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Author Archives: daeja's view
Transporting
Have you ever just wanted to transport yourself someplace else? To just escape for a moment, transport yourself right out of your shoes and into another picture, another moment in time…..right now, this minute, just for the day? There are … Continue reading
The P.I.A.
I could get into the details, but the short version is that a shoulder that has been sore for months suddenly exploded into nauseating pain radiating from my shoulder to my elbow. Anything that is “radiating” on the body doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Uncategorized, Vent
Tagged calcium deposits, hospital survival, hospitals, House, question authority, shoulder pain
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The January Bitch
Whew….. that was the crankiest of months, very glad that one is over. My rough January seemed to be set off surrounding the rescue of a spider….sort of. While having a conversation with my boss in the hallway, we simultaneously … Continue reading
Posted in Are you kidding me?, Coping, Humor, Rant, Uncategorized, Vent, Wildlife, Winter
Tagged cable TV, car delivery, Cataract Surgery, Cranky, Eye Surgery, last straw, satellite dish, Spiders
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Pink Skid Marks
The current exposé of the Susan G. Komen Foundation following their defunding of Planned Parenthood has created a feeling of helplessness and enragement that I have not experienced in decades. While formulating in my head how to address this in … Continue reading
Posted in Are you kidding me?, Rant, Uncategorized, Vent
Tagged breast cancer, pink-washing, political madness, Seeing Pink, Susan G. Komen
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Appliance Decor
We have a stacker washing machine in the bathroom upstairs, one of those top-loaders with the dryer that is actually attached to it and hangs over the top. It fits in a narrow area that used to be a closet. … Continue reading
Posted in Are you kidding me?, Coping, Humor, Uncategorized, Winter
Tagged Appliances, broken dryer, broken washer, frustration, home delivery, laundry, snowstorm, stacking washer, Victorian house, washing machines
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Day at the Museum
Today I just feel like sharing a photo I took in the exhibit on Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibit as described – “Fifteen galleries grouped by geographic region trace the course of Islamic civilization from … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged adventures, art, Childhood, Islamic Art, magic of museums, Metropolitan Museum of Art, museum, NYC
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Binge
Sorry to have not posted this past week. Between work and a few adventures there hasn’t been time to sit down and pour out any thoughts. The most notable issue going on at this very moment is that I have … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Uncategorized
Tagged addictions, binge, cravings, Dutch licorice, Good & Plenty, licorice, salmiak
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Updates for Those Who Follow
The last update was about five months ago. Here are some rundowns and recapitulations and their references, for those who follow and might be wondering what ever became of….. Big news about Amoebas in your brain! This involves the neti … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged amoebas and neti pot, cat lady, Cataract Surgery, iPhone 4s, neti pot, new year's intentions, summing up the year
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Same Time Next Year
For about the last seventeen years or so, my family and I have been invited to a New Year’s Day brunch at the home of a wonderful couple. They tend to invite a core of their same friends year after … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Hearing Impaired, Uncategorized, Winter
Tagged aging, annual brunch, annual party, capuchin monkey, connections, friendships, Kindness, new year's day
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Out With A Bang, In With A Smash
Those of you who may have read The Shards of Our Lives earlier this year here may recall my bull-in-a-china-shop Significant Other and his propensity for breakage. New Year’s Eve – the ever familiar crash and “Oh, shit!” It was … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Winter
Tagged broken dishes, bull in a china shop, clumsy, old year new year
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A Nice Start
The Clivia bloomed.
Posted in Gardening, House plants, Uncategorized, Winter
Tagged a nice star, Beginnings, Clivia, New Year, winter
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And We Begin Anew
Here it comes…. 2012, our self-imposed start date to begin anew. Let’s work to make it a good one. Let’s all use our collective thoughts to move forward into something healthy, and intelligent, and kind. Wishing all fresh beginnings and … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective, Uncategorized, Winter
Tagged 2012, Happy New Year, New beginnings, New Year
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A Poisoned World
Recently I read that under Proposition 65 in California, artificial Christmas trees are required to carry a warning label. There is now consideration in New York State for consumer legislation to disclose a warning indicating a lead hazard in artificial … Continue reading
A Skill Not Possessed
I can’t wrap. It’s an art I never mastered and I am sure it is connected to the same ADD tendencies that cause me to literally cry if I have to paint a room. I just do not have the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Winter
Tagged gift wrapping, Gifts, impatience, neatness, patience, Presents, the art of gift wrapping
10 Comments
Why I Love the Shortest Day of the Year
It’s plain and simple. Once you hit the shortest day of the year, every day after that brings just a little bit more light and takes us ever so closer back to Spring. Hail the Winter Solstice! Here comes the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Winter
Tagged Oxalis, Purple Oxalis, shortest day of the year, Solstice, Winter Solstice
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The Eye of the Beholder
“What’s the worst Christmas present you ever received?” That was a question put forth to a number of women in an online group I had belonged to years ago. This same question came up yet again at a party I attended during the … Continue reading
Who Are These People?
We still have a land line. It seems they are becoming obsolete, but there is one attached to our cable television and internet access, a package deal. We gave up our old phone number in order to get this “great deal”. I … Continue reading
Posted in Are you kidding me?, Hearing Impaired, Uncategorized, Vent
Tagged collection agencies, land line, old phone numbers, Wrong number
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The New Rules
It has been almost a year since I put up my first post after waffling about putting up a tree for the holidays, deciding to do it, ending up getting into it in a deep way which had nothing to do with the … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective, Uncategorized, Winter
Tagged Change, changing traditions, children growing up, Christmas, Families, Holidays, new rules, Traditions
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Crumbling Under the Weight of Technology
They say you can never go back. After having this new Droid Charge for a few days, I ended up sitting there with it, close to tears. I am having a rough time managing my new Smart Phone. I feel too dumb for a Smart Phone. … Continue reading
November Homescape
“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.” – Elizabeth Lawrence
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged Autumn, Elizabeth Lawrence, Japanese Maple, November, trees
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Flags For My Father
The scarves are kept in an apothecary type chest of small drawers. There are probably over thirty of them, an accumulation over about as many years. They are from all over the world and many of them have been passed on, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cleaning up, clearing out, collecting, drawers, Family, father, flags, Memories, Pack Rat Project; pack rat, reflection, scarves, time passing
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Feral Crap
I will be blunt and maybe a bit vulgar here – yesterday morning I stepped in cat shit, and that is exactly the word I screamed after stepping in it. Since there are no young children in the house at the moment, I did not yell … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Perspective, Rant, Uncategorized, Vent
Tagged eccentricities, feral cats, Neighbors, wild cats
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A Lion is Loose in the Neighborhood
Posted in Humor, Uncategorized
Tagged children, grandchildren, Halloween, just too cute, lion, wild thing
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Nothing But Rice
In the scheme of life, just a small disappointment here today. Today I had lunch at a little restaurant near the workplace that serves a fusion of Thai, Cambodian, Chinese and American food. I think it mostly caters to college students. The people who … Continue reading
A Sewing Table Tale
On Day Four of The Pack Rat Project I decided the next thing to tackle was cleaning out the drawer in my sewing table and picking up the junk which has accumulated on the floor. This seemed like it would be a simple, non-threatening task, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged clutter, grandmother, Memories, pack rat, sewing drawer, sewing table
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The Pack Rat Project – Day 3
Day Three was a biggie. I tackled the bathroom. This included four drawers in the vanity and two medicine cabinets (essentially his and hers) and also the area around the stacker washer and dryer. Day Three is where I hit a bit of a … Continue reading
Posted in Are you kidding me?, Humor, Uncategorized
Tagged cleaning up, clutter, de-cluttering, hoarding, pack rat, Stuff, too much stuff
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Nesting (or Addressing the Pack Rat)
Suddenly a strange, panicky feeling has invaded my being. Like the birds gathering to fly south or the squirrels frantically running around storing nuts for the winter, a great force of nature seems to be overtaking every fiber, readying the nest for winter. Part of this could … Continue reading
Posted in Are you kidding me?, Humor, Uncategorized
Tagged clutter, collecting, nesting, pack rat, Stuff, too much stuff
5 Comments
The Sedum Project
I make a visit to the grave about twice a year. As expected, the cemetery is a quiet, green place that sits below open skies and shaded lanes lined with old trees. Officially, two grandparents and my mother now rest there. Unofficially, my … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged Family, family rituals, Flowers, gravestones, graveyards, johnny appleseed, Kindness, perennials, rituals, sedum, tending a grave, visiting the cemetery
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I Am The Carrot Woman
In an attempt to take the edge off the raw hunger that start at about 9:30am (despite breakfast) and continues throughout the day (despite lunch), and in keeping with the Famous Weight Loss Plan I am paying for, which has … Continue reading
Posted in Diet, Uncategorized
Tagged carotenemia, Carrots, Health, turning orange from carrots, turning yellow
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Unravelling
Ivy is a knitter and I am not at all, nor will I ever be, no matter how much I would like to be. Since the earliest of times, as far back as when my grandmother tried to teach me, … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Uncategorized
