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Here it is the end of another schizophrenic weather day and I have yet to accomplish anything. It was raining and breezy, then sunny and humid. I took my backpack, weighed down by my computer and all the possibility it contains, to my office. My intention was to finish barn chores and write until lunch,Continue reading “Rainy Days”

There are all types of balance. I just came from yoga class, so I am thinking of the literal practice of balance. Tree pose. I’m getting better. I can actually mimic a good tree. Until my yoga teacher cocks his head, in that way he has, and asks me to try to take the snakeContinue reading “Balance”

Let see. Do I go on about Vermont? Mention the piles of silt that have created beach-front properties in a land-locked state or the challenges of putting up a bannister, or do I wax poetic about holes in the roads; how you really can’t get there from here? How about being able to catch upContinue reading “No Real Point.”

Irene came and went. For some, she was a non-event; a lot of rain and some wind. Here, I tucked away the grill, the lawn furniture, filled the hot tub, brought in the electric fencers and the water troughs. The horses were locked up in the barn. I was ready. And Irene came, unleashed herContinue reading “Weathering the Storm”

Grief is a process that never ends. Four years ago today, I was awakened at 5:30AM, by a policeman’s knock on my door. Everyone who knows me or my sister, knows the story. Time has passed, it gets easier in some ways. Though it never passes completely. Eulogy It’s amazing that one family could produceContinue reading “Four Years Seems Like Yesterday”

No. I have not changed teams. Yes. I am still married to Mr. W. But…he does become a bit…pampered? Demanding? Perfectionist? When he is in the barn. And he is in the barn a lot more these days due to the arrival of his horse-a two-year old Morgan filly. Add to the adventure is aContinue reading “I Married a Barn Princess*”

Well, today could have been considered a failure. In the time management, productive world, then yes, I didn’t achieve a whole lot. But after weeks of insane scheduling and rushing from one get-together to another, it was nice to stop and smell the coming Autumn. In addition, we have added two more horses to theContinue reading “Of Things Not Done”

I just finished reading a memoir. Of sorts. It was a self-published book. And it had to do with Vermont. Sort of. As I ponder the things I want to write, my life is, I admit something I like to write about. Hence this blog. It leads me to ask myself, “Is this writing thingContinue reading “Narcissism and Memoir”

So much to do! Not only am I rising early to ride before the heat index climbs over the century mark (not an easy task), but the extra daylight has inspired a huge increase in my artistic motivation. Most afternoons find me heading to my office, laptop, kitten and dog in tow. I grab aContinue reading “Projects, Projects, Projects”

These days it seems that my cup runneth over with everything but sleep. The house is cluttered. Wedding gifts that have not found their place perch upon the stacks of paper piled during the pre-wedding chaos- they must have bred during the honeymoon, becuase there couldn’t possibly have been that much… Clothes litter my closetContinue reading “Off and Running”