A hard day's night

Sunrise: 6:40 am Sunset: 5:46 pm
Moonrise: 4:40 am Phase: Waning Crescent Moonset: 1:39 pm
High 55°F Low26°F

It’s been a long night. DH is at a conference in Vegas. Daughter had 4 hours of dancing so I had to take early and collect late. Son has flu. Temp just kept on going up. I had to do the Motrin/Tylenol thing. And lots of sponging. It’s so tiring having a sick child, even when the child is 16. I will be taking a nap today.

Green Conscience

You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self. – Richard Bach

Sunrise: 6:43 Sunset: 5:42 pm
Moonrise: 1:28 am Phase: Waning Crescent Moonset: 10:37 am
High40°F Low21°F

The book I am listening to is called The Know-It-All by A J Jacobs. It’s about a man in his mid-thirties who reads the Encyclopedia Britannica in order to be the smartest person in the world. The first thing that struck me was why would a grown-up want to read the EB and then why would be think that reading the EB make him the smartest person in the world? I read the EB when I was a kid. It took me about 3 years. I started when I was about 9. I grew up in a very remote area in Africa, and the only books I had to read were the ones we had at home. Not even the school had a library. I quickly read all the books in our house and so started on the EB.

The book is entertaining in parts. I enjoy his description of his fertility problems and his domestic life, his meeting with Alex Trebek, and his quirky father The facts he throws out from the EB are a little, well, obvious. When he acts surprised to learn something, (for example patches worn by men in 17/18 C) I have to think to myself that I don’t think he has read very widely.

I have been reading a LOT about nutrition and I had a question about Vitamin E so I wrote to Diana Dyer. She actually wrote back! I was so impressed. I have found her book and website so helpful. She is both a source of information and a source of support.

Quilting continues slowly. Bought large quantities of dark green fabric to make son a cloak. And he is nagging.

RoadRunner

Sunrise: 6:51 am Sunset: 5:35 pm Moonrise: 8:09 pm Phase: Waning Gibbous Moonset: 8:05 am

High 42° Low14°

The days are getting noticeably longer now. I love the sunshine in CO. If warms the soul. But life seems to be passing in a blur. I feel like a cartoon character caught in a RoadRunner cartoon. I get caught up in something and then notice that the day has gone.

Don't you love the full moon?

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. Richard Bach

Sunrise: 6:54 am Sunset: 5:32 pm
Moonrise: 6:10 pm Phase: Waning Gibbous Moonset: 7:24 am
High 54° Low 31

Lovely sunny Monday. Beautiful full moon last night.

My son, Daniel, came to visit as usual yesterday. It’s his Sunday ritual to take a few hours out his busy life to visit his mom. He is such a joy. He is doing pre-med at college and has decided to use the summer to study for the MCAT. He has so much focus. This is the child I used to spend hours worrying about! Now he has a formidable GPA in an incredibly competitive field and works 15 hours a week as tech support. And he still finds time to spend with his large circle of friends and family. I cannot believe that I used to worry about how he would cope in the world. He just seemed too smart and sensitive for the world. Life is truly unpredictable.

Wonderful Winter Sun

Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.
- Richard Bach

Sunrise: 6:56 am Sunset: 5:33 pm
Moonrise: 5:11 pm Phase: Full Moonset: 7:00 am
High52° Low33°F

The Olympics are dominating the TV this week so I settle down for about an hour in the evenings with my quilting while I watch. The hand quilting is going really slowly. I think this is going to be a looooong project.

Plugging away at my writing. It’s really difficult to keep working at it in a vacuum. There is no one to talk to about it, no feedback. I just keep adding a few hundred words a day, knowing that many of those words are going to be tossed out.

Gray skies

When you have come to the edge of all the light you have
And step into the darkness of the unknown
Believe that one of the two will happen to you
Either you'll find something solid to stand on
Or you'll be taught how to fly!
- Richard Bach

Sunrise: 6:58 Sunset: 5:30 pm
Moonrise: 3:05 pm Phase: Waxing Gibbous Moonset: 5:56 am

We got back to winter in Denver last night. Temperatures fell dramatically and we had a couple of inches of snow. I guess I won’t be seeing much sunshine today. I may have to use the treadmill.

My son had rehearsal last night. I was so relieved when he walked in the door. He said the roads were pretty bad. A truck spun out in front of him on the road, but he avoided it.

The color of sunshine

I want to fly where no seagull has flow before. I want to know what there is to know about life!

Sunrise: 6:59 am Sunset: 5:28 pm
Moonrise: 2:02 pm Phase: Waxing Gibbous Moonset: 5:12
High 55° Low 11°


At the risk of sounding like a cross between Pollyanna and a New Age convert, I have to say, I am having a wonderful day.

This morning I took time to enjoy a cup of 365 organic green tea. I was intensely aware of the privilege of not being in a hurry, of being able to enjoy the moment.

DH took me to Whole Foods for breakfast. I can really recommend the salmon teriyaki. The weather is still perfectly mild so walking was totally pleasant today. What a delight to enjoy every minute of the day.