Hortus Deliciarum

A bit of fall color in my header, created for me by the marvelously talented and creative Jessamyn, a fellow American expat who owns a flower shop in Ireland. She also has a fabulous Etsy shop that makes me want to spend oodles of money (and forget how slim my wallet is) every time [...]

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In the spirit of letting YOU do the talking (but, of course, being entirely self-centered as journals are wont to do), let’s talk about my books!
Go click on the link to my LibraryThing library or pick one of the four titles that displays on the front page, there, down on your lower right. Sort [...]

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I had my first counseling appointment today – I’d put it off for quite a while but realized that no, really, I did need to go.
She specializes in eating disorders, women’s issues, and depression, which actually is a pretty good summary of the reasons I need to be in therapy right now (well, maybe not [...]

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I’m not going to write about the heartbreak of watching your child suffer pain, even if he IS the most stubborn child on the planet and it has to be excruciating before he admits it’s happening, AND it takes eight hours of increasing pain in his hand before, at 2 AM, he finally will admit [...]

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Tired. Very, very tired.
On Monday, it was a stressful day at work and then, about midday, I found out that one of my husband’s good school friends, whom I’d met during my first visit to the UK and always wanted to get back in touch with, died of post-surgical complications. From gastric banding [...]

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At the end of August, Graham and I took a mini-break to Vancouver.

The point of our Vancouver visit in the first place.

Inside the museum.

Graham decided he needed to mock the Asian tourist crowds and take silly photos by random monuments.

As I was saying…

I am a sucker for fountains. Also, a sucker for mosaics. [...]

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TeacherMommy (I’ll call her M), of Diapers and Dragons, shared an entry from another blog that she reads today. The topic, perhaps unsurprisingly, is September 11th, but the author speaks movingly about her memories of that day and the impact that it’s had on her life.
Of course I remember 9/11. I remember waking [...]

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I visited my nutritionist on Tuesday. It had been a month since I last saw her, so we had plenty to talk about, first and foremost my frustration with exercise and, secondly, my frustration with how long this recovery process seems to be taking.
Graham and I had, as I’ve previously mentioned, a “friendly discussion” [...]

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My son. He is gorgeous. Enough said.

More pictures to follow once my dear friend Maricar does our long-overdue family photo shoot this weekend!

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Seattle is a beautiful city full of cool people. They are knitting, coffee-drinking, intelligent, creative, frequently funny, and often snarky. They seem like fantastic people to get to know.
The only problem? They don’t really want to get to know YOU. Or, more specifically, they don’t want to get to know me.
The [...]

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