tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:29:12 +0000CFSwritingreadingAmazonGalvestonGalveston Island State ParkHurricane Ikeartbeachbookspacingsad'Like Bees to Honey'ArgenteuilBarnes and NobleBloggerBotticelliCFS/MEChronic Fatigue SyndromeDiane Mott DavidsonGoogle docsImpressionistsKnock-out rosesMomMonetMurphy's LawScience DailySteve MillerTwitterartistawaybloggingcatcloth shopping bagsclothescoffeecontainer gardeningcopingcozy mysterycrashdinnerdistracteddog foode-book readerse-readerecardsecologyfavoritesflowersfreefriendsfrustratedfrustrationfunctional artgardengarden dreamsgardeninggreen livinggrocerieshaikuheadsethealthy livingherbsholding up armshumoridentityillinternetjava junkyjust when you think you've seen it alllearningletter writinglipstick pink hibiscusmascaramemoriesmicropoetrymy poemsmysterynew releasesoiloverdoingpaybackplastic shopping bagsplasticspoetrypoliticalpolitical commentarypollutionpoppiesproblem-solvingsculptureshoppingshopping bag brashortness of breathsinkspeech pathologistsspringtelephonethinkingtimetime managementtoo muchuncertaintyurinalwarpedweirdwildlifewriting with CFS/MEhttp://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (katy)Blogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-7844740179709119572Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:44:00 +00002012-03-18T13:55:17.730-05:00No, you haven't clicked onto the wrong site and you haven't lost your mind (about this anyway, lol). I have completely re-done the color scheme, font, and a few other things on my blog.  If you remember from an earlier post, I had been playing with changes and accidentally loaded the new blog layout and lost the old one before I was ready to make the change.  I liked the basic http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2010/08/no-youre-not-crazy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-8320609699183460021Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:48:00 +00002010-08-02T20:39:52.984-05:00I keep trying to write a new post. I write a few sentences and fizzle out. So foggy when trying to write...I feel like I'm swimming through pudding. Trying to touch base on the blogs but I can't concentrate very long. After a paragraph or so my mind stops processing the words and my head starts hurting. Does anyone else get that headache when they try to listen or concentrate hard? It was http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2010/07/swimming-through-pudding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-3643655943720853589Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:38:00 +00002010-07-27T23:01:19.761-05:00How peculiar...I was tweaking the font color for posts trying to make it more comfortable to read. The black was a little harsh. I decided on a dark brown (almost as dark as black)...softer on the eyes than black but still clear and sharp.Selected it in the advanced settings on the template designer, clicked to apply, and looked back at the blog. Argh...it didn't apply uniformly. I can't tell if http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2010/07/cue-eerietwilight-zone-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-1751532767073151305Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:23:00 +00002010-08-04T01:49:45.410-05:00Just bits and pieces today... I keep forgetting to mention how much I enjoyed the Caroline Smailes's book 'Like Bees to Honey' and to thank her for her kindness. I was reading her book online, hosted chapter by chapter on other writer's blogs, and discovered chapter 4 was missing. I contacted her to let her know and she very kindly gave me a synopsis of the chapter so I was able to http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2010/07/just-bits-and-pieces.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-1408388136286060393Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:54:00 +00002010-07-25T11:10:18.037-05:00AmazonBarnes and Noblebooksclothescrashdog foode-readergroceriesinternetMomreadingshoppingI can't believe a week has passed since my last post. I've been seriously overdoing it lately and it's caught up with me. I feel like I've been run over by a truck...and it came back and ran over me a few more times. Too much to do and not enough me. I've started several posts and put them aside to come back to later and not gotten back to them. I haven't had adequate braincells to write up a http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-cant-believe-week-has-passed-since-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-2854330247740584203Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:44:00 +00002010-08-02T21:15:38.817-05:00CFSe-book readersreadingDo you have an e-book reader? I'm wondering if it is a good idea for me. I adore books. My personal home library is over 3,000 books, mostly hardcover. (I'm allergic to the ink used in paperback books and newspapers.). I never, ever thought I'd consider anything but the real thing. However, holding one open and up, especially in bed (where else?) is very, very tiring and frequently http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2010/07/do-you-have-e-book-reader-im-wondering.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-6419365312969908189Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:47:00 +00002010-08-02T21:25:32.031-05:00Uh oh, boy did I screw up. I've been experimenting with a new blog design, thinking about making a change. This morning I was trying out the new template designer on Blogger and I hit the wrong button. Whooooooosh...out goes the old blog and in comes one of the new trial ones I was playing with. The old one poofed into the ether...I hadn't made a copy of it recently so I can't go back. http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2010/07/oopswrong-button.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-3714102972695364871Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:50:00 +00002010-07-19T22:00:12.981-05:00'Like Bees to Honey'copingreadingwritingI got swept up reading Caroline Smailes's 'Like Bees to Honey' this morning. It was serialized across 31 blogs. Sigh, unfortunately the widget containing chapter 4 malfunctioned and it's no longer available. Trying to decide if I should skip chapter 4 (they are brief chapters) and see if I can catch up or jump into some writing of my own. Laughing...or maybe have a nap. I am tired darn it!http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2010/07/reading-like-bees-to-honey-and-slaying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-8942215863921790468Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:09:00 +00002010-07-19T20:24:31.375-05:00Something interesting happened as I was doing a writing exercise yesterday. I was roughing out a poem using a prompt that required you to put certain things on each of 14 lines (ie, a feeling, an observation of your surroundings, a personification of an inanimate object, a metaphor, a prominent memory, symbolism, and so on). As I played with the prompt, plugging in the requirement for each http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2010/07/something-interesting-happened-as-i-was.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-5745901489371837422Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:42:00 +00002010-07-15T13:12:22.125-05:00CFSCFS/MEfrustrationspeech pathologistswritingwriting with CFS/MEWriting with CFS issues continue to frustrate me.I'm either brain dead and can think of nothing to say.orI have much more to say than I have strength or stamina to think out, type, edit, and post.I either find it difficult to get started and share something personal.orI have a great need to share and explain. (This is a newer phenomenon.)Now that I'm learning to share more, I find I sometimeshttp://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2010/07/writing-with-cfs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-9120075582688646605Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:31:00 +00002010-07-12T15:53:10.728-05:00haikumicropoetrypoetryTwitterStray birds of summer come to my windowto sing and fly away.~ excerpted from a poem by TagoreI've rediscovered Twitter. (It never appealed much to me before just for social networking.). I've found it's full of poets, writers, and artists. All sharing their work...who knew? Now that's a different story!Been busy reading poems and microfiction, tweeting a little, looking up information on http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2010/07/stray-birds-of-summer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-2557669146179597101Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:38:00 +00002010-07-10T06:20:15.618-05:00I'm back. Lol, no fanfare. It's been over a year since my last post. I started out writing a post to catch up but it got too long and I got too tired and overwhelmed. Just too much 'stuff' to even try to summarize in one post and I'm not great at summarizing anymore...it takes a lot of energy and concentration that I don't have. I think it's best just to jump in and say I'm back and I'll fill in http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2010/07/im-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-1270794981259952747Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:53:00 +00002009-03-01T18:29:33.073-06:00AmazonBloggerCFSdinnerfriendsGoogle docsheadsetholding up armsmascaraMurphy's Lawpacingpaybackshortness of breathtelephonetoo muchwritingCatching up...I've been very tired and recuperating since attending a regular monthly get together with a group of friends last Saturday night (2/21). I overdid it some just going and have been dealing with the 'payback' from pushing myself and using more energy than I really had. The payback this time was fever, a 'heavy' chest (fluid), body aches, and fatigue, etc. for the first 4 days or so, http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/03/slow-dancing-in-fast-lane.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-3422490904090818464Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:53:00 +00002009-02-22T17:20:33.946-06:00CFScontainer gardeningflowersgardengarden dreamsgardeningherbsKnock-out roseslipstick pink hibiscusspringI love to garden. This year I'm trying to put together a container garden on my deck. I had thought I would have a real garden but it doesn't look like it will work out this year. I do like the idea of having everything on the deck where I can see it through my patio door though. I also have a porch swing on the deck that I love to sit in, observe nature, daydream, and write. It will be nice http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/02/earth-laughs-in-flowers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-4766129471466730314Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:45:00 +00002009-02-21T11:16:50.555-06:00artartistfunctional artjust when you think you've seen it allpoliticalpolitical commentarysculpturesinkurinalIn the category of 'Just when you think you have seen it all...', I found something that left me scratching my head again and saying, "You've got to be kidding!".There is a talented San Francisco artist, Clark Sorenson, who has turned his hand to making something utilitarian quite beautiful. Strange but beautiful.This is not a composite photo. Each one of Sorenson's fully functional sculptures http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-twist-on-watering-flowers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-5479992789608929093Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:49:00 +00002009-02-19T14:07:34.864-06:00bookscozy mysteryDiane Mott Davidsonmysterynew releasesHurray!! Diane Mott Davidson's 15th culinary mystery, Fatally Flaky, featuring the caterer, Goldy Bear, is due out in April!Diane Mott Davidson is a favorite of mine. I have all of her books up through book 14 'Sweet Revenge'. If you haven't read any of hers you should give them a try. It's a nice series...not too graphic...a 'cozy' mystery. If you aren't familiar with the 'cozy' mystery genrehttp://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/02/lets-get-cozy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-38075377709827320Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:35:00 +00002009-02-08T21:03:36.502-06:00CFSlearningoverdoingpacingproblem-solvingwritingWell, there's no doubt about it, I have to learn how to write shorter blog posts. I had forgotten what it was like to be too tired to finish something I wanted to write. I am definitely in the midst of being reminded now. Grrrrr! Another gift from CFS...fatigue, difficulty concentrating and remembering...now what was that other thing I was going to say? oh, yes...and word-finding difficulties. http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/02/trying-to-teach-old-dog-new-tricks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-8453695071601691470Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:01:00 +00002010-07-19T21:06:37.538-05:00coffeejava junkyA couple of nights ago a good friend sent me this lovely picture.He said it reminded him of me, lol!Yep, that's me... IAMaJavaJunky!Another good friend has dubbed me "The Coffee Queen"Still another couple of good friends ply mewith cup after cup of yummy espressowhen I visit them.I think my secret is out!What do you think?LOL!http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-shameful-secret.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-6834708417144360740Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:04:00 +00002009-02-03T13:08:56.817-06:00CFSChronic Fatigue SyndromefrustratedidentitysadI haven't posted for a while and I've missed it. I've started out to write many times and either been too foggy to make a start or gotten half-way through a post and been too exhausted to finish. This is a very difficult post for me to write and share.I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and I am going through a difficult time with it right now. For about the last year, my CFS has been worseninghttp://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/02/through-glass-darkly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-557684328773920269Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:49:00 +00002009-01-28T06:02:50.808-06:00awaycatillJust a quick note to let you know that I am still alive even if not quite well.I've been a bit under the weather and too foggy to write anything coherent. Feeling a little better so hopefully I will be back soon. I'm just waiting for the fog to lift.Meanwhile, here's a funny video...hope you will enjoy it. If you've ever been owned by a cat, I think you will relate. Here is a link in case you arehttp://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/01/feeling-like-cats-dinner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-2539500849538996161Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:58:00 +00002009-02-08T21:16:48.662-06:00ecardsfreehumorwarpedweirdSympathy card? I found this weirdly wonderful site that appeals to my slightly warped sense of humor. It is called wrongcards.com and offers to provide the 'wrong' ecard for any occasion. The cards are free...they sell nothing on the site. Warning...some of them are pretty strange. Some were a bit too 'odd' for me but I thought some were pretty clever. Check it out...you might find something thathttp://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-found-this-weirdly-wonderful-site.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-6870248570784984312Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:22:00 +00002009-01-29T21:01:15.783-06:00cloth shopping bagsecologygreen livingoilplastic shopping bagsplasticspollutionshopping bag brawildlifeJust when you think you have seen it all they come out with something else! I was surfing the internet looking at green products and searching for some reusable cloth shopping bags. The last thing I expected to find was a bra that can be converted into a shopping bag. Hmmm, that would turn a few heads in the supermarket!Here is a video demonstrating the "shopping bag" bra(Technical note re: http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/01/just-when-you-think-you-have-seen-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-7421570133423595484Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:30:00 +00002009-02-19T15:29:51.140-06:00my poemsemotions flow like water coalescing into rivulets or sometimes drip drip dripping into consciousness collected in cupped hands overflowing set boundaries etching and eroding resolve like limestonehttp://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/01/one-of-my-poemsemotions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-3368541891712506345Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:46:00 +00002009-01-13T18:55:42.895-06:00ArgenteuilfavoritesImpressionistsMonetpoppiesLes Coquelicots à Argenteuil(Poppies at Argenteuil)1873Claude Monetoil on canvas 50x65 cmMusée d'Orsay, Parishttp://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/01/another-favorite-painting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260377640957659382.post-7640682469686923549Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:25:00 +00002009-01-13T01:38:46.030-06:00beachbloggingGalvestonGalