Monday, October 31, 2011

October 31, 2011


fairy spirits
dancing in the moonlight
an owl hoots

novel outlined
ready for 
NaNoWriMo
doctor’s visit
fibromyalgia

Sunday, October 30, 2011

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

Friday, October 28, 2011

October 28, 2011


Rufous hummers
leaving Anna’s behind
fair weather friends

quiet day
new massage
therapist
vet stops by
pouring rain

Thursday, October 27, 2011

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

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

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

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

October 25, 2011


first novel
a cat jumps
on the desk

terror in 
the night
tutored then
writing class
time for ice

Monday, October 24, 2011

October 24, 2011


first rays 
I climb back
into bed

battling yet
another headache
made better by
quilting and napping
quiet day

Sunday, October 23, 2011

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

Saturday, October 22, 2011

October 22, 2011


clouds
dripping rain
slugs on the walkway

quiet day
at home
blue heron returns
captured on film
magical

Friday, October 21, 2011

October 21, 2011


blue heron
at the pond’s edge
backyard sanctuary

exhaustion
sets in after
long week
chores followed
by a nap

Thursday, October 20, 2011

October 20, 2011


walking
in the forest
autumn chill

tutoring
massage
more tutoring
vet home visit
busy day

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

October 19, 2011


slug wanders
as frog sleeps
autumn day

tutoring and 
cataloguing books
out of town 
friends stop by
excellent day

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

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

Sunday, October 16, 2011

October 16, 2011

savoring
chocolate cake
by moonlight 

waltzing through
another lovely day
writing, napping
piecing a quilt top
helped by my dogs

Friday, October 14, 2011

October 14, 2011


deep pink
sunset
the week ends

therapy
oil change
flash fiction
heddles threaded
stellar sunset

Thursday, October 13, 2011

October 13, 2011


adolescence
at age fifty-two
butterfly appears

flash fiction
students
bone cracking
heddles
varied day

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

October 12, 2011


blue glass tile
vet visits to
check on pets

busy day
volunteer tutor
bridge teacher
visit from vet
threading heddles

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

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

Monday, October 10, 2011

October 10, 2011


Columbus Day
discovery
too great a price

rainy day
one weaving
project finished
another started
Sasha in my lap

Sunday, October 9, 2011

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

Saturday, October 8, 2011

October 8, 2011


fog rolls
over the trees tops
the mother I never knew

day at home
weaving
writing
weaving
napping

Friday, October 7, 2011

October 7, 2011


gentle rains
falling on fir trees
a crow caws

loom nearly
warped
new kitchen
cabinets
the week end well

Thursday, October 6, 2011

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

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

October 5, 2011


under a fern frond
a banana slug
shelters

wednesdays
tutoring and teaching
Sasha improving
picking strawberries
with Oliver

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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

Monday, October 3, 2011

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

Sunday, October 2, 2011

October 2, 2011


morning fog
encompasses the yard
a single caw

shuttle moves
back and forth
Sasha watches
as weaving
grows

Saturday, October 1, 2011

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