Ninasusan

Happiness gently landed on my shoulders

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  • Longing for Dick

    Originally posted on FiftyFourandAHalf: It was while commenting on Doobster’s post, Art Imitating Life or Life Imitating Art, that I realized that the unthinkable had happened.   It’s true. Doobster made me look back, and I thought of the men in my past. George. And George. And Ronnie. Now I find myself looking back fondly. Longing… Read more

  • When he died back in 2001, I felt that grief that takes your breath away…that pain which reaches so deep into all of your muscles and nerves that you are pretty sure you will never feel alive again.  His death was the most important thing that has ever happened to me.  It changed me from… Read more

  • I just said to him the other day that for the first time in 30 years – I’m not dreading winter.  Don’t assume that means I’m looking forward to it.  I loved snowfall while living in the country.  One of my favorites things is to be outside – bundled up – when those giant snow… Read more

  • (No worries..I’m just going to talk about the thought process), I noticed dirt in the little crack between the tile floor and the shower…this is after I had mopped it not an hour before. I had the thought that I should get a bucket and sponge and clean it on my hands and knees to… Read more

  • that there is work to be done.  I shared a post on Facebook last week which spelled out, what I believe, the purpose of dreams and how dreams can help us determine what is going on inside the little cells. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simone-wright/using-our-dreams-as-intui_b_6057292.html?utm_hp_ref=email_share I know I have come a long way in weeding out the disfunction I… Read more

  • and if you are considering acupuncture….there is no reason to fear the procedure.  I admit I was a bit hesitant but I was having such severe anxiety – especially when I turned off the light at night – that I decided to go for it.  He has been having some leg pain which wakes him… Read more

  • We’ve been waking up to 63 degrees in the house…usually I turn a space heater on in the livingroom and it gets it up to a balmy 67 or 68….but it is 63 tonight and the temp will only drop from there. It’s been great having lower electric bills! We spent Halloween evening with the… Read more

  • I may have mentioned this before, but when we moved to Missouri, Dish TV failed to switch us over to local TV stations..so for the last 8 months, we have been continuing to watch Des Moines local channels.  I have no problem with this other than my oldest daughter lamenting on the fact that I… Read more

  • NWS is saying we got 1 to 3 inches in the area. Finally the pond is high enough to send some water under the bridge. It looks very nice bank full Btw…does anyone want Osage orange/hedge balls? I have access to them…. Trying to figure out how I can craft with them…I found they are… Read more

  • Friday with Franny

    Franny and I decided to venture out in the cold breezy outdoors for a walk this afternoon. I wore a t shirt, Dog the Bounty Hunter sweatshirt and a quilted vest. franny wore a fur coat. Osage orange trees are dumping their fruit in our back yard and all along the trail. I can’t believe… Read more