October 31, 2011

fairy spirits

dancing in the moonlight

an owl hoots

novel outlined

ready for 

NaNoWriMo

doctor’s visit

fibromyalgia

October 30, 2011

the wind whips

through fir trees

carrying secrets

first novel

planning underway

cold windy day

napping and 

writing

October 29, 2011

final resting place

under the fir tree

a crow caws

quiet day

napping

reading

snuggling

with pets

October 28, 2011

Rufous hummers

leaving Anna’s behind

fair weather friends

quiet day

new massage

therapist

vet stops by

pouring rain

October 27, 2011

angry words

irreparable damage

family schism

thirty-seven degrees

a slug shares

my shower

cat sleeps

over vanity lights

cold weather arrives

teaching geometry

and algebra

chiropractor visit

doing errands

sunny fall day

October 26, 2011

a bee

on the shampoo

I wait

alone

in the darkness

dog barks

Wednesdays

non-stop days

tutoring, teaching

therapy, vet visit

exhaustion

October 25, 2011

first novel

a cat jumps

on the desk

terror in 

the night

tutored then

writing class

time for ice

October 24, 2011

first rays 

I climb back

into bed

battling yet

another headache

made better by

quilting and napping

quiet day

October 23, 2011

the yard littered

with large branches

storm aftermath

hanging up

my bathrobe

a katydid watches

looking up

from my book

orange sunset

day spent

reading and

napping 

with Sasha

true bliss

October 22, 2011

clouds

dripping rain

slugs on the walkway

quiet day

at home

blue heron returns

captured on film

magical

October 21, 2011

blue heron

at the pond’s edge

backyard sanctuary

exhaustion

sets in after

long week

chores followed

by a nap

October 20, 2011

walking

in the forest

autumn chill

tutoring

massage

more tutoring

vet home visit

busy day

October 19, 2011

slug wanders

as frog sleeps

autumn day

tutoring and 

cataloguing books

out of town 

friends stop by

excellent day

October 17, 2011

morning shower

forty-two degrees

in the sun

dusk

shadows playing tricks

a squirrel runs past

shortening

new pj’s

chores done

brilliant orange

sunset

October 15, 2011

bending down a snail slides up the fence

separating slugs

from dog poop

Saturday chores

laying out

a new quilt

writing fiction

chatting on Twitter

absolutely glorious day

October 18, 2011

sunset

over the neighbor’s house

dog barks

tutoring

writing class

chiropractor

therapist

very long day

October 16, 2011

savoring

chocolate cake

by moonlight 

waltzing through

another lovely day

writing, napping

piecing a quilt top

helped by my dogs

October 14, 2011

deep pink

sunset

the week ends

therapy

oil change

flash fiction

heddles threaded

stellar sunset

October 13, 2011

adolescence

at age fifty-two

butterfly appears

flash fiction

students

bone cracking

heddles

varied day

October 12, 2011

blue glass tile

vet visits to

check on pets

busy day

volunteer tutor

bridge teacher

visit from vet

threading heddles

October 11, 2011

granddaughter’s third birthday

not there

to give her a kiss

fears escalate

first day of a

creative writing class

all went well

inspiring day

October 10, 2011

Columbus Day

discovery

too great a price

rainy day

one weaving

project finished

another started

Sasha in my lap

October 9, 2011

cell phone challenged

from the fir tree

a crow caws

Sunday at home

watching pets

weaving hand towels

a visit from

a friend

October 8, 2011

fog rolls

over the trees tops

the mother I never knew

day at home

weaving

writing

weaving

napping

October 7, 2011

gentle rains

falling on fir trees

a crow caws

loom nearly

warped

new kitchen

cabinets

the week end well

October 6, 2011

magenta yarn

follows the warping path

the dog finds a bee

warping the loom

threading yarn

through reed

and heddles

a cloudy fall day

October 5, 2011

under a fern frond

a banana slug

shelters

wednesdays

tutoring and teaching

Sasha improving

picking strawberries

with Oliver

October 4, 2011

taking out

the weekly trash

a butterfly appears

the week begins

tutoring

on a cold fall morning

a slug crawls

along a purple board

October 3, 2011

movie date

can’t kiss her

in public

washing dishes

a snail circumnavigating

my window

quiet Monday

weaving

writing

construction resumes

the sun shines

October 2, 2011

morning fog

encompasses the yard

a single caw

shuttle moves

back and forth

Sasha watches

as weaving

grows

October 1, 2011

holding

my daughter

for the first time

new washer/dryer

driving me crazy

finished quilting,

squaring and binding 

my new bed quilt