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  • March 18, 2025

    lost a day – damn it

    lost a day – damn it

    Sometimes it is ok to give yourself a rest day. But not too many. Resting is great. But not productive. To stay alive in body and brain we need to stay productive. Self care is one thing. Self indulgence – another. The day before yesterday I gave myself a rest day and now I am…

  • March 14, 2025

    a little archives, a little gardening, a little yesterday

    a little archives, a little gardening, a little yesterday

    First some farm pictures – from Rhonda. Just in this morning. I am in the same boat as you now. Watching my farm from afar! Watching the cows watching the Pops. From the Archives: March 26, 2013 Here is the link in case you want to read your comments. Piles of snow. Wonderful. All day…

  • March 12, 2025

    betwixt and between

    betwixt and between

    Which reminds me. I need to order the cat and dog food to be delivered to the farm. Ordering feed for the Midwest farm from a town in Victoria, Australia is not as crazy as it sounds! It works. Back on the farm. (Illinois) Apparently FreeBee has been a naughty pig and escaped his winter…

  • March 10, 2025

    my brain is finally catching up

    my brain is finally catching up

    Not catching ON quite yet but definitely catching UP! Changing locations every week for the last month left me a bit tired and more anxious than usual. Now I am here in Melbourne – gardening and walking and settling in with Daughter and it is a great relief. I am so grateful not to have…

  • March 3, 2025

    bye bye beach

    bye bye beach

    Leaving the beach is hard on a beach girl. Leaving all these NZ kids even harder. But this time I am not going far. I will be only across ‘the ditch’. But there are no other beaches on my travel horizons. Unless we drive out to a Melbourne beach. But driving to the beach is…

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