9-30-16

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Last day of the month. My wish and prayer for this fall-winter season is good health. I will be using my light box to keep the blue...

9-25-16

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One little cotton seed made it this year, producing one little cotton flower and one little cotton boll. Little survivor of the drought...

9-24-16

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The bathroom has drywall.

9-21-16

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My mom cut down two trees in her back yard. We are not happy. We love trees. I put sticks all around this baby ginkgo to tell the ...

9-19-16

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This is growing in my small little anchialine shrimp tank. I don't know what it is and must look at a sample under the microscope.

9-18-16

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Update-- the drywall is going in!

9-17-16

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Update on the bathroom renovation. Dan has framed in the shower and hooked up a lot of plumbing. Below is the wall where the sink will ...

9-16-16

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Today I spent 10 hours at a research conference on campus. I spoke at two small meetings and presented this poster in the afternoon. I he...

9-11-16

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And now I am 53. Dinner at Mom's with friends and flowers and lively discussions.

9-7-16

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Moment of awe on walk in the park this morning.

9-6-16

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They made it out of the wilderness! Squirt just sent me a little text message--- they are fine.

9-5-16

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Today was better. I decided to lose myself in something, and finished a project I'd been working on for months. No, not the one in th...

9-4-16

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Today I cried when I found his bedspread in the dryer. I thought he had taken it with him and I'd be left looking for a mis-matched c...

9-3-16

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Today has hit me hard. I noticed that he left his key behind. Cried. I looked in his room. Cried. His shampoo and all toiletries ar...

9-2-16

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A year of weight. Look at my weight loss since January 2016 when I dedicated myself to walking. Got my cholesterol checked today-- it...

9-1-16

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Squirt liked to keep his cup here. Our shopping list is above it. He left today and left his cup behind. I cried like a baby and hugged...

8-31-16

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Four years ago, I sent Squirt a text message from this restaurant encouraging him to apply to Auburn and move with us here. He did. He gr...

8-30-16

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Taught tonight after a 12 hour day that contained some significant scary pain. But I survived and class went really well. The topics were...

8-28-16

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Sunday. I felt good today. Walked this morning-- then went to the store, shopped, then cooked, and took a curry dish to a pool party potl...

8-19-16

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The floor is gone. All of it. This is looking through our house into the crawlspace from the shower corner. Today I felt better. Worked...

8-18-16

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This is where the shower used to be. See the drain hole? You can see now that the floor is gone. There were 3" of concrete unde...

8-15-16

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Here is where the sink was two days ago.  Today was the first day back at school for me and I felt poorly. Called the neurologist and h...

8-13-16

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BEFORE (demolition starts today)  Moment of awe at the park Get together tonight with old friends from high school.  I made an...

8-12-16

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I'm trying to capture moments of awe to off balance the moments of pain. I have trigeminal neuralgia, and I probably always will. F...

8-11-16

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Woke at 4am as usual and decided not to fight it. Got up and productively worked. Walked. Ate. Worked. Napped. Worked. Cooked. Cleaned...

8-8-16

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Hole in the floor at the coffee shop. Taught a 5 year old to knit today while chatting with his mom. I had herbal tea.

8-7-16

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Pecan tree on my walk this morning.

8-5-16

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Rainy day after a terrible night's sleep. A day of pain.

8-4-16

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Just a walk in the park. Started a new anti-inflammatory diet today. Hope it calms my firing nerve.