Tag Archives: monday missive
Monday Missive~Getting Air
Life has been renewed for reading and writing and editing photos. I decided there could be no better use for my stimulus check cash than to buy a new iPad Air. I had initially considered a new laptop, but the … Continue reading
Monday Missive~Exhale
A day at the beach yesterday was the place to be. Windy and cold as any good beach day is in Northern California. A few people strolling about. I stepped out of the car and felt that wonderful wind, taking … Continue reading
Monday Missive~Tomorrow’s Necessity
If you are in the US of A, or are an expat in another country, it may be a necessity to get thee to bar…no, wait! Covid! No bar. Go to a grocery or liquor store and stock up on … Continue reading
Monday Missive~Yesterday’s Flowers
I ran across this old photo I had taken in a pumpkin patch a few years ago. Sunflowers bowing their heads; gracefully bowing to yesterday’s life it seemed. The juxtaposition to the road going forward struck me this morning as … Continue reading
Monday Missive~All Tied Up
An apt depiction of how I’m sure we all must feel from time to time. Or a lot of the time lately. Tied up in a knot and there’s cobwebs growing in there too, just for good measure. But maybe … Continue reading
Monday Missive~Night Walks
Being able to spend part of my time back in the little town that I just moved from has been a wonderful blessing. My new home town is just five minutes down the road, but has a totally different vibe, … Continue reading
Monday Missive~Moving Forward
Life these days seems to be full of surprises. Nothing seems to stay the same. It’s all about change. Every single day. My life has changed, evolved, over the last almost five years now since my husband died. I continue … Continue reading
Monday Missive~Frozen
Frozen in my days, not cold frozen. A renewed inability to concentrate on much, sporadic episodes that retreat for short whiles, then return with a vengeance. I had planned to post a Sunday Traveler Postcard yesterday, and kept circling my … Continue reading
Monday Missive~When It’s Done
Whenever I begin with that first brush stroke, that first bit of paint on canvas I always wonder as I progress how I will know when it’s done. My good friend and partner, an artist of incredible proportions, told me … Continue reading
Monday Missive~A Move, A Pandemic, and Fires
This isn’t quite how I expected to come back to my blog, “it’s always something”, as the wise woman, Gilda Radner once said. I moved about five miles down the road from the apartment where I had been living, to … Continue reading