12th Day of Christmas January 6 was not a special day until I became acquainted, as an adult, with the concept of Christmas being a multi-day event. It seemed like the perfect way to defeat the shopping-centered Black Friday kick-off to a consumerist season. Lights go up on 23rd, are turned on on the 24th […]
Kahlo Exhibits in US 2020
A Personal Take on Frida Frieda Kahlo is one of the 20th Century artists on my permanent must see list. I desperately want to visit one of the three major Kahlo-focused exhibits in the US this year. I became aware of Kahlo’s importance a little later than some and a little earlier than others. Remember […]
Happy Birthday Baby Mine
My precious little baby turns 30 this weekend. She is with her hubster in Vegas for shows, food, and fun. Great job, great husband, great life. I am so happy for her. I ask all the predictable questions; How is this possible? How can so much time have passed? But I know the reality and […]
January Spirals
Bits of this post were originally published in January 2017. January makes me think of spirals. Why? January is traditionally, from the perspective of someone in the northern hemisphere, with an agricultural or pastoral perspective, a month when there is time for thinking, pondering, and philosophizing. In this way it is similar to what earlier […]
Tucson Woman Ends Blogging Hiatus
For the past year I have been a bit sporadic in my posting. Hey, life happens. Sabbatical I’m just going to skip over why my sabbatical was needed and how the past year has been spent. I’ve written about these things on this site, when I did manage to post. But I accomplished tons. I […]
We’ve Been… Busy
I took a sabbatical starting about 6 months ago (March 2019). I’m wrapping it up now (September 2019). Here’s the why, what for, and whodunit: If you’ve read along with me for a while you know that I have issues with my family, both living and dead, back home in Indiana. Resurfaced Memories from an […]