Posts by hamblog
feeling that sweet spot of youth
I dreamt last night that one of my brothers — the one 10 years older that me, the one I don’t have a lot of contact with — and I wandered around our old home town. Of course, this home town was an odd amalgam of locations that presented as a small, hilly, old-fashioned village. Our old…
Read Morepretty pictures
I couldn’t face my stupid and boring and businessy post I just posted, below, so I wrote another better one and have posted that, too. Here you go! Have I mentioned I’m in more of a Christmas spirit than since I don’t know when? That I hauled a full-size, Silver-Tipped Birch up my stairs? That…
Read Morebig fat sigh of relief
I have tried to keep on top of things, obligations, chores. So far, it has (sort of!) worked. A 4-year bootcamp of taking care of another adult yet helpless human has really changed things for me. (for the most part!) Oh, except. Except. Yeah, except a few things, most notably a massive procrastination effort that almost…
Read Morethe give you give
[Expanded from my Facebook Post from Tuesday, December 2 – also known suddenly by the internet as Giving Tuesday] I’ve had a lot of conversations recently about giving and about being of service and how, within a couple generations, a lot of people (including myself) have ceased to weave charity into the fabric of their…
Read Moreoh um hi
Being a blogger (not a monetized blogger or gun for hire blogger) is being adrift on a silent sea. But hey hello, I am very busy (and not in the superficial, half-lying, “oh gosh I’m just so active and popular”). It is hard to make time for this because I am not sure what it…
Read Morebig blue marble
[direct link] About 20 years ago, I went to a self-actualizing weekend workshop. A lot of crying and writing and woo and meditating and “I” statements. It was okay. I did have a revelation that I was as angry at my mother as I was at my dad, but that is so totally a different…
Read Morethings i sure wish weren’t facts
I’m on a first-name basis with my exterminator. I have loud, nightly reminders that my neighbor across the way has a new girlfriend. I get nervous if I neglect my Sims (and it’s Sims Freeplay, the horrible second rate game) I have a Groupon for a toenail fungus laser treatment. I am a gum lover who…
Read Moreall matters repugnant
I like the word repugnant and I think I know what it means. I’m a little unclear on how it’s pronounced, and probably won’t ever use the word in spoken conversation. I think probably that’s because when one expresses disgust, one doesn’t need fancy words — just the ability to arrange one’s facial muscles in an…
Read Morehow not to make a dress
Impulsively commit a precious weekend day and a large handful of money towards a class, pattern and a large pile of (admittedly awesome) fabric Make sure to have insomnia the night before class Bring your lunch to eat later. Neglect to put your name on the takeout box and put box in kitchen Assume that…
Read Moremy love’s like the warmth of the sun
Here is your soundtrack to this post. Good ol’ Beachies. Hit play then read on. It’s Labor Day, a grim-sounding day that takes on the grim task of being the unofficial end of summer. And I can feel a long-shadow melancholy, even though A. there’s three more weeks of summer technically; B. (but) the summer…
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