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NaPoWriMo Day 1 2023

oh my god weather
the breathlessness of it all
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Do You Hobby?

Had a doctor appointment today and the paper-paperwork was mostly a repeat of the fill-this-out-every-time-you-have-an-appointment-digital history except it asked about work history AND

“Do you have any hobbies?”

Now, this was looking for potentially health-threatening exposures, I get it, but I am rather put off by lumping my painting/printing/etc into something called “hobbies”, so I put it down under work stuff – Artist (painting/printing/fiber). Then the doc and I had a chat about that – what kind, no solvents, etc, etc.

It does have me wondering though, “do you have any hobbies?”
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Day 30 NaPoWriMo 2022

I didn’t get the new plants potted in their big pots but I did go out and sit with them this afternoon. In front of me was the warm yellow of the daffodils still holding court in the front garden. … Continue reading

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Day 29 NaPoWriMo 2022

The penultimate day of NaPoWriMo has arrived. It’s time. We’ve all got things to do. But it’s still a little sad to see NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo wind down for another year. We might be nervous on March thirty-first but April always finds … Continue reading

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Day 27 NaPoWriMo 2022

Ooops! Night slipped away and I almost forgot to post! visitors to the front yard garden in the night toppled bird feeder Hoof prints by new plants covered up with chicken wire and some hair trimmings the deer have eaten … Continue reading

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