rolls into the den and you spend 20 [...]
The Snarly Beast
October 8, 2010 – 11:05 am
Okay, so I have a confession to make, I am not Miss Perfect Pants. I am harboring a Tasmanian Devil inside me. For the last week it has been on a rampage chewing up the edges of my equilibrium. I am sharpening knives. Want to crawl out of my skin. Don’t want cats [...]
The Audacity of Death and Cats
September 8, 2010 – 7:05 am
In honor of my birthday I would like to write about death. Not death in general but one particular death that took place during my birthday party two years ago. Punkydoodles, one of my beloved cats, had the audacity to die during my party! I won’t go into a lot of back story but there [...]
View from a Snake
August 3, 2010 – 11:09 am
Walking along a trail, trying to avoid stepping on lizards, I almost stepped on the most delicate snake. Very thin and small and young. Sunning itself in the afternoon light. As soon as my foot was imminent it did a half coil and then slithered speedily into the brush. I had the impulse to follow [...]
SURPRISE!
July 23, 2010 – 12:00 pm
The email said “If you can come at 12:20 tomorrow we have a little surprise…”. I LOVE surprises! If the Devil himself sent me this message I would arrive at his hellish door by 12:20 to see what would happen. (note to Devil – you’ve got a live one here) Fortunately it was my friend [...]
She Does Something To Me
July 7, 2010 – 2:48 pm
If you know me, or are getting to know me through this blog – Hi new friends, you know I LOVE nature! Climbing trees, hiking, sitting on the beach, there isn’t much I don’t enjoy about being outside because it does something to me. It is alive and wild and current and when I spend [...]
Oh, so HERE is where the fear starts!
June 22, 2010 – 6:32 pm
Sometimes I like to climb things or walk on ledges that are way up high. I don’t consider myself a daredevil but once in a while I will put on my Evil Knievel pants and try to do something that is technically… not that smart. (these are metaphorical pants, by the way, and [...]
Squirrel vs Hummingbird Round 2
May 21, 2010 – 7:21 am
A few days ago I wrote about being visited by a squirrel and a hummingbird while sitting in my tree. The squirrel taught me about taking action with its running around busy-ness. Action draws attention. And now I want to explore the hummingbirds side of the story. One of the magical things about climbing trees is [...]
Squirrel vs Hummingbird Round 1
May 18, 2010 – 8:04 am
Sitting high up in my tree, one warm day last week, I had the pleasure of sharing some time with a hummingbird and a squirrel. The hummingbird landed on a small branch about 7 feet away to my left and the squirrel was on a big branch about 25 feet away to my right. I quickly realized [...]
