I have been waking up very early for the last week or so, sometimes as early as 4:00 a.m. I don’t like it much. Once I fell asleep again, which inspired me on subsequent mornings, to roll over and wait for sleep. It hasn’t come again. So now I am getting up when I wake… Continue reading The Reserve
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Merry Christmas!
Attila and I are enjoying our day, up at 6:30 a.m., lights on the tree lit, sipping our coffee. It was me, getting us up pre-dawn. My sisters do it too, on Christmas morning. We always have. My Mom says though, that we have mellowed. She remembers us as children, down the stairs on a… Continue reading Merry Christmas!
Attila Ate Ice Cream
Last night Attila ate ice cream. This is significant in my life. Since August I have been eating a low sodium, low sugar diet. It is boring. I have lost a few (and I mean few) pounds because food is so boring that I only eat until my stomach stops hurting. Up until the point… Continue reading Attila Ate Ice Cream
A Couple of Days
December 21, 2016 I guess the longest night in the last 500 years occurred last night. I didn’t notice! One true thing: Life is an agent of planetary evolution, but not the only one. A baking day, today it was squash muffins. The last batch of muffins weren’t as good as the squash muffins. In… Continue reading A Couple of Days
First I Will Eat A Banana
I legally changed my name 20 years ago. For the very first time since I made that change, I wrote my former name down without thinking. Why?! It could be that this Christmas I am feeling particularly close to my brother, who passed away in July, and that is the name I carried through many… Continue reading First I Will Eat A Banana