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Binge

Posted on January 14, 2012 by daeja's view

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 →

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Updates for Those Who Follow

Posted on January 6, 2012 by daeja's view

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 →

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Same Time Next Year

Posted on January 4, 2012 by daeja's view

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 →

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Out With A Bang, In With A Smash

Posted on January 2, 2012 by daeja's view

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 →

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A Nice Start

Posted on January 1, 2012 by daeja's view

The Clivia bloomed.

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And We Begin Anew

Posted on December 31, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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A Poisoned World

Posted on December 30, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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A Skill Not Possessed

Posted on December 24, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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Why I Love the Shortest Day of the Year

Posted on December 22, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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The Eye of the Beholder

Posted on December 13, 2011 by daeja's view

“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 →

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Who Are These People?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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The New Rules

Posted on December 4, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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Crumbling Under the Weight of Technology

Posted on November 29, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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November Homescape

Posted on November 19, 2011 by daeja's view

“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.”   – Elizabeth Lawrence

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Flags For My Father

Posted on November 16, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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Feral Crap

Posted on November 12, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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What This Woman Wants in a Subaru

Posted on November 7, 2011 by daeja's view

Dear Subaru – While it is still running well and looking good, I would like to trade my Subaru in for one that is smaller and more economical. If I were to purchase a new Subaru now, it would be my third … Continue reading →

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A Lion is Loose in the Neighborhood

Posted on November 1, 2011 by daeja's view
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Nothing But Rice

Posted on October 26, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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A Sewing Table Tale

Posted on October 24, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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The Pack Rat Project – Day 3

Posted on October 17, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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Nesting (or Addressing the Pack Rat)

Posted on October 16, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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The Sedum Project

Posted on October 14, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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I Am The Carrot Woman

Posted on October 2, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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Unravelling

Posted on September 21, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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Sauce of the Goddesses – Time To Make The Pesto

Posted on September 13, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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A Whole Lot of Apples

Posted on September 5, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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The Hippie Haj

Posted on August 26, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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Another “You’ve Got To Be Kidding” Award

Posted on August 24, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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The Shoe Extortionist

Posted on August 21, 2011 by daeja's view

I am being threatened by someone over a pair of shoes.  It started innocently enough. It is important to first state that I have come to realize I am a shoe-a-holic. It is hard for me to digest, as I have always looked … Continue reading →

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No Rose-colored Glasses For Me

Posted on August 18, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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words never spoken

Posted on August 12, 2011 by daeja's view

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

Posted on July 31, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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I Can Make Poison Arrows Now

Posted on July 29, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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Eating Phlox

Posted on July 26, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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The Art of Recuperation

Posted on July 23, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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It’s Fig Season and I’m In Love

Posted on July 21, 2011 by daeja's view

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 →

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Buck and the Turtle (or yet another bum rap for the oldest)

Posted on July 14, 2011 by daeja's view

On a recent excursion with a couple of my siblings, the conversation turned, as it often does, to our childhood, with its spectrum of both sweet and bitter memories. And as sometimes happens during these conversations, I had to hear, with … Continue reading →

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More Garden Fireworks for July

Posted on July 10, 2011 by daeja's view

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…………

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Garden Fireworks

Posted on July 5, 2011 by daeja's view

The July garden comes forth with its own fireworks of texture and deep, vibrant color.

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From a Bench on Main Street

Posted on July 1, 2011 by daeja's view

I am distracted today as I prepare for the weekend ahead, so I don’t have much to say today, but there is an image that keeps popping up in my head. A few weeks ago I had been walking down … Continue reading →

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Screw

Posted on June 26, 2011 by daeja's view

You know that story about the Princess and the Pea…….well, I have my own version now.  I just spent the weekend at a sweet first birthday celebration for a sweet grandbaby, which included spending two nights in a clean but somewhat worn beach motel of significant cost (about … Continue reading →

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Sixty-one Things

Posted on June 17, 2011 by daeja's view

Much in the same way I compiled a list of those things my mother had taught us, as Father’s Day comes around, the thoughts and reflections of Dad are strong. Those quirks and qualities, the small observances, have now become … Continue reading →

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Things Left Behind

Posted on June 15, 2011 by daeja's view

The horse barn behind the house, long unused, contained six stalls and a hay loft. The floor of the barn was covered about two and a half feet deep in old horse manure, some of it probably one-hundred years old. … Continue reading →

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Petal

Posted on June 9, 2011 by daeja's view

One of our exceptionally sweet coworkers has been out for the better part of the last two months on a serious medical leave. She is finally returning tomorrow, and everyone is anticipating her return.  While she was gone, she asked staff to … Continue reading →

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Eye Candy

Posted on June 7, 2011 by daeja's view

The irises are pretty much blown by and gone here.  Last week, my friend and I managed to make a long trek to Montclair, New Jersey to visit the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens, which sits at the bottom of Mountainside Park.   The day … Continue reading →

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Bottle People

Posted on June 5, 2011 by daeja's view

No sooner do we put the trash and recyclables out, and there they are – The Bottle People, picking through the bins. I can put the garbage at the curb, go in the house and walk out ten minutes later, only … Continue reading →

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Reminds Me Of…..

Posted on June 4, 2011 by daeja's view

OK, I know, I know,……I realize I have been putting up a number of botanical type posts lately, but I just can’t help it.  After being inundated by relentless, ongoing days of rain, we have just been hit with a couple that would … Continue reading →

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What’s That Smell?

Posted on June 3, 2011 by daeja's view

It was June, the very end of the school year.  I was taking the kids to the bus stop that morning and upon opening the front door, a waft of perfumed air drifted by me.  It was such a beautiful scent that for a … Continue reading →

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The Shards of Our Lives

Posted on May 30, 2011 by daeja's view

The Significant Other is like a bull in a china shop. That is the image that usually goes through my mind when I take a dish out of the kitchen cabinet and see the condition of it. My dishes, which … Continue reading →

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