Made 365

My New Year's Resolution is to Make Something Everyday

This means I am actively taking time in each day to make something with thought and focus.

Jan 1 - helped make apple french toast breakfast and wrote a poem

Jan 2 - made guacamole for family lunch

Jan 3 - worked on the married to divorce quilt

Jan 4 - worked on the married to divorce quilt

Jan 5 - finished the married to divorced quilt!

Does a once a year entry count as a blog?

So, ya...looks like I get around to this once a year. Between work and Facebook, and every other electronic onslaught in the world, I guess blogging is one that just won't stick for me. But, I love seeing other people's blogs. Maybe in time, I'll feel more inspired to blog! Time will tell...

Oops

Well, the writing a blog last year thing...didn't really stick. At least it isn't fully abandoned.

Last year was good. Relatively uneventful.

This year is starting off with much anxiety. But this too shall pass...

A Pueblo Indian Prayer

Hold On

Hold on to what is good,
Even if it's a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe,
Even if it's a tree that stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do,
Even if it's a long way from here.
Hold on to your life,
Even if it's easier to let go.
Hold on to my hand,
Even if someday I'll be gone away from you.

-Pueblo Indian Prayer

Picture by D. Parrish

Unexpected snow.

We woke up to three inches of snow today. It was incredibly beautiful. Seattle generally doesn't know what to do with itself when it comes to snow and cold. This was true again today as we drove down the slushy and wet pavement, avoiding the broken tire chain someone had lost earlier that morning. Yes, a tire chain.

These things happen. Unexpected snow. Seven rainbows in a day. They are equally mystifying and beautiful. These are little journeys of who knows what or why. These are fun to bask in, contemplate, and feel the freedom that can come from sheer randomness. Though, I guess under the correct conditions, snow is in fact not random, put predictable and expected. As are rainbows. Aye, I still bask in their beauty, and the feeling of what seemed random to me at 7:1o AM as I pulled up the blinds.

January Trip

Norfolk Virgina is not real high on my places to return to. Other parts of Virgina yes, but not especially Norfolk.

The wedding was wonderful, and joyous. The family visit was equally fantastic.

I still have the high pitched buzz of the Southwest jet engines to keep my mind noisy. I don't really need to have noise in my mind though.
Migraine from Seattle sunlight....imagine that.

Picture by E. Broadwin 11/2007