Monthly Archives: September 2017

Advice worth pausing for

Today’s a day when we remember and reflect on the violence thrust upon us as a nation and many people as individual human beings on that clear blue-sky morning of September 11, 2001. A few months later I quoted Christoffer … Continue reading

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September 11, 2017

REMEMBER Photo by Pearl Yee Wong of the Michigan State University Museum This year there is a lot of news chatter that is hurricane-related, understandable of course, but the September 11 reports have an oddly historical feel about them. We … Continue reading

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Kitten/Cat Impressions

It’s impressive how much space two little kittens take up in a bed and how soundly they sleep. They got more sleep than I did but I did get some. It’s also quite impressive how they can do things that … Continue reading

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Exciting Friday!

The excitement I thought I’d be ending Friday with: The real excitement du jour – two new itty-bitty-kitties! So thanks to the fine folks at Goulet Pens for a mailbox full of pens and my first gold-nib beauty! and to … Continue reading

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End of August Postcard Poetry Fest 2017

I got a lot of postcards and enjoyed the cards themselves and the words written on them. Some of the poems were striking, one gave me chills (in a good way) and all made the connection we all hope for: … Continue reading

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