Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Artemis Moon<\/p>\n
Ah.\u00a0 It seems the nasties have journeyed on to other warm bloody creatures, leaving me in peace for now.\u00a0 I hope my body now recognizes and will fend off these creatures that live only to replicate and in so doing make us feel bad.\u00a0 But they don’t care.<\/p>\n
Groceries this morning.\u00a0 Filled up the cart with fruit and vegetables and turkey burgers, soy milk and slim milk, Sharps and Diet Cherry Coke, a bit of feta cheese, some sliced turkey for the dogs, a few cheese curds, some peanut butter, oops, just realized I forgot the cereal, chicken breasts.\u00a0 You know.\u00a0 The stuff of daily eating.\u00a0 It was church time while I shopped so I suppose we were all heathens in there, except for those righteous Catholics who went to Saturday night mass.\u00a0 Grocery shopping has a soothing quality.\u00a0 It combines shopping with a genuine need so the selection of items reflects not so much consumer driven behavior–though that does rear its head–as it does animal needs.<\/p>\n
(The Mexicans do mercado better.)<\/p>\n
Hilo has, as Kate says, the dwindles.\u00a0 She’s becoming very thin and tentative.\u00a0 We believe she’s lost the better part of her sight.\u00a0 Last week she seemed frightened, wide-eyed and jittery; this week feels different.\u00a0 Perhaps a resignation of sorts.\u00a0 It’s sad to watch her fade away, but she still lives her life.\u00a0 Napping with us this afternoon, going outside to wander around the yard.\u00a0 Eating a bit now and then.\u00a0 Live until you die.\u00a0 That’s what I want for me and for her.<\/p>\n
The sewing machine is on its movable platform, the wind-up reels for the cloth are in place, we attached a high-tech stitch regulator and a laser pointer to the apparatus that allows Kate to guide the needle.\u00a0 Now it’s RTFM, a couple of extension cords and she’ll be ready to practice.\u00a0 No more taking pieced work out for quilting, now it happens here, right in our lower level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Artemis Moon Ah.\u00a0 It seems the nasties have journeyed on to other warm bloody creatures, leaving me in peace for now.\u00a0 I hope my body now recognizes and will fend off these creatures that live only to replicate and in so doing make us feel bad.\u00a0 But they don’t care. Groceries this morning.\u00a0 … Continue reading Feeling Better. Me. Dwindling. Hilo.<\/span>