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Apr 23
Vaguely frustrated
It’s Sunday night. After a three-day weekend spend attempting to reassemble my life from the chaos of the last couple of week, I have a clean house, a tired dog, and a vaguely frustrated state of mind. A few days ago, I was doing something and I realized that I felt good. There was no …
Apr 14
A very (very) big state
Last week I went south and west to visit the coast. This week I headed south and east to visit Klamath Falls, Burns, and Ontario. Part of my job is doing training around the state; a couple of times a year I go on a bit of a “tour” to areas where new employees have …
Apr 09
Let the edges move
Warning: This is a PG13 post. This weekend I went to the Watercolor Society of Oregon‘s Spring Convention in Florence, Oregon. I was lucky enough that my painting “Should the turkey cross the road?” was selected for inclusion in the show by esteemed juror Fran Larsen, but I usually try to go the the conventions, …
Apr 05
Health Steps – Week 14
I need to make this short tonight. I am packing to head out for a few days for work and then the WSO convention. The big challenge this week (and next) will be to keep to my basic simple goals while being “out”. No schedule, no prepared food. Gulp. Tracking (4 of 7 days, especially …
Mar 31
Explore and return
Today I drove up to Canby to take down my show at the Canby Library. While one painting sold (YES!), the others had to return home. They have not yet found their place in the world. On the way up, I decided to do something I have wanted to do for a long time; I …
Mar 29
Healthy Steps – Week 13
I lost (a frankly amazing) five pounds this week. While I am thrilled about this, I have to admit to being surprised. While I made some good choices, there were a lot of extremely questionable choices in there. This got me to thinking that a theme that keeps coming up is that weight removal is …
Mar 26
The laundry won
“I’ve seen women insist on cleaning everything in the house before they could sit down to write… and you know it’s a funny thing about housecleaning… it never comes to an end. Perfect way to stop a woman. A woman must be careful to not allow over-responsibility (or over-respectabilty) to steal her necessary creative rests, …
Mar 22
Healthy Steps – Week 12
I gained weight this week. In a perverse way, I am relieved. While I didn’t go off the rails like I did last week, I certainly didn’t snap back into shape. But it wasn’t as bad as it could have been, and frankly for the last two weeks, I’m still down a little. I’m feeling …
Mar 20
Behind the art
I didn’t get a chance to do my weekly artistic post on Sunday because by the time I got done with all the things I had to do, I didn’t have time to edit photos and write. With that said, I have no new art to show, though I spent a thoroughly artist weekend. Critique …
Mar 15
Healthy Steps – Week 11
Folks, I went off the rails this week. A combination of hormones, doctors, work stress, pet drama, and heaven only knows what else just go to me. There was pie. There was Easter Candy. There were multiple pizzas. And the Frappachinos are back. When I got on the scale today, I was braced for the …
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