WINTER SOLSTICE 12/21/12 

THE END OF THE WORLD?

 

Photo:  Liz Corbett (Liz 77 on OS)

There have been, perhaps millions

Of these longest of days

But, this may be last

In a number of ways

Of earth as we know it… Read full post »

Their Daddy is a Spurs Fan...can you tell?

(I'm just a baby fan)...can you tell?

 

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23 Days.

That doesn’t sound very long. Three weeks sounds much lengthier, for some reason.

But, 23 days it was. In the glorious sunshine, watching family members disintegrate, with the hope of rising again from the ashes. That would be more appropriate if I were in Phoenix.… Read full post »

Friends from Seattle (yes, I know, that's where I live) but regardless, they were in town, so we spent the day sight-seeing and boy, did I need that.

We went to the Desert Museum.  

Fascinating place if you are not from the desert southwest.  It was pretty hot/… Read full post »

The curly- ques remind me of the complications of life.  The fountain of cleansing and newness.

I can't help but sit here and think of the newness of life back home and the complications of old age down here helping my Mom.  She is settling in, one day at a… Read full post »

At the start of the year, I thought that the “Grandma Chronicles” would be a very nice series, seeing as I became a Grandma two days before Christmas. (I KNOW you’ve seen the pictures).   Little did I know that what would take over a little over 3 months later would be/… Read full post »

I sit this morning at the airport, awaiting my flight to Tucson.  The plan was for me to spend the next 3 weeks with my Mom, as she comes home from the Nursing Home. (See last post for that story).  Only thing, she's not going home.

All at the Nursing Home,… Read full post »

Is it the ultimate mid-life crisis?  Taking care of your parent and children at the same time, the time when your life is supposed to be your own?

Alone, I am not. 

Helping my daughter raise her twins

is such a bright spot, I can’t… Read full post »

Maybe this is why I have writer's block. What can you say?

It's been quite a ride for you, we know. We all wish you your dream of happiness and that your Prince Charming will ride in on his white horse, to take you away from the sadness and to finally be taken care of and loved the way you love all… Read full post »

1. Your main trait: Sarcasm

2. The quality you like best in a man: Honesty, (money wouldn’t hurt)

3. The quality you like best in a woman:  Loyalty

4. Your main flaw: Sarcasm

5. Last time you cried: Havn’t cried since I… Read full post »

 

Holy Crap!! It’s been two years since I first posted this!!!!

I lived through the sixties, I can live through the 60’s.

(Just past) 60
 So what?
It’s only
a lonely
number.
A digit,
a widget,
a speck.

At 60
some are happy,
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It’s been a strange few months.  There is new life around me daily.  And there also has been death.  The birth of my daughter’s twin girls has certainly had me waxing philosophical.  New life, possibilities, hopes, dreams.

 

I remember looking at a picture of my… Read full post »

 

I recently discovered yet another way to wile away the hours (that don’t really exist in the first place) while accomplishing nothing.  Well, I suppose dreaming is not nothing and for those “creative” types there are plenty of ideas floating around Pinterest.

&nb… Read full post »

I thought I would have so much to say.

I thought I would wax poetic
about the miracle of birth, the karma of the universe,
the beauty of these girls,
but,
I am speechless.

I find I sit and stare. I sit and coo.

Only 22 years ago I was in this same… Read full post »

This is the view from the backside of my office building.

If you look very closely, you can see the Seattle Space Needle below the Olympic Mountains.

It is such a place of peace.   I wish I would remember to leave my desk more often and go stare at the… Read full post »

Welcome precious girls.

L- Addyson weighing in at  5 lbs. 9 oz & 18 1/2" Born @ 12:38pm

R- Brooklyn weighing in at 6 lbs. 3 oz & 19 3/4" Born @ 12:39pm

It was almost as surreal as giving birth to my own twins (but a lot less painful). … Read full post »

3:15am

December 23, 2011

Grandma Chronicles:  2

 

 

 

Addyson and Brooklyn will be born today. 

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Photo Credit:
http://capturedbycarrie.com/blog/2009/03/27/twins-newborn-photographer-baby-photography/

(**No - they are not born yet**)

Seems like it would be an easy explanation.  After all, how many times have you heard that twins skip a generation.  If I had a nickel… Read full post »

 

 

The Grandma Chronicles:  1

 

 Credit: Skywatcher Charles R. Jones II took this photo of the total lunar eclipse Dec. 10 from Phoenix, Ariz.

 

 

 

 

So wouldn’t it be awesome for my twin grandbabies to be born on December 10^th at approx/… Read full post »

Thought it was about time to update the "OS Bookstore & Art Gallery" for the Holiday Season.  There have been a few additions since last year.

***Please let me know of active OS'ers who have Books or Art for sale and I will include them here****

 Happy Holidays to All.… Read full post »

 

Photo by:  Liz Corbett
Words by:  Marlene Dunham
                    (Inspired by my friend Liz Corbett’s photograph)

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The path
unveils a choice.
Its’ mere presen/… Read full post »

 

 

Well, it seems the timing is quite odd.  My daughter and her boyfriend moved in with me this weekend, along with the two babies in the oven, and NOW, after 8 years of divorce, I decide to take the plunge onto Match.Com, which I have been fighting for, well, about/…

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14 year old Ingrid “put on her favorite shorts and tank top…applied layers of mascara and eye shadow…dragged the card table and chair across the hotel parking lot and dad followed behind with a box full of wrench sets, screwdrivers and several sets of steak knives.&r… Read full post »

 

 

One simple thought
goes astray
way
beyond the limits
of decorum

Then a mind
goes blind
descends
to the realm
of madness

When reality
is  brutality
suffering
against all odds
and logic

The mind
on a pivotal perch
of distortion
sinking
to the depths of despair

How to escape
where to travel
or… Read full post »