So, Spring arrived last week. A pleasant, sunny but not-too-hot day.
Continue reading “Friday Flotsam: Spring”Tag: Weather
Friday Flotsam: Flickering
The lightning storm rolls in fast, changing a beautiful Spring day – the first we’ve seen – from bright to dark in very little time.
Continue reading “Friday Flotsam: Flickering”Winter comes
And with it, a host of chores.
Continue reading “Winter comes”Written in the Sky
The other morning, before I sailed, when I went and got myself boosted at dark-and-early o’clock, the morning was clear and still and calm when I came out.
Continue reading “Written in the Sky”May 1: At Sea @PrincessCruises
(Original itinerary: Helsinki Finland)
(Secondary itinerary: Stockholm Sweden)
We’re not getting to either of those countries after all. Don’t get me started on that. My heart is still broken and although it’s still been lovely in it’s own way, I should have cancelled, saved my PTO time, and gone some other time. I waited 5 years of dreaming and 2 years of COVID travel restrictions. I could have waited longer for the trip I wanted to go on.
Continue reading “May 1: At Sea @PrincessCruises”Last Gasp of Winter
Or at least I hope it’s the last gasp.
Continue reading “Last Gasp of Winter”Morning
I’m awake an hour and a half before the alarm. Early enough that I could go back to sleep for one more sleep cycle.
Continue reading “Morning”January 2022: Snowglobe
It’s been cold here. Unpleasantly so.
The snow falls. It sticks. Sometimes a sheen of ice falls on top of that.
Continue reading “January 2022: Snowglobe”Chicken soup
After days living in the snow globe, it’s nice to have a little something warm and filling and comforting after the shoveling is done.
Continue reading “Chicken soup”Delayed
The time delay on my posts means that a lot of flotsam has been going up on the blog, while real life crises have happened out there in the world.
Continue reading “Delayed”
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