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Time Out to Catch My Breath

Posted on Oct 26th, 2009 by Crystal

I'll get back to the foreclosure story shortly.... but amidst everything; amidst all the drama and trauma and even amidst the joys.... life goes on without us. And if we just stop a moment and... More »

Our Battle With Ivy

Posted on May 31st, 2009 by Crystal

We have cherry tomatoes, regular sized tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers, yellow peppers, zucchini, cilantro, chard, carrots and beets. Of course, very few of each because there is only one row of dirt (unlike those other... More »

Scratchy Towels

Posted on Apr 18th, 2009 by Crystal

There were a couple of days last week warm enough to put our clothes out on the line. We first strung the clothesline halfway through last summer when our hand-me-down drier finally gave it up.... More »

Natural bomber

Posted on Mar 24th, 2009 by Crystal

I just saw something very cool. I was out in the back yard, breathing air which is not freezing anymore. I've got these beensy mini-daffodils coming up, and they're brilliant. The Juncos have learned that... More »

My girl

Posted on Mar 15th, 2009 by Crystal

Awwww, how beautiful is this? What was even more wonderful to me is that she was plucking out a melody from Beethoven's 9th symphony. So lovely. She brought home straight A's on her report card... More »

The Universe is Conspiring!

Posted on Feb 7th, 2009 by Crystal

Just this morning I sent a long letter to my friend Vladimir. In there somewhere, I commented on how I simply have no more patience for being cold. Even in these mild Portland winters, I... More »

Love my city

Posted on Jan 1st, 2009 by Crystal

....just a blink of time in an ordinary day, but it made me happy anyway, so I'll share it. We were struck my a New Year's Eve urge for Ben & Jerry's, so we went... More »

Healing Earth

Posted on Nov 10th, 2008 by Crystal

Fae Faery World

Posted on Aug 3rd, 2008 by Crystal

OK, I may not be purely worthy because for a moment I really really wanted to see Flugtag , but there is simply no contest when it comes right down to it. I am part... More »

Are you proud of who you are?

Posted on Jun 27th, 2008 by Crystal

That's me on the left in the purple. These guys were so great. We saw a couple of them waiting at a bus stop in the morning, on their way to the parade. What a... More »