Tuesday's Bakery Case Star

These were a barely-resistible temptation to my dairy-free (a.k.a. hive-free-face) life... Chocolate Sour Cream muffins with dried cherries and almond slivers...Check it out, up close and personal...
I got to sell the last one tonight, talkin up my own skillz - and my inability to eat my delicious creations - she'll be back for more!

Reading is Fundamental

I walked past this guy a few dozen times,
before peeking over his shoulder to see what he's reading...Aaaah, a student of wisdom ♥

Thematic Photographic - Red too

Red is a great reminder of my Blue day
We had breakfast at Sunnyside Up
Scotty and Chance readied to bring Holly to the airport
I walked to work, admiring the Autumn Beauty
and thinking how lucky this leaf has a place to land
and how lucky I am to come along and appreciate it
Holly has a place to land
and lots of folks to come along and appreciate her
Red days are better than the Blue ones.

Thematic Photographic - Red

When I was a Valley Girl (Yes, a real-live Valley Girl) we had a central fireplace. We lived quite indulgently, as Los Angeleans burning wood as our only heat source. Have you seen fallen trees in The Valley? Us either ;) Luckily, lots of imported wood chunks at the grocery!
'round here, there are lots and lots of fallen trees, right on our property... Renewable energy heat source ♥ Even if I've got a tendency to burn our fires RED hot! This is what happens when I throw a little Pine Tar Napalm into the fire.
Aaaah Oregon Pine... I didn't know what I was missing!

I gots me Pashmina!

When your friends go to Paris for their 25th wedding anniversary, sometimes they take the time to bring back the booty for their stuck-in-America friends... I'm so blessed! ♥
Pashmina is how you say "Freaking amazing silk scarf" in French. I learned me that, and now you know, too. You're welcome!

I also learned, so I can share with you, what this warning label on French cigarettes says:
Smoking will diminish your blood flow and provoke impotence.
Impotence. Provoke. Bwahahaha. tee hee. lol hilarious!

This little guy came home for Hayden.
No there's no message to Hayden there, merely an acknowledgment of his all-time favorite American slang;
combined with mama's favorite cartoon character = Nirvana!
He's already converted the design to stencil form, so be sure to keep an eye out on Hayden's upcoming (spraypainted) Art Projects.

You're FIRED!

okay, not really, but kinda...
A student requested I not be their interpreter anymore.
I'd melt into a puddle of goo, except I have just coached my boss through a similar situation.
That, and I'm practicing my Q-TIP principle every moment I can (and yes, it's hard not to take the frequency of practice moments personally!) and every moment I can't, for that matter ♥
It makes sense that not every interpreter is an appropriate representation of the Deaf client.
And it makes sense that a professional interpreter flow easily in and out of assignments.
Mostly it makes sense that none of this be Taken Personally.
And that is why it's easy for me to show up and work (almost) every day, doing the kick-ass job I know I can do. Even in the moments when I'm *not a match* I'm still kickin' ass!
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*Quit Taking It Personally

Fresh as Dew

The Elixir of Life,
Water dropped carefully chaotic
onto Earth,
becoming a part of all We Are.

Car Talk

On a date with the boy, a really fun afternoon together,
shopping for birthday gifts, household supplies
and the ever-important Nerf Guns!
As we returned to Corvallis, Hayden noticed the sky's beauty
and offered to take a picture for me!
Yeah, sure, maybe he was worried what would happen
if I tried to snap and drive,
I prefer to remember it as the moment he understood
and supported Mommy's Photography Habit ;)

Holy Holly Days Batman!

We're so glad you've come!

i thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday; this is the birth
day of life and of love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any--lifted from the no
of all nothing--human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
-e.e.cummings

The world has been made a better place by the existence of this amazing being.
My life as a mother has shifted from knowing her, even from afar.
My soul has been awakened by her presence in my home. Her echos continue, sha-la-la-la-yeah!

Newly November

I ain't gonna do none o'dat fancy-pancy NaWhateverMo, however,
I'm bringing me to you as daily as possible for the whole month of November ♥
Here's our backyard as the month begins, life and death happening side by side.