Flooding in the desert comes to mind.  At least, before I moved here it seemed to be an oxymoron.  Now it is just seems to be part and parcel of the monsoon season.  Along with high humidity?!  Who would have thought?  At least my hair frizzing up is not a problem, at least for the…

I just had to share this image of one of the bands performing at the Ride Festival in Telluride. Thanks to Mac for his stellar photography, btw. Telluride is a mecca for musical festivals every summer, and we were thrilled to be a part of this one.  Kudos to our techs, because the headliner (David…

Let me tell ya ’bout Telluride.  Eeee Haaa!  Wish I’d brought my cowboy boots. I was thinking more Vail than dude ranch, so my wardrobe was a bit off.  C’est la vie!  What a beautiful little village snuggled into a narrow little niche at the bottom of the glacier-carved mountains.  Little is the operative word…after…

Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky… Another chemo treatment yesterday, and I don’t care what they say, I feel really lousy.  But not for long, thankfully. So, with monsoon clouds accumulating over Phx, and hurricanes raging on both coasts, it’s time to hunker down with the saguaro and ride out the…

In the “Be Careful What You Wish For” department, several months ago I had wished for “new and better” hair after I lost my old hair during chemo.  I was so excited to see hair growth a few weeks ago, until on closer inspection, I realized that my hair is growing UP.  As in up,…

I have been missing the energies and peace (and most of all Blue Monkey) of Sedona terribly, so I drove up yesterday with the intention to create some new synergies.  When one door closes, as they say.  In order to give my trip a direction and purpose, I signed up for a meditation class.  It…

Without meaning to offend, I had a really disturbing day today. The morning actually started out great.  I got up and wrote 1500 words.  Which I was quite pleased with, until I remembered the words of my least favorite literary agent at the Santa Barbara conference, who announced that you are not a serious writer…

Okay, so I’ve been working up to my Zumba DVD’s.  Working up to digging them out of storage and dusting them off.  Well, the day finally came, and today I had to really exercise all of my self control not to shut the DVD off five minutes in.  I really appreciate Pilates a whole lot…

Well, the girlie girl, squeemish, cowardly side of me wanted to go into full scale meltdown when H called me into the master bath to witness our first official invading scorpion.  We’d found one in our pool a few years ago, and I recently saw one in the garage, but this was IN OUR HOUSE! …