.OPTIONS for a Better World

Oh dear. This has been an intense week. It is Friday and I am catching up on bills and paperwork and blog visits and emails and phone calls ...

I'm tired to the bones. . All these memories and all that love hovering overhead. . This YART filled a space with grace. . Not much time...

It's not over even yet. . I should start with the art, I should explain the photos, I should organize this post. . But from Thursday ni...

. There are 24 lemons and 24 limes on my dining room table. . The menu's written down, the press releases and lawn signs are peppered a...

. She bit Mr. Ryan's foot when he got too close and he overreacted by calling her a "Bad Listener!" . . Sometimes I don...

Last night Stella did something unusual. . Since her surgery she has begun to whine, this dog who asks for nothing and appreciates everythin...

. I have not been a very good blog friend lately. I find the transition of September to be a challenge for me: change of clothes, change of...

. Dear Annabelle, Did you get the carrots? I had them sent special delivery from the mail room, it was a favor to me because normally maili...

For nine years they moved past each other . The elder was unwilling to acknowledge the very existence of the younger woman, let alone accep...

In a few hours I will begin my twice a year Big Yellow writing group, twelve of us who will write from Friday night through Sunday at noon....

. WAAAAH! . They took my fence apart today! . My homemade sign for the Art Fair went up three days ago. And today, while I was innocently s...

Okay. I don't normally float ideas and suggestions until I am sure of the approach and form, but I'm making an exception. Last week ...

This is for my friend Mark, otherwise known as The Walking Man: Long ago a panel of Gods and Goddesses held an emergency meeting to find way...

. Do I need to say anything? Oh happy day pink zinnias! But I will add this: isn't this a great use of salt and pepper shakers? A friend...