MOTHER'S DAY TIMES THREE

Unlike most little girls I didn't want to be a wife and mother when I grew up...I wanted to be a photo journalist and travel the world. 

Life had other plans for me.  I have never for one day had any regrets for how things turned out...

AT THE END OF THE DAY...this...

...was worth the entire journey.

ICKY THINGS

...i'm tackling icky things today...changing passwords...balancing the check book etc...all the things that are better done when it rains...

...AT THE END OF THE DAY...there is no reason to waste sunny day on ick...

BETWEEN RAIN SHOWERS

...stuck in the betweens again...want to start learning to make books...so many little 'at home' things to do first...can't make up my mind where to start...

so...AT THE END OF THE DAY...guess i'll just light a match under myself...that way i have to move one way or another...

SUNNY DAY BLUES

...there are down times even during beautiful weather...especially when I would rather be home than shopping and running errands...

but...AT THE END OF THE DAY...retail therapy can still help when it involves pretty new spring clothes...

JUST A PEEK

About three years ago when we started preparing for retirement I would post a picture on Facebook with a paragraph or two summing up my day and how I felt about it or what I had learned from it.  It was short and to the point and I looked forward to reviewing my day this way so I started this blog as a way to chronicle this next phase of my life. 

I realized this morning that it has been three months since my last blog entry.  I think because the writing became a chore instead of what it started out to be...a bit of reflection and a bit of sharing. 

I will keep writing stories and poems and essays...maybe even a rant now and then because I do like to write and I will share when I think someone else might enjoy what I write.  In the meantime it's back to what I started out to do...a bit of reflection and a bit of sharing several times a week...  

because... AT THE END OF THE DAY...the essence of life is in simplicity...not clutter...

GOOD BY JANUARY...GOOD RIDDANCE

Progress has come to a standstill on house projects and on art projects.  The weather is either too cold or too wet and I feel tired, I feel stuck, I feel old.  Maybe I'm just an 

Old Soul

I try to play in the studio between trips to town but my player is broken and running on empty.  Color is so lacking this time of year even package wrappings for birthday boxes were a challenge

until the soft colors of spring that I day dream about snuck in.

 

So I attempt to anticipate the clear days between the rain (even when it's freezing) because the sunrises are worth the wait.  They arrive a little earlier each morning, reminding me...this too shall pass.

And I have decided...AT THE END OF THE DAY... that creating just for fun is a delicious way to spend January.

 

ACCOMPLISH

  to fulfill-make happen-achieve...

Just over two weeks ago I entered the last year of my 7th decade.  In December of this year I will be 70 years old.

It makes me think about what I have accomplished during those 7 decades and what I want to accomplish in the years I have left.

Last year I chose the word Attention to focus on and found out so much about myself.  My life has been enriched by learning to live more fully, not procrastinate so much, and by being aware of what is going on around me and inside me.  That is how I want to enjoy the rest of my years...no matter how many or how few they are.

So this year I will live in the now of each minute, each day, each week, adjusting my direction when I wander off course, and doing the best I can without worrying about whether or not I get everything on my to-do-list finished. 

and after all...AT THE END OF THE DAY...who knows what I can do if I put my mind to it and choose ACCOMPLISH as my word this year.