This morning I spent some time sitting on the deck, watching the creek flow, thinking about what I had just read in Meditations by Marcus Aurelius in my attempts to become a better human. Here it is: ...to avoid censuring others, to refrain from flouting them for a barbarism, solecism, or any false pronunciation. Rather … Continue reading Sunday Meditation
Author: SweetEstherChronicles
My name is Elise and my husband Randy and I bought a 1982 Westfalia and named her SweetEsther .... that one wonderfully impulsive decision has changed everything!
The Law of Attraction
There is a dresser in our house that sits in an awkward place. It's not it's permanent situation yet, but it should still be passable. And it is passable . . . by 50% of the people in our house. I am the 50% who cannot make it past the dresser unharmed every time. I … Continue reading The Law of Attraction
Derivative
What do you call those days when you work really hard at everything but nothing gets done, or at least, nothing gets done right? Even the creative turns out like shit. Just, nothing. I did plant that Mountain Ash in front of the house where the old spruce trees had to come down. I felt … Continue reading Derivative
Less a Thousand Words
I thought it would be easier/quicker to post pictures rather than write. Guess what.... The person who said 'a picture is worth a thousand words' clearly had not met me. In my world, a picture requires a thousand words to put it in context. And then you delete those thousand words because it's a picture, for … Continue reading Less a Thousand Words
Hair, circa Covid-19
I got my first grey hair when I was 25. On Christmas day, no less. I woke up in the morning, looked in the mirror, and thought 'what is in my hair?' So I pulled on it. Ouch! The damn thing was attached! I plucked it out, of course. That one white hair turned out … Continue reading Hair, circa Covid-19
Today My Husband Cooked Dinner For Me
I have not been writing since this covid-19 thing started. Not much, anyway. And clearly not blog posts, according to my sad posting history of recent weeks. But I do complain occasionally that I'm not writing enough because I don't have any focus or drive. It's ugly sometimes, isn't it? So my husband declared that … Continue reading Today My Husband Cooked Dinner For Me
Bookworm
I'd forgotten how delicious it is to get lost in a good book. I didn't remember, until just now, that the world around you disappears, all the sounds, smells, sensations, the movements of people. There is nothing but the world inside your book and you are a part of it, a welcome voyeur. It feels … Continue reading Bookworm
Wedding Bells in the Age of Social Distancing
A young couple got married yesterday in Abbotsford, BC. I don't know Skylar & Alayna, I just read about it in the news, but I mention it because they responsibly decided that even having a small wedding of around 40 people was going to be too big in this current pandemic. I mean, who wants … Continue reading Wedding Bells in the Age of Social Distancing
Not a Square to Spare!
Hubby and I went to Costco yesterday. I will confess, it was a spur of the moment decision when we realized that we had missed a few items on our last run and, how shall I say this...there are rumours of people prepping and hoarding! When we got there, Hubby was eager to see if … Continue reading Not a Square to Spare!
Of Marmots and Groundhogs
I am missing stuff today. Things, people, places, activities. So my mind is rambling allover the place, or maybe I'm missing stuff because my mind is rambling. Probably. This is the first time in 88 years that my mother did not wake up on Groundhog Day with an opinion on whether spring was imminent or not. … Continue reading Of Marmots and Groundhogs
