Posted in creative, fun, mermaids, observations, thoughts, water on August 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
*artwork likely to follow this weekend*
How to spot a mermaid — the signs to look for
They drink a lot of water. They are rarely ever seen without a glass of water.
They have very dry skin and can require much more moisturizing than regular landfolk
They are complete romantics. They cry easily at romantic movies, books, etc. [...]
Posted in fun, happiness, money, music, shopping, silly on August 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
or…..bring on the cheese, baybee!!
We are working to rebuild our credit. So, in order to do that, we had to apply for (and use) credit cards. This is a big change from how we’ve done everything for the past three years — no credit cards, only a debit card, we only buy what we can [...]
Posted in art, fun, imagination, links, mermaids, water on August 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Some other flying mermaids around:
The Flying Mermaid shop
This really cool image by Greg Bridges that I love
Flying Mermaids writing retreats (neat!)
This flying mermaid print, with my favorite story of a flying mermaid. “I won’t trade my voice for legs.” Lovely and inspiring.
Google is so much fun!
Posted in choices, gratitude, healing, health, observations, photograph, photos, reflection, sitting, thoughts, work on August 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On Monday, my neck started to feel twingey, and I couldn’t turn my head very far. I didn’t go to the gym, but other than that, I didn’t do anything to help my neck.
By yesterday, it was worse. Bad enough that I asked T to drive me to work, because I couldn’t turn my head [...]
Posted in change, memories, photos, reflection, school on August 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Around here, most kids, big and little, are heading back to school. So in honor of that, here are some of my school photos.
These are from my birthday scrapbook that my parents made for me. It’s great having these old photos again.
I was always a school nerd. I loved school. I loved buying school supplies. [...]
Posted in North Carolina, crafty, fun, links, love, shopping, weekend on August 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I went to the Cary Lazy Daze craft festival yesterday, boiling in the North Carolina heat and sun, but loving all the different vendors we saw. The whole downtown was closed off, with tents all up and down several main streets.
Jewelry, photography, paintings, pottery, everything you could think of.
I walked away with the littlest vase [...]
Posted in books, fun, links, quirks, reading on August 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »
It is entirely possible, even likely, that I like the act of buying books, almost as much as I like reading them.
I used to be really anal about my books. I would read them in such a way that the binding wouldn’t crease, and I HATED the white lines that made a book look worn. [...]
Posted in art, creative, journal, photos, poetry, signs on August 24, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Some journal doodles and drawings. I have a whole stack of watercolor markers, which have a small marker tip on one end, and the other end acts more like a brush. Also with my journal supplies are gel pens in different colors, and some good black pens. Sometimes you just need color.
Posted in fun, memories, photos, poetry, writing on August 23, 2007 | No Comments »
From a journal in college — nothing like college angst and English lit to inspire “poetry”
Blue on black on indigo blue
one into the next into the next
patterns I see, patterns in my soul
ghost tree limbs reaching, tearing, cutting my night
the bony arms dancing in the night are calling me.
Do you remember us? [...]
Posted in creative, creative writing prompts, fun, happiness, imagination, writing on August 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Why would a teacher contemplate a change in career?
“Bye! Have a great summer. Remember what I taught you this year!”
Karen stood in the doorway, waving until all the students were safely out of sight, smiling and sending them off to their summer adventures.
When her last student had left, she deflated. It was as though [...]
