Author Archives: daeja's view

Where Did the Weekend Go?

Posted on February 14, 2011 by daeja's view

I’m writing this post while eating lilac-colored chocolate covered sunflower seeds and waiting for the next episode of a series I watch once a week on television.  I should probably turn on the set and try to figure out which station it is … Continue reading →

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Black Thumb

Posted on February 11, 2011 by daeja's view

There are two different cactus plants, two spider plants and an Air Fern “growing” in my office.  The cacti are crammed into pots that are pathetically undersized. They are also missing most of their soil because they have been knocked … Continue reading →

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Late

Posted on February 9, 2011 by daeja's view

I decided I was going to go to a yoga class after work tonight. It was only the second time I was going to this particular venue.   Of course, fifteen minutes before it was time to leave work,  I got held up … Continue reading →

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O Neti Neti

Posted on February 7, 2011 by daeja's view

During the course of a nasty sinus headache a few winters ago, a nurse that I worked with suggested I try using a Neti Pot. I had never heard of one, so she launched into an extremely animated explanation, mimicking … Continue reading →

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Just One Small Thing

Posted on February 4, 2011 by daeja's view

The past couple of weeks seem to be especially dragging, both in a physical and emotional way.  They could be connected to each other.  Those pinpoints of notable stress and probably a little bit of the winter blues hanging around … Continue reading →

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The Febs

Posted on February 2, 2011 by daeja's view

The Febs We have officially slipped into February, the groundhog is a wimp, and I think I am coming down with a case of “The Febs”.  It was in the middle of one of those endless winters a number of years ago that I … Continue reading →

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Enlightenment For the Rich

Posted on January 31, 2011 by daeja's view

Since the new year, and especially during the long winter months, I find myself pouring over catalogs with a focus on how I imagine my new life is going to be when I make all these changes.  Every year I … Continue reading →

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Hiding the Patchouli

Posted on January 28, 2011 by daeja's view

Hiding The Patchouli. It almost sounds like some dirty party game, doesn’t it? (but it’s not). My daughter and her husband are planning on coming for a visit with the baby, weather permitting, so I am making a point of … Continue reading →

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One Redeeming Feature

Posted on January 27, 2011 by daeja's view

I made this discovery only because we are experiencing some feisty weather around here this winter.  A couple of days ago it was -14 degrees Farenheit here.  That little dash is not a typo, it’s a minus; that is fourteen degrees … Continue reading →

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A Little Piece of Sun

Posted on January 26, 2011 by daeja's view

A friend gave me some Paperwhite bulbs (Narcissus papyraceus for you botanical types) for Christmas. For those who might be unfamiliar, you force the bulbs in a pot indoors with the idea that they will bloom in the winter and … Continue reading →

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These Lovely Boots

Posted on January 24, 2011 by daeja's view

Every time I would visit my mother, she would dig the boots out of the back of her hall closet and urge me to take them.  As the story went, Aunt Rose, who had expensive taste in clothing and often … Continue reading →

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Saint Joe, On His Head

Posted on January 21, 2011 by daeja's view

For a brief period of time, I owned my own home, but there came a point when I could not afford the expenses alone anymore and I had to let it go.  One of the kids had gone off to … Continue reading →

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Little Brown Bat

Posted on January 20, 2011 by daeja's view

A friend just emailed me about finding a bat in her house, which set me off on a discourse about my bat-in-the-house experiences, so I figured I would write it out here. I have lived in about two dozen places … Continue reading →

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Tomato Face

Posted on January 19, 2011 by daeja's view

I didn’t realize until I was about twelve years old that not everyone got “Tomato Face”.  I only figured it out at that point because when you hit that age, everything becomes Painfully Evident and you suddenly notice everything about … Continue reading →

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Soporific

Posted on January 18, 2011 by daeja's view

The last time (which was also the first time) I had a new bed, I was living with my fiancé, who complained bitterly about how soft and lumpy our mattress was.  The too-soft mattress he was complaining about was at least … Continue reading →

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Hydra

Posted on January 17, 2011 by daeja's view

The tree in the backyard on the property line between us and our neighbor towers over all the others and has some serious girth to it.  It looks kind of like a locust but not quite a locust.  All summer … Continue reading →

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Ornaments of the Heart

Posted on January 16, 2011 by daeja's view

December 31, 2010 It’s the first holiday in decades where we did not celebrate at home and the first year I have had to alternate the holiday, since my daughter has gotten married and has informed me that the rules … Continue reading →

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