Thanks to flickr and photo groups and using my camera a lot I think I’ve become pretty good at “seeing” and not just looking. But now I want to be more intentional about listening. What I do most of the time is listen with 1/2 an ear, which is only 25% of my potential hearing [...]
Archive for November, 2008
National Day of Listening
Posted in home range, odds and ends on November 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Gratitude #12….A good book or two or three
Posted in reading on November 25, 2008 | 13 Comments »
There’s nothing in the house for lunch (okay, that’s an exaggeration) so I made a batch of popcorn and a cup of tea and cracked open the latest book I’ve fallen in love with. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is one of those books that I can’t put down, but yet I [...]
Alchemy
Posted in chocolate, in the kitchen on November 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Alchemy – 2. a method or power of transmutation; esp., the seemingly miraculous change of a thing into something better. In this case to take butter, sugar, chocolate, and pecans and turn it into something miraculous (i.e. English toffee)!
When you make this, make sure you won’t be interrupted. It requires constant stirring and the candy gets [...]
Over The River….
Posted in photography, places, reading on November 21, 2008 | 8 Comments »
and through the woods to Grandmother’s house we go. Heading to my parents for an early Thanksgiving celebration. My two sets of aunts and uncles are visiting from Maryland and they stopped by here on Wednesday morning. I didn’t know how much I had missed them until I got to see them, and then I [...]
Scavenger Project and other silliness
Posted in crafting, odds and ends on November 20, 2008 | 11 Comments »
The Arthouse Coop always has the most fascinating projects going on, and over time I’ve signed up for three of them. The Scavenger Project is the only one I’ve actually completed by the deadline. We were given a list of 24 things, and then just like a scavenger hunt we had to complete the list and [...]
Solitude (gratitude #8)
Posted in odds and ends on November 17, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Sometimes you just want to be by yourself, talking to no one, answering to no one, being responsible for no one. Welcoming the silence and the room to breathe. That’s where I am today. The boys are at school, Brian is at work, and I am breathing!
About
Jackie
I'm a human being, sometimes fumbling through life, but more often amazed by the great glorious adventure that it is. If you want labels - I'm a stay at home mom, a tree hugger, a tightwad, a wife, a nerd, a jogger, a bookworm, a creative soul, a pretty good cook, a beloved child of God, an avid hobby photographer, a person who likes to dip her toes into all that life has to offer. In fact you might find that we have a lot in common, and that labels don't really explain the complexity of human beings.
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