What Scissors Can´t Fix, Hairspray Will!
I am in my 50s, recently divorced, starting life over from scratch, courageous as hell, and defiant as can be. I go against every grain I have lived by and…
Category: Adventures in my own home
Spring Cleaning
It is a bit of a cliche title and to be honest, I never really took the concept seriously until this year. It has always baffled me why the term…
In Love All Over Again
There is a new presence in my life that has made all the difference, and I have been completely swept off my feet. After weeks of pain, insomnia, restlessness, and…
To Find Peace, Plant
This is the lesson I passed on to my daughter the other day, as I sat down in the conservatory to re-pot some seedlings. She knows that I am perfectly…
Adventures in Homesteading
I honestly never thought I would see the day that I would spend so much time baking and trying out new things in the kitchen other than regular meals. Not…
St. Patrick’s Day & Fairies
St. Patrick’s Day is culturally not my holiday, but I somehow ended up celebrating it no matter what country I happened to live in. Dressing up in green each March…
The Satisfaction of Dirty but Creative Hands
While convalescing these past two weeks, though my brain was fuzzy most of the time, but my hands were always itching to do something productive. Writing was sadly out of…
Ushering In Spring Silently
Many cultures have great festivals to welcome the arrival of spring and bid farewell to winter. On the radio this morning a meteorologist was interviewed and he wailed that this…
