Blogging Blues

I’ve been playing around with the design for my blog.  It was past time to get the wintry holiday design off of here.  What is ironic is that where we live there is no such thing as winter, but the seasons are so ingrained in our thinking it’s hard not to think of the seasons we know so well, especially when the weather is such a hot topic on social forums like facebook.

In reality, playing around with the blog design has been a way for me to space out a little; to avoid thinking too much.  The past couple …

Days Swifter Than a Weaver’s Shuttle

I realize that I haven’t made any blog posts over the past couple of weeks.  Bottom line – right now I have numerous things that are of greater priority than blogging.  Julia is leaving in three days, and  I also have several major projects that need to be finished by the time the rest of us leave for furlough, which is in three weeks.  It seems like time is simply flying by at faster than normal speed, and so I have to pick and choose where to spend my time.  Right now blogging is not one of those things.  So, …