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December 2008
Nothing Left To Say But Thanks
(for not killing me off yet)There are only a couple more days before this year comes to a close. The year is heavy in my... Read more »Up My Arsenal
The power of foodI have made a decision for my upcoming herculean effort to whittle away the 80 lb weight off my body: I have... Read more »Stress Relief Manual
In order to reach a goal that has eluded me for three years I think an important step is to list out as many stress... Read more »The 80 Pound Weight
I put it on, I can take it offThere is the most enormous task left to outline for this coming year. It is one that... Read more »The Last Apology
We always knew this was gonna be like clawing our way out of tombs. Nails breaking on the weather scrubbed stone. Skin scraping into the... Read more »I'm Sorry For Every Punch You Threw
I am always apologizing. To friends, to family, to the helpless for not being able to help them, to the abusive for not being good... Read more »Chameleon Made Of Words
The big question for me in this very minute at which I am seated at my desk in my recently rehabilitated writing room is: can... Read more »You Can't Get Off This Train Without A Rope
Before true hideosity set in.A girl in her element.Chickens moult, people do too.Time for a 100% overhaul.For those of you who read the post I... Read more »This Is My Point Of Origin
A snowbird wakes up to snow.Today is my only day off each week. I got to sleep in. When I went to bed the sky... Read more »Anxious Bloom
A continuing discussion about anxietyI sometimes think that no matter how often or how carefully I try to explain what anxiety is for the clinically... Read more »Scurvy Chaser Tea
(Ginger Rose-hip Tea)As much as I'd like to claim that beer cures all that ails me and can provide all the cheer I could want... Read more »Conversations With 1998, A Shaky Vintage
(What I wrote in 1998)I am most afraid of myself when others are afraid of me.I want to say that I am uncomfortable with the... Read more »What To Eat On The Coldest Day Of The Year
First you must eat- nothing. Drink a lot of excellent hot coffee before the sun comes up and watch your windows like a child looking... Read more »Letting Go Of A Perfect Day
Flight is what I think of when I see my dog galloping through the carpet of of fallen leaves in the hazelnut orchard near our... Read more »Trouble Spots
Today is Philip's 40th birthday. I keep asking him if he's going to sell our kid to get a red sports car and a nubile... Read more »Panicked Mother Flees From Carolers!
(later found drooling under her own bed)About this time last year I confessed to my deep aversion of Christmas Carolers. What's great about this aversion... Read more »What She Wrote
In spite of my urge to destroy all of my journals because I believe they possess spirits of their own and are haunting me, I... Read more »Kitchen Scraps Can Save You Money
(start composting today!)In my household at least 1/3 of all the contents of my garbage are compostable matter. In our last yard we had a... Read more »Another Example Of My Genius
(Please don't forget to take the Roost poll at the bottom of the blog)My kid is just as materialistic as the next one but one... Read more »Roost Poll
(magazine or book?)I have an important question for everyone who is interested in Roost: are you excited specifically because it is going to be in... Read more »This Week At My Urban Homestead
Before I go muck out the chicken run (a very dirty job during the wet season) I wanted to get a few things out of... Read more »Homemade Cherry Liqueur
I have been on a cherry liqueur making quest of Arthurian proportions. It started eight years ago in the first home we owned where my... Read more »My Sick Chicken Pearl
My lovely Pearl apparently has some kind of respiratory infection and is moaning and has "ruffled" feathers (not nearly as pretty as it sounds). I... Read more »« November 2008 | Main | January 2009 »