Monthly Archives: December 2021
Day 365; Footnotes Looking Forward
And it has begun. Actually it began an hour ago, the sounds of explosions near and far. It isn’t even ten pm yet, but then I saw where a local weather prognosticator posted photos of storms headed this way that … Continue reading
December Thirty-first, Looking Back With Realization
I’m sitting here once again, alternating between watching the sun play hide and seek behind the clouds and the cats playing out back. Slash the cat is back this morning and he was starving. I’m also contemplating this past year … Continue reading
December Thirty-first The Year I Said See You Later
The following was in my memories over on Facebook, it was written at the end of 2017, the year I lost my husband. The year everything I knew, was ripped apart. Everything was changed, rearranged and put in a new … Continue reading
Day 364; Footnotes Busy, Busy, So Much to Do, So Much Done
I do believe I got a good start. Yesterday I took down and packed away all of the inside decorations. I did not however get the boxes moved to the storage building. Today, I was sitting here trying to decide … Continue reading
December Thirtieth Thoughts on Deep Cleaning
“What are your plans for today?” “I don’t know what do you need?” A not unusual conversation with my mother, usually ending in, ‘if you aren’t doing anything, maybe..’ Which of course I try to drop everything and take care … Continue reading
Day 363 Footnotes of Taken The Right Steps
Boxed and waiting. Not long after writing about whether I was going to take down the decorations, I got up and got busy. Suddenly, I felt driven. I grabbed my garden cart and headed for the storage building. I was … Continue reading
December Twenty-ninth; What Really Needs To Be Packed Away
I need to get moving. I keep debating over whether to leave the decorations up for a few more days, or take them down. Nothing is in the way. The house will look very empty and plain once the colors … Continue reading
December Twenty-eighth, When a Dragon Isn’t a Dragon After All
Stress is the dragon in my room. I have been stressed before, but never like this. I never had to fully handle it physically on my own. Even though my son is with me, its not quite the same. Or … Continue reading
Day 361 Footnotes of Not How I Had Planned on Spending the Afternoon
Well. That was a different way to spend an afternoon. A week ago today my dad sat down hard. My mother called us asking if my son could come help get dad up. I think he broke all land speed … Continue reading
Words from The Dirt Road 