The great blizzard of Feb 2013 is done.  Behind us.  Plowed, shoveled, scraped, and slowly melting, and refreezing.  It came on a Saturday — but it didn’t keep me from doing Saturday things. Read the rest of this entry →

I’ve been gloomy.  Sort of direction-less.  I’ve allowed myself to get lost in the dark – a.g.a.i.n.   Read the rest of this entry →

Whatever stomach bug or flu that has been creeping around…..well, it caught me.  I’m home today, knocked down pretty well.  Spending the day in bed, sleeping, feverish, sweating, shivering, and miserable.  The way I figure it — this is the bottom of the barrel.  This is as low energy, as wiped-out, as a person can feel.  So — I’m going to surrender to it and rest.  Allow myself to get well at my own pace.  And use this opportunity to clean house physically, to clean out my mind, to dump the “down-in-the-dumps” emotions I’ve been carrying around……and restart.  Hit the proverbial “Re-start Button”.

Hit IT! Read the rest of this entry →

I’ve been waiting it out.  Waiting for the fog around my head to lift.  Working.  Waiting.  Eating.  Working.  Eating.  and, er…..Eating some more. Read the rest of this entry →

In the 18th century, sailors of sail-powered boats, travelling through parts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean would find themselves trapped in low-pressure areas around the equator where the prevailing winds are insanely calm. After having navigated the seas through variable winds and extreme weather squalls, thunderstorms and hurricanes, the unexpected calm would catch them by surprise, and leave them trapped for periods of days or even weeks.   Welcome to the doldrums. Read the rest of this entry →

Sorry for not posting today.  I’m suffering from a massive headache.  Hope to be feeling better and to be back with you tomorrow.

Ciao for now…Diane