Yearly Archive: 2021

04
Nov
2021

3 THINGS

Things I like about autumn scuffing through fallen leaves, a nip in the air, trees that turn red Things I already miss about summer blue blue skies late into the evening, being able to go for walks after work and having it still be light out, sitting on the deck enjoying the greenery Things I am looking forward to Thanksgiving, baking Christmas cookies, the end of the fucking pandemic (it will end, won’t it?) Things that are on the menu lately plain bagels with cream cheese and sea salt, clementines, mushroom soup Things in my house that make me happy...

31
Oct
2021

PUMPKIN TO TALK ABOUT

There’s no knowing when you will do something for the last time. I suppose this is why we cling so to tradition. It’s a continuation in an uncertain world. All those years of holiday celebrations, dressing up for Halloween, coloring eggs for Easter, cooking turkeys for Thanksgiving, filling stockings for Christmas; they’re all ways to hold on to what we have, and what we want to remember and most of all what we want to pay forward into our lives. Yesterday, I went and bought Halloween candy and filled our biggest bowl in anticipation of trick-or-treaters tonight. Last year, trick-or-treating...

24
Oct
2021

BUSY BEE

I guess I am not the only one not blogging. I just went back through my friends feed for the past several weeks and only a small handful of posts were actual, written, blog posts from friends. All the rest were feeds from art blogs, comic strips I used to read, and Post Secret. I suppose that means that no one is reading either, so I shouldn’t feel too guilty about my lack of posting, but I mostly feel guilty for myself. How am I supposed to fill up a year with memories if I keep forgetting to write about...

20
Oct
2021

OOPS

Apparently, I can only manage being consistent in one space at a time. I’ve been super about posting my daily good things on Facebook but my poor little blog is totally neglected in the meantime. Does anyone care? News at eleven.

03
Oct
2021

SUNDAY MUSING

It’s another lazy-ish Sunday. I woke up at 6:30, feel back asleep until 8:30 and then around 9:30 actually stopped dozing and woke up enough to put on my glasses and read in bed for another hour or so. All I’ve done of note so far is water plants and put some clothes away (apart from showering, dressing and eating). It’s another cloudy, rainy day. We went yesterday, despite the weather, to meet Debbie and family on a boat tour of Malmö along the canal, featuring a surprisingly hard quiz about Malmö. I’ve done the tour boat trips for tourists...

22
Sep
2021

FLEXIBLE AND FORWARD-MOVING

Today is the autumnal solstice. It’s been a week of really cold temps, steady winds, rain, and cloud cover, but today was lovely. Warm and sunny and just what I needed. Today’s the last day this week working from home, and my shoulders are up around my ears. Work is intense as always and we’re already feeling the fall crunch and that’s before we’ve really gotten started on monster project season. Last night, I prepped dinner, chopping all the veggies, pressing garlic and setting the table. Anders was out in the garage getting Karin’s car prepped as he was going...

18
Sep
2021

PRODIGAL SON

Martin left North Carolina on Tuesday. Mom, Sarah and Bryce drove him to the airport, a couple of hours early, so that he could get his extra bag registered and make sure everything was squared away. He had gotten a rapid COVID test the day before (negative) and downloaded 2 Audible books for the trip. Everything went super smoothly and he kept us all informed by text messages at every step of the way. When he got to London on Wednesday morning, it turned out that his flight to Copenhagen had been moved slightly and was departing about an hour...

11
Sep
2021

JUST A FEW THINGS, AFTER A FEW WEEKS

Oy! That’s what you get, I suppose, when you get back to work and regular routines. Suddenly, 2 weeks have whipped by and you haven’t written a thing. I’ve been busy, both with work and stuff at home, and a lot of work for the AIC, as well, as we’re in the beginning of the season, starting to plan the first in-person events in over a year, and preparing for the Annual meeting and board elections. I’ve been busy contacting members, finding out who is planning to continue and deactivating those who have left or don’t want to renew, as...

28
Aug
2021

AUTUMNAL PREMEDITATIONS

Hello from rainy Skåne! We had a few nice days at the beginning of last week but it’s back to rain and grey and solid cloud cover. I was really hoping for a nice weekend, but it’s not looking like I’ll get my wish. Tonight we are going (with Karin) to the annual crayfish party, hosted and attended by friends we haven’t seen since the start of the pandemic (with the exception of 1 couple). It will be weird but nice, I’m sure. Everyone is fully vaccinated, but crowds of people make me nervous these days, so we shall see....

22
Aug
2021

THE END AND THE BEGINNING

Sunday night and we’re nearing the end of August, the end of summer, the end of vacation. Tomorrow I actually have to get up early because the furnace people are coming to replace something in our furnace. But that’s good because I need to start resetting my inner clock…I’ve moved my work start date up and will be starting on Thursday this week instead of Monday next week. I talked to my manager about it, and told her that I felt like I was wasting my vacation days…home, doing nothing, no plans, etc. I’d rather be working, honestly. I had...

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