sunday something – twinkle
“All we demanded was our right to twinkle.” ― Marilyn Monroe
happy caturday
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” ― Robert A. Heinlein
friday so far
woke up late pancake breakfast too much doom scrolling texted with sister sent two newsletters one load of laundry wrote out daily poem now writing this post…..
Book Stack Poetry
The fire next timebeloved,Between the world and me.Land of love and drowning,Breath, eyes, memory.
Work-in-Progress Wednesday – Sewing
In February I took a class at Seamwork called Design Your Wardrobe. The three week class helps you to conceptualise and design a wardrobe for a specific season based on a number of criteria, and contexts. (E.g. is it warm or cool, does your lifestyle revolve around work, parenting etc.). […]
currently reading*
Segu by Maryse Condé for our next Bring Your Own Book meting next month- 100 pages to go Love After Love by Ingrid Persaud for the main Caribbean Book Club meeting on Sunday the 18th Listening to Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue Quichotte by Salman Rushdie – but it’s […]
monday musings
a. sitting here thinking “dang, that was an exhausting weekend!” exhausting weekend = baked a cake and cupcakes, skyped with family for son’s birthday, online book club sunday night. doing more than mere pandemic basics is tiring y’all! b. speaking of book club: stayed up way too late after because […]
A Special Sunday Something
Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. […]
Learning
I started my One Hundred Day Project of Watercolour Ladies full of enthusiasm. I was excited about learning more about watercolour and portraits. 45 or so days into my project I was unmotivated and struggling to continue. It just wasn’t as much fun as I expected it to be. While […]
I Need to Rescue my Garden
I love gardening, and have been a kind of avid gardener, both vegetables and flowers since we finally moved into a house with a tiny plot in 2011. Growing up in the Caribbean having a kitchen garden was pretty common, so I was happy to be able to grow thing! […]