After many long years, I have finally set up riding lessons again. I am so pleased and excited. I will be riding at Spicewood Farm, with Shari, and I am just so happy. My first lesson will be an evaluation lesson, for 30 minutes and then after that I will be taking full hour lessons. Note to self: stock up on ice and Advil. The plan is to start with lessons, then move toward shareboarding Read more…
Planted the last of the basil. The basil did surprisingly well this summer. The rest of the herbs not so much. But that’s okay — I love pesto far more than anyone should, so if only one herb was gonna survive, the right one did. Also on the domestic front, made granola from Mark Bittman’s recipe. I broke my own rule against using the oven when it’s 100 degrees out, but it was worth it. Read more…
“One of the greatest blessings I received as a result of this hemorrhage is that I had a chance to rejuvenate and strengthen my neurocircuits of innocence and inner joy.” — Jill Bolte Taylor, My Stroke of Insight In 1996, neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a massive brain bleed in the left hemisphere of her brain (the analytical side). It took eight years to fully recover. While obviously one of life’s little ironies that a Read more…