It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart. Rainer Maria Rilke
Wordless Wednesday
It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart. Rainer Maria Rilke
It’s cold. And changing my antidepressant from Cymbalta (which was helping my fibromyalgia but had quit helping my depression) to Fetzima (vice versa) isn’t helping my grumpy mood any. I have developed strange food cravings (carbs, sugar, and more carbs) and I am frighteningly grateful for cable TV and Law & Order reruns.
A snowy, chilly, February Saturday…I’ve spent the afternoon snuggling with Fiona (our cocker spaniel) on the couch, drinking hot chocolate–with lots of marshmallows, of course–and reading my new book about the Nazi Occupation of Paris, Les Parisiennes: Resistance, Collaboration, and the Women of Paris Under Nazi Occupation, by Anne Sebba. I love it so far, …
Saying goodbye to January…best feeling in weeks–since January first, to be exact!
Snow was falling so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness –Mary Oliver
We have just endured several weeks of a painful cold snap here in Minnesota–you know, the kind that makes your face hurt every time you go outside, and a high temperature that straggles above zero degrees Fahrenheit is cause for celebration? One member of our little family, however, is a champion at keeping warm. It’s …
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