Archive for the Gardening Category


Saturday Did Not Go As Planned

I opened some emails on the Commonwheel Festival Computer and that got me off to the wrong start for working on my book. There were things that did need immediate attention and I hadn’t sent out emails relating to the Festival meeting and a request by another festival organizer I needed input from the Festival […]

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A Hike and Raindrop for My Body and Spirit

The day after the Commonwheel Art Festival jury, I worked on getting all the information sorted out and getting the checks copied and deposited in the bank. I walked to the Commonwheel and the copier was in pieces! That paper jam a couple of days ago must have been much worse than normal, so no […]

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Jury Day and a Sink Falls off the Bathroom Wall in the Cottage

I was awakened at 7:10 am on the morning of the Festival Jury with a phone call from my cottage tenant. She told me the sink had fallen off the wall in the bathroom. My first question was “Is there water spewing?” “No,” she said. That was good news. And next I said in jest, […]

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Water Leak and Racoon Challenges

On Saturday, when the Festival applications were dropped off, I also had to redo the Excel a bit for the jurying of the images. I realized we had way fewer applications than in the past. Not even enough to fill the park! This was a very stressful realization. At least when we looked at the […]

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Gardening on Easter Sunday 2014

Easter Sunday dawned with a bit of clouds in the sky, but no snow or rain. Last night my roommate said she wanted to put some straw as mulch on the first garden bed. I really wanted to clean the weeds out before she did that. When I got up and saw she was still […]

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I Don’t Do “Nothing” Well

 I had planned on taking the day off on Saturday after the opening for “Old Spokes” at Commonwheel. I gave it my best shot at resting, but I really don’t sit around and do nothing very well. And even though I felt pretty exhausted, I couldn’t just sit and do nothing or read all day. […]

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