Dec. 26 https://youtu.be/WhJ1MDfvix4  A little song about handedness in plants, by Flanders and Swann. even yo-yos…  Are you left-handed? Try spending the day right-handed. Door knobs, lamp switches, can openers, everything, is so easy to work! If you are right-handed, and curious, try spending the day left-handed. It is no wonder left-handed people check locks,…

Dec. 23  Covid Day 653   These are the days of covid, and I realized that I have no idea what K and I would “normally” be doing at this time of the year. He is happy to be here, and I am, too. Only I wonder if I would have wanted to be together…

 Dec. 20 Christmas – I like the creche, nativity scene. manger scene – this last was what we called it at home. I love the romance of the wise people, the shepherds who showed up, the animals in the stable, the yellow hay and the yellow star and the angel. I love the poem, The…

Dec. 10 Long, long ago, when my children were quite little, I explained something important to them: ” You can always come to me and tell me anything and I will help you as best as I can. Just come and tell me,”, I said, ” but, if it’s bad news, preface it by saying,…

 Dec. 7 Last night the wind howled around the house, and roared down the ridge like an aeroplane coming down to land. The Adirondack chairs were blown right off the porch. ***** When I lived in Edmonton, I had my own office in a small business, a few of us did, my boss and two…

 it was the imposter syndrome – * i felt unreal, unworthy, pretending  but this is real – there is only me.  I live on a hill and my dog is dead  buried on the hill. clothes that i have acquired blind esoteric garments once bought for a minor persona “rags and feathers from salvation army…