You know, I never ever know what I’ll share with you when I sit here with you these mornings. Really. Maybe some people can plan these things out, but I can’t. Maybe that’s why I like visiting with you like this, and maybe that’s why I think these bits and pieces have a sort of [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Like a Bleeding Watercolor
Posted in Art, tagged Farm, kites, Malcolm Morley, Robert Frost, watercolor, writing on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Come on, March
Posted in Spring, tagged Blog, kites, Spring on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m itching for some changes around here, Reader. Last night I spent some time fiddling with Not Alice’s header…the current one was fine for winter, but I feel spring in my bones these last few days since finding the peonies and the daffodils poking up through the dirt. I’m considering a new spring-inspired look. I’m [...]
Beets for Sleep
Posted in Food, tagged beets, Michael Dorris, Nicola Mason, Obama, Rachel Maddow, sleep on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do beets make you sleep for 10 straight hours? We had the best dinner last night! We ate steak (we each had 1/4 of one…gotta look good for Sanibel); a delicious salad of lettuce and avocado and dressed with olive oil and lime…yum; bread (yes, with butter); and the most delicious beets (I’ll talk you [...]
Doing Nothing with Alex
Posted in Friends, tagged Alzheimer's, Friends, nothing, silence on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My sweet friend Alex fell and is in the hospital with a concussion. Normally, they wouldn’t hospitalize you for a gash in your head, but Alex has Alzhiemer’s, and this opportunity buys his brother some time to figure out his next step. Alex is 72-years old. Never married. No children. Dapper, dapper dresser, great gossip, [...]
Numbers, Numbers, Numbers
Posted in Diabetes, tagged Car Talk, Diabetes, Mariemont police, Mariemont Theater on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I took myself to the matinee yesterday…to see “The Reader” before the Acadamy Awards aired. There I was, driving alone to the Mariemont Theater and laughing at Click and Clack on “Car Talk” on the radio and happily cruising down that damned Miami Avenue mountain of a hill from Indian Hill and into Mariemont, and [...]
Equipment Junkie
Posted in Scooter, tagged Chaco, Chuck Taylor, equipment, Scooter, shoes, The Comet, Vespa on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a full-blown equipment junkie. There’s no denying it. For instance, once I brought home that first curvy Vespa, I became blissfully busy buying just the right helmet, the perfectly armored and reflective jacket, the exact tools to carry in the glove box, the one-of-a-kind, head-turning, dark-brown sheepskin seat cover, the camouflage cargo pants. I [...]
If It Says “Bistro,” It’s Probably Not Stuffy
Posted in On the Town, tagged church, Friends, JeanRo Bistro on February 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We had a late night. I’m the organizer of our church dinner groups, and this year I hand picked our wonderful group. Last year, because I was in charge, I felt responsible to take on the…well, let’s just call them the “more challenging” participants. There were some interminably long and poorly mannered dinners. This year, [...]
Recurrent Images
Posted in writing, tagged dog, novel, recurrent images, writing on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is just the sweetest dog.
And have I told you how often I look at a clock and it reads 5:17?
To write a novel, you need to include recurrent images.
First, You Need Characters
Posted in writing, tagged garden, mother, novel, weather on February 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Some weather blew in last night. A dusting of snow covers the garden where only yesterday I stood coatless with the cat and marveled that the peonies are poking up. And when the cat and I went on our little yard walk into the woods, we also discovered that those little yellow flowers (whose name [...]
How to Write a Novel
Posted in writing, tagged bicycle, habits, novel, writing on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s weather was gorgeous, wasn’t it? I thought I would get out in it and ride my Vespa, but once I got outside, it still seemed a bit cold for that; so, I jumped on the bicycle and rode my usual loop. Some people don’t really have “usual loops;” they get bored, so they mix [...]