Tagged ball of yarn, bonding, friendship, Knitting, learning to knit, sharing, Sheep and Wool Festival, winding wool, women
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Sauce of the Goddesses – Time To Make The Pesto
The season is early this year, maybe due to excessive rain this summer. The basil has peaked and it has come time to harvest before it flowers out of control and begins to wilt and fade. It is time to put up the pesto for … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged Basil, Basil Sauce, Gardening, Green Gold, Harvest, Pesto, Pesto Recipe, Pesto Sauce, Recipes, Sauce of Goddesses, Summer
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A Whole Lot of Apples
This approaching storm was embraced with a small twinge of anticipation. I love intense weather – the scent of change on the wind, the shifting of light, the movement of strange skies. It is as if every cell becomes alive with … Continue reading
Posted in Perspective, Uncategorized, Weather
Tagged After the storm, Before the storm, disaster, Hurricane, Hurricane Irene, smugness, stormy skies
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The Hippie Haj
I have a really bad attitude when it comes to the commercialization of those things which represent “my” generation, which is that of The Boomer. Most specifically, I gag at all this glorifying of the “Woodstock era” – the life and times … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Friends, Perspective, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Bethel Woods, Hippie Museum, Hippies, The 60's, The 70's, Woodstock, Woodstock concert
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Another “You’ve Got To Be Kidding” Award
As far as I am concerned, this little vignette ranks right up there on the “You’ve Got To Be Kidding” list. I just have to share. In the office where Daughter #2 is employed, there is a woman – actually the assistant … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Are You Kidding Me?, Bacteria on a sponge, Fish Tank, Kitchen Sponge, Office Etiquette
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No Rose-colored Glasses For Me
Two years ago I noticed things were starting to look a little fuzzy, especially in one eye. When speaking to someone sitting in front of a window or back-lit in silhouette, I could not see their face for the white … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Perspective, Uncategorized
Tagged Cataract Operation, Cataract Surgery, Cataracts, Eye Surgery, Eyes, Seeing Pink
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words never spoken
walking through the city I saw the young girls with bodies all silk from underthings to eyebrows legs shaven heels pumiced nails glossed hair lacquered thighs taut eyes clear glad-breasted tittering girls and I wondered how even for an hour … Continue reading
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Some Updates for Those Who Are So Inclined
Just sitting here at the moment, sipping some refreshingly iced mint tea made with fresh mint from the garden. That, and a secret stash of Mexican chocolate laced with cinnamon. Momentary slice of bliss. As the month of July winds down, … Continue reading
Posted in Diet, Gardening, House plants, Uncategorized, Weight
Tagged Dinner Club, July, Summer, Tree of Heaven, Updates
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I Can Make Poison Arrows Now
Repotting a cactus is something I have been avoiding for a long time…..many, many years actually. All of them are bursting out of their containers, but the thought of handling them has triggered an automatic aversion. The potting soil and new pots have … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, House plants, Uncategorized
Tagged candelabra cactus, Euphorbia, Not a Cactus, poison arrows, Poisonous Plant, repotting cactus, Spurge
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Eating Phlox
Digging into the earth between the patio stones with a stick, there is a little girl in a sun-suit crouched on the ground on a blue summer morning; a morning with a tinge of humidity in the air and one which promises to … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged Childhood, earth, edible flowers, Flowers, One with the Earth, phlox, Summer
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The Art of Recuperation
A few days ago I had cubital tunnel surgery on my arm to free the nerve which was crushed and affecting the muscles in my hand. It is something that has progressively been getting worse over time – something which I have … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cubital tunnel, heat wave, mehndi, recovery, recuperation, Summer, surgery
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It’s Fig Season and I’m In Love
Fresh figs are in season at the moment and I am in love. I have been loading up on them because their availability will be limited. Their appearance is as exciting as the blooming of a garden flower that is fleetingly here and gone. … Continue reading
More Garden Fireworks for July
Monarda bursting in the air…. The best Hosta blooms ever this year…… Echinacea like skyrockets……… Trumpet Flowers trumpeting on the vine…….. Gooseneck Loosestrife tumbling forth…………….. Purple Bindweed pulses with color………… July garden, in concert…………
Garden Fireworks
The July garden comes forth with its own fireworks of texture and deep, vibrant color.
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