Energized Today was a long one. It started with a 3:00am crash of thunder and ended with an 8:30pm downpour. In between those times we held our annual fundraiser to support awareness for depression and suicide. I had a good feeling that today was going to involve exhaustion and I planned ahead. For day 348 I drank my first Yerba Matte energy shot. The stuff was horrible even though the label read lime tangerine. It tasted more like sour lime rinds. Did it give me a shot of en

Pricked Baskets are not my thing. I don't have many of them and what I do have came to me as gifts. The rustic style just doesn't appeal to me. I have wanted to weave a bramble basket since late last fall but all of my blackberry bushes were dried and impossible to use for weaving. If I know anything about making baskets it's that the materials need to be flexible. Day 347 was my bramble basket weaving adventure. I went out to my mosquito farm to ramble amongst the bramble. I

This just blows Remember 8 years old, music class, the noise from a recorder? Today was worse. In 2005 I visited Australia and learned how to play the Didgeridoo from an extraordinary aboriginal man. I own that instrument and occasionally I make the dying elephant noise that made him cringe. My cats run and hide because the vibration of the sound freaks them out. On my 346th day I attempted to play the bagpipes. The experience was tragic for my household. My cats are in hidin