Just a little
bit by bit
Colder.
-4 this morning. 🥶
Another inch of snow overnight.
I always shovel this path first.
They are always waiting. A chickadee landed on my shoulder while I was putting seed in the feeder. Waited. Sang a little encouragement.
Don’t feed the birds they say. Sorry, can’t help myself.
I have this idea now, to refocus on heart, through February, while I am sorting through the old Whispering Hearts class and loading content on YouTube. I can simply supplement the class with new focus, do some reconsidering and dig up what I can from old files.
So I think a heart a day is what I will aim for. However that has to happen. So here is mine for the day.
Just a little warmth.
The good news is, I found an old hard drive, when I backed up all my files during a computer fail. Actually I think the Man, who isn’t here anymore, did that for me. I think my files are there. Also, I found some old published articles, one specifically about hearts (Art Quilting Studio) let me scan that.
Hearts, however different, can always connect in some way. Love is a patchwork in perspective. I might draw this. It would make a lovely card.
and thanks right back at ya Jude. You just keep on giving...xxx
Thank you SO much for the “private” update. It cheers me considerably!! I will be 82 in a few weeks, and really relate. I lasted with my first spouse through medical school, internship, residencies, Vietnam, helped set up private practice, had 2 FANtastic boys, then a daughter while teaching and running my fiber ranch all the time.
Then, when I hit 40 he had a hell of an explosive midlife crisis. I tolerated it for a bit, then split. Found a much superior dude, started a book store with a little inheritance from Dad, went back to university to enrich my teaching certificate, and taught, farmed, and tried to sell books until Amazon popped up. We’re happy but poor, baby is 50, boys are 50+, still keeping a few sheep and goats that the big cats have left us.
Many friends have died or moved, haven’t seen Laura MacNeil except for a quick signing at the library. But the moon is almost full, the temp has cooled to 71 (sorry!) now, and in a short bit I will have a glass of wine to get me through the news.
Thank you, thank you for being here now and then. I am watching you with great pleasure!!