Feb. 26 I am grateful for our home, safe and warm, as we watch war erupting so near. I am ashamed, because, though I have watched refugees around the world escaping war-torn countries, abandoning their homes, carrying their children in their arms, and imagined what that must be like, I haven’t felt the deep fear…

 Feb. 19 Snowing, this morning. We are small and insignificant creatures on our hill tonight. We have had intermittent snow all day and the wind that has been hounding us has taken on new strength as night has fallen. It is howling at the windows and heaping the snow in waves and crests around the…

 Feb. 17 today i began to lick his face suddenly on another level being to being sans species does he not read me like a human would? and understand my language? just as i already know what he is saying with voice and face and body clear as words “when did you leave heaven?” laugh out…

 Feb.14 The guardian sisters in the snow. My days are full, with Rocky, mosaic work, cooking, seeing, and breathing, joy. There is magic in these hills. I am bewitched. I feel grateful. Rocky and I took our daily walk up the camp road this morning. Blackie joined us: I think they like each other’s company….

 Feb. 8 A reprieve this morning from the cold weather. The temperature is up from the minus teens to – 2 C, windless; it is balmy, and so pleasant to walk. Rocky and I took our walk down to the farm and saw the cows, about two kilometers return journey. I knew that a dog…

 Feb. 4 There are baked beans in the fridge (we tested them last night – definite pass!) and curry lentil soup, the kitchen is clean, laundry done, so I am declaring a holiday for myself. I am off-duty. I will play: mosaics, Rocky, and snow. Lots of music.  Yesterday was Rocky’s second day with us….

 Jan. 26 [I preface this with a brief back-story, for new and returning readers. I had a strong reaction to my second vaccine, in June, 2021, which I believe contributed to the back pain and nerve pain I have suffered since then. When Omicron happened and then booster shots were being recommended, I had to…

 Jan 23 One of the dogs, trying to nap in the sun. I had not seen Rain except for quick porch visits, because it has been quite cold – I hadn’t seen baby at all – since the beginning of Omicron. When was that? Before New Year’s, at least. They came and visited today, at…

 Jan. 14 The sun is going behind the ridge. That clear sky is signaling a cold spell but the weather channel suggests snow again by Monday. I have “got ahold of myself”, and scrabbled back to a place of (relative) confidence and optimism. It is ever a relief to return to a state of “not-depressed”….