Patti Smith BD Today

Watching a special about Patti Smith who was born today in 1946...love her rebellion spirit...poet, musician, artist, punk rock...and just cute! This picture is from her website...pattismith.net I am sure she would hate that I said she is cute but she is...oh well....that basically means I am still kicking myself! Ha Ha---she wants to get a herd of goats! What a gal! gender bending too. So Happy Birthday Patti and many more! 4 Paws is all over the place! The image of her is only showing the cords for some reason...so go to her website...and see the picture of her.

Snowing in Portland

yep---it has been snowing in Portland; roads are all backed up...however, since I live downtown I can walk home! it reminds me of Flag....so pretty, white, fresh, icy....etc etc..good nite; first day with our office open for real...I love my new office.....

Sat AM Play Time

sunny this morning...really begin to appreciate the sun up here....just playing around with some new software with frames...just fun to be doing something so different....not school stuff...

4 Paws Holiday Wish

From Us

Merry Christmas

Had a wonderful "night before Christmas" with L,H, D...then woke up to a sock filled with goodies from the N family...even a cute gift for 4 paws...we had lots of fun opening everything...then went home and slept and returned for dinner and movies Christmas night..they showed me the wei game and their new wei Beatles band...h is good! watched Harold and Maude...so cute. even watched an ole dvd of the beatles after the White album...Let It Be...cried and laughed while watching it; my youth passed by...just love the N's ...thank you hp for giving me a family in Portland...4 paws and I watched netflix in the afternoon......we had ham cooked by d...my nap this afternoon was wonderful...soft fuzzy sheets and an electric blanket...love it...it is very cold today--

More fun with a new photo enhancer..."Paint Shop Pro Photo x2"--sounds like a male product online...but it isn't...just fun during my mind break...off to l et al re elf business and lots of love..

Hello

Playing with Photoshop....more...a picture of a bridge I went over this summer and a picture of the wooden budha I have at home....sitting near the bridge and then making 2 for the fun of it...so much to learn...you tube has many lessons...yes, the two are sitting on my stove --waiting for some bread to bake..just kidding..

Darkness & Light

sweet dinner at l's place...went to uu for a pagan celebration of the longest and darkess night of the year--left early due to some emotional stuff....feeling sad...sweet 4 paws...watercolor with photoshop...fun....such a mixed time of the year...away from az for the 2nd year...upset with XXX---making friends is so hard...intimacy is so hard...more photos--looks like feathers...Happy Birthday to Zach!!!!

Waking Up Too Early

Up at 5 watched tivo...coffee---toast....playing on my computer; taking silly pictures of 4 paws sleeping...raining outside...this is not news for Portland... I think I am going back to bed for a few hours...and finish sleeping....there is moss growing on the roof of the building next door...how funny is that...first that I can see it and secondly...that it is there...but after all it is wet Portland...a green mossy carpet....nite nite--thanks to the n family for helping me yesterday from cutting cat nails to moving furniture....plus...thanks...it looks much nicer....good interior design for sure....

Into Our New Building---6th Floor

It is beautiful...it will change the dynamics and chemistry of everything and it has already done that to some extent. Having s and m so close re the program is wonderful and having l around the corner is going to be fun....all very supportive, kindness and some fun too. Having the other undergraduate program in same area is helping already...we all "get it"...I basically want to forget about earlier in the week...hope everyone has a good break...the university will be on leave until 12/29...so a nice break for me....lots of people feeding the birds by the fountain today...so much fun to watch...been cleaning my apartment all morning...making some headway...want to get to the other bedroom tomorrow depending on how much energy I have...it is a mess.. want to start doing my art work again...get my container bigger--as s said Buddha said. "if you put 1 tablespoon of salt in a small glass you can't drink it but if the same amount goes into the ocean one can swim in it"...get my container bigger and filled with joyful people around me...my lesson is to let go and let goddess....put my printer on a new table and it really looks much better....s is sitting on my keyboard...she is so pretty....wild...and sweet...

The quarter is OVER

last class on Wed...went pretty good; still need to finish the grading...my heat situation is a bit better; someone suggested I turn the oven on for heat and I did; but forgot the plastic handles on the pans...they melted into the bottom of the oven and what a g awful mess to say the least; open the windows (all the heat went outside) and trying to get the house warm again...then turned on the oven to cook pizza tonight and the left over plastic was still there even after I thought I cleaned it all up...what another g awful mess...plastic smells and who knows what it is going to do to my lungs...oh well...darn ole cold anyway...my sweet apartment and my cold freezing event..sure happy to get it somewhat resolved before I will be spending my holiday here...sure fun having tivo and netflix...what choices...almost totally finished with packing my office this afternoon...got the key for my new office...a beautiful office with sun coming thorugh on the south side...smaller but still nice...it will be wonderful to have the bsw program all together....l1 around the corner too.

tivo kid

just discovered tivo....and hd at the same time...what fun tv watching is...all kinds of features on the computer that link to tivo, netflix, etc etc....and the picture quality is so much richer...seems almost 3-d...heard an AA minister this morning...the ultimate in love and loving each other...a radical perspective on "universalism" in UU...I then head him discuss his book "in between" and saw home movies of his parents in Chicago..what a human being...I am a "Mark groupie" now. Went to my office and packed more files...getting there. L1 and I heard the sermon and I was crying...it touched me deeply...thanks l1 for coming with me...

War

It totally feels like war at home with 4p....i have not gotten any peace and quiet...when i come home i basically hide in my bedroom...if she is there it is biting, etc. with a few moments of cute. I am getting so frustrated with her...I want to toss her...yikes! this is not good; got to buy the tower asap...and more toys...maybe some meds? for both of us. So how what your week c? let's just say I am happy it is over...getting my new tivo hooked up in the am...yea!

Morning in Portland and it is Saturday too.

My new hobby is to "people watch" outside my living room window looking at the fountain..starbucks and doggies....lnow basically cleaning...household stuff...and cooking shows and my own starbucks coffee beans...I do enjoy my morning coffee...decaf...went to bed at 9:30 and woke up at 1:30 am and listened to NPR and music for about 2 hours, then went back to sleep until 9:3o this morning...my my a tired charchar...I think most of it is emotional quite frankly...have not been too happy these days...I am not alone and I know that. Going to see m this afternoon for a party with her family and some new friends...may spend the night and go to uu in v. 4 paws...a cutie....was wondering where she was...because she is always near me when I am home...heard a tiny Meow..she was in the 2nd bedroom...boy or should I say, girl did she want out...now she is licking the oatmeal out of my bowl...what is left...she is growing so fast. Anyway, it is Saturday...now she is trying to "cover it up" like you know what...she does have good table manners...ha ha ha ha---stress....stressless...stress...stressless....when you look at sorrel now think 4 times bigger!

Thanks giving to my dear sweet friends

Had a sweet time yesterday with h,l1,c,n,c, on top of the world at 30 stories above..in the clouds, that is...Portland City Grill...then went to see New Moon...slept in late today and went to see Coco Before Channel...then walked to the downtown fancy mall and tons of people getting ready for the lights to be turned on in Pioneer Square...of course, went into the Mac store...did not dress warmly enough so I had to buy myself a new purple scarf!!!!! of course, I did...yummy texture, heavier, and soft plus fabric...took the streetcar downtown then rode the imax up to the PSU bookstore then walked home...my foot is not hurting as much...tender but not hurting...Four Paws in sitting on the computer desk with me taking a mini nap...she is so pretty and soft...we may make it over the "trouble waters" of her kittenhood...I did order the softpaws on Tuesday.. still have not made up my mind re going to AZ for the holidays....sometimes anything now seems so tiring...plus moving to the new building and getting the benchmark III done

flower with mt hood insert

Still Have It

Still have my cough and semi cold stuff...darn it...low energy but being expected to work all guns! Had a good class tonight. Saw two students in their field placement and that made me feel good...they are going to be graduating next year and be BSW professionals...that is quite an accomplishment...for all of us...just a few more months...thanks l1 for listening...again...4 paws is watching me type...she can be so cute AND A WILD CHILD. nite nite

In Honor of My Mother, Leslie Snow Goodluck

At 11: 20 am on Nov 15, 1977 my mother, Leslie Snow Goodluck died in Gallup, New Mexico at the Indian hospital. I was at her side and she was in a coma at the time. I went to UU this morning and lite a candle for her and dad. The service this morning was breathtaking with music, dance, song, cello, solos, tears, laughter, and joy. I adored it totally. I also feel better physically so that helps a lot. Watching Obama in China on CNN; went there in August, 1977! The world is getting smaller and smaller and we better get more comfortable with being "relatives" to everyone. We are all related! Watching it on CNN and also listening to it at www.whitehouse.gov re internet...amazing! I love you mom, thank you for all that you have given to me to be the person and woman that I am. Your spirit lives within me and I know you would be happy with most of the choices I have made...yes, I am a teacher! you were right!

up and around

went to tx for several days at a national conference--lots of people, learning, fun, sharing good times with n and others and then got sick...got back and continued to be sick with the flu...got the H1N1 shot on Thursday...also, cut 4 paws nails..............it is helping both of us. getting back to my ole self and want to get out of here...in my car that is; planning a trip to tucson for the holidays...that's about it..

hello c

looking at some deep stuff...off to tx tomorrow...