Year 1

It was so touching. I slept to 11:30 this morning, and may have kept sleeping a bit longer if it hadn’t been for the Kitten throwing herself at my bedroom door. The poor thing was agitated beyond belief, and I imagined her thinking that something was wrong with me and loyally trying to break down…

It’s half-heartedly snowing outside again. The sky is silver, the air is so cold it cuts at the back of your nose like a knife, and the lighting is too bright for a day with no sun. The snow isn’t coming down in proper flakes, but instead in little shards and slivers, like tiny little…

I had a pleasant and quite unexpected surprise as I drove into work this morning. Driving a rush-hour-crowded road I’d traveled a hundred times before, I was stopped for a red light on a small bridge that crosses over a tiny creek in the middle of an industrial complex. A blue flash caught my eye,…

Too little time to do it in. Presents got wrapped last night. Laundry got done. But I didn’t get close to organizing the stuff I need to pack. The pile of bills still stares at me accusingly from my desk. I’m nearly ready for an official panic, except that I’m too busy to find time…

I finally begin to the transition from having my emotions buffeted by world events to focusing again on my personal sphere. I feel almost guilty for doing so, but life couldn’t go on any other way. My mother died somewhat unexpectedly a year ago today. I had wanted to visit the gravesite today, but I…

Last Wednesday I plugged my little Nook into my litte Acer to do a little download. Unfortunately, my Acer selected that particular moment to release its grasp on life and went to that great cyber-junkyard in the sky. I certainly got my money’s worth. For a little over $300 I got a 9″ netbook that…