A Mindful Life

It was a great visit! I’ll reflect on it more in another post. Right now I’m feeling schmoopy and sad from just having dropped Aunt E off at the airport. Claire is in the kitchen playing with a game that plays banjo music. She is stomping her feet to the tunes and shouting, “Run-ning! Run-ning! [...]

Y’see, This Is Where The Food Goes

We had a lot of fun in San Francisco. We started later than planned and took the car instead of Caltrain, because Claire was cranky and had a slight fever in the morning, and Husband has been sick. I wanted to see how things would settle out. But it seemed okay to leave them, and [...]

I should have been in bed several hours ago. Instead I spent it tinkering with photos and movies and uploading nearly two dozen of them to my Flickr account. We are going to SF today. I’d better sleep.

Aunt E arrived and Claire took a shine to her almost immediately (after an hour of getting acquainted). We’re busy playing, cooking, and baking (well, Aunt E is doing the cooking and baking), so posts will be sparse. However, here is some evidence of their happy relationship.

Creativity is at the core of my life. At least, this is how I’ve felt for several years. So I’m diving in and will participate in Leah’s 2009 challenge, Creative Every Day 2009. I’m not sure exactly what will come of it, but the goal is to gently inspire my creativity and to see it [...]

Husband brought home a camera so I can use Skype to keep in touch with my friend when she’s in Guatemala. My laptop has an application called Photo Booth that let me play a little with the camera. Here I am on a Friday night, ready to call it a day.