A synopsis is a type of summary. In my case I’m going to attempt a synopsis of my life without delving into words with negative connotations and describing events as trauma, rather than abuse. My life has been long and packed with lessons which I cherish. It is those lessons that have shaped who am …
Category Archives: Giving Back
Woodruff’s Nursery on River Road
I was there from when I was 4.5 years old and on in the summers, until I hit my teens. Now 75, living it again by making greeting cards, wall art and sharing the story. I’m certainly living life to the fullest. I always have. I returned to the land with the rest of the …
Emerging from Covid Hibernation
Poetry in Pictures is always working, Making life, a hardening thing, more tempered. Pollyann in chains, while reconnoitering a large group of people. I’ll find a faraway corner. I’ll start using my anti-anxiety. I’ve started volunteering at the co-op
Alzheimer’s: Understanding the concept and accepting and changing the process.
Overwhelming News Don’t become subsequent, stay primary. Become involved! Give back Journaling, last few years, baseline?
Assimilation
October 25, 2022 I’m a reflective, philosophical soul. Aging like rare cheese with flavor Complexities to savor and learn. My beliefs are learning first, Which gives you the grit it takes, Called Hard Knocks lessons. As I reflect, the sense of self Is important for my daily mantra. If it’s to be it’s up to …
MusingMulling
I’m a pondering person brain and wit razor sharp. both alone and with somebody. Do I forget to do somethings? A solid yes there. 10/27/22 Never in a hurry. Ruminating my cud. Synonyms for ruminateSynonyms chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, ponder, pore (over), question, revolve, …
Curiosity
October 11, 2022 I read a lot and retain a lot. Always walking in the shadows of knowledge. I finally have a webinar on Alzheimer’s and Dementia this Friday the 14th. October 13, 2022 Today in the Herald, “Beth Mastel-Smith’s goal is to ensure Baker County residents who have dementia can live independently for as long as feasible …
Current Events
A dawn before the end of time.
@now
September 20, 2022 I finally put Greta’s picture into a Waterfall. I’ll have to traverse my pictures to find which falls, where. Another day, creativity bubbling along. Bev Doolittle-esq.
Transitioning
Nothing has changed here. The “pig-pen cloud” still hangs. It starts with a distrust of outsiders that approaches the fervor of racism in some. Willful ignorance is common and accepted if not popular. The message seems clear. STAY AWAY. I’m willfully unwilling to listen. We, as in all, need each other now more than ever. …
