Barbara J. HambyAuthor & Poet |
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DrivingI am packed and almost ready to leave for Seattle. I’m not looking forward to the memorial service on Friday. I do look forward to seeing relatives and friends, however. Since I’ll be going alone, I’ll be practicing my freeway driving skills. For the last two years most of my driving has been in and around the metropolitan… click here to continue December, 16th, 2004 Black Skirt Shopping TripEvery once in a while, I run across a good bargain when I actually need the item that’s marked down. For the memorial service I’m attending on Friday, I wanted a black skirt. I have one black skirt, at least twenty years old, that is box pleated. I have been waiting in vain for box pleats to come back in… click here to continue December, 15th, 2004 Confessions of a SlothSince my retirement, and maybe even before, I can’t remember that well, I’ve had a compulsion to read nutrition and health advice columns. Following the advice and/or recipes isn’t always part of the compulsion. I do like to pass on the advice when I think it might be helpful to someone else. A lot of it makes sense… click here to continue December, 14th, 2004 Short TripToday I made arrangements to travel to Northern Washington for the memorial service for my dear friend of many, many years. I will stop in Seattle, visit with a niece, and stay there Thursday night, then drive North on Friday morning. Friday night I will stay with a sister in Seattle. That way all my driving will be in daylight… click here to continue December, 13th, 2004 Bon Voyage, ShirleyThis has not been a very productive day. I spent the morning in an urgent care clinic getting a young woman doctor and a lab test to confirm what I already knew. I have a bladder infection. More of a nuisance than a malady, a week of antibiotics should knock it out of my system. I came home… click here to continue December, 12th, 2004 Holiday Grouse(Not to be confused with the game bird entree) Well, I think I’m getting the Christmas thing under control. Everything else is on hold and suffering from neglect. For at least half of my life, I have believed that a woman should have a wife, particularly a woman writer. Rarely do men writers have to deal… click here to continue December, 11th, 2004 Diminished Mental ResourcesMost of the time I remember my age and my decreased capacity for multi-tasking, but today for some reason, I forgot. This evening I’ve been trying to do about five things at once. I flit from one to another. I have drastically downsized my Christmas preparation. I don’t decorate anymore, nor do I bake, but I still am… click here to continue December, 10th, 2004 |