Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
Things to look forward to... getting things done The weeds on the house side of the road had gotten ahead of me. I have been pulling crabgrass and wild clematis out of the veg garden a little every day. I also laid down more cardboard between the beds and then covered that with mulch. This… Continue reading The Daily: 21 August 2024
Things to look forward to... a full moon I did my graduate work amid people who studied bits of foreign places like comets, exploded planets, asteroids, and moons. I have held pieces of our satellite moon in my hand and looked at the structure of its minerals through powerful lenses. My own work was focused… Continue reading The Daily: 14 August 2024
So... I said I would have a real stroke when the emergency room bill came in... Well, it arrived today. I vastly underestimated it. I almost vomited. It was so outrageous I had to share... because I'm not the only one... The grand total was about $13,000... to tell me I had heat stroke. Which… Continue reading The Daily: 7 August, Epilogue
Things to look forward to... a drink of water About a month ago, in fact, the weekend before the second flooding, it was hot. Of course it was hot. And very humid. Of course that too. That's what we get these days. Hot and humid. For days and days and days and no relief even… Continue reading The Daily: 7 August 2024
Things to look forward to... clean laundry You might think me odd — well, additionally odd — but I like doing laundry. I love clean laundry, of course. Who doesn't? But I like the process as well, with one caveat: I don't much like the dryer. I've made my peace with owning the machine, but… Continue reading The Daily: 31 July 2024
Things to look forward to... working up a sweat Okay, maybe I don't look forward to working up a sweat. In fact, I don't particularly like sweating at all. But I do enjoy working up a sweat. More precisely, I love the loose-muscled calm that descends on my body after I've stopped working up a… Continue reading The Daily: 17 July 2024
Things to look forward to... falling in love I'm fairly certain Sophie's view of love is different from mine. Her short exposition on love mostly focuses on finding human sexual love later in life. I am all for human love, I just don't have much use for it. Or maybe it doesn't have much use… Continue reading The Daily: 10 July 2024
The Daily for 4 April 2024: Things To Look Forward To and a Wednesday Word
The Daily for 4 April 2024: Things To Look Forward To and a Wednesday Word
The Daily for 4 April 2024: Things To Look Forward To and a Wednesday Word
By My Solitary Hearth 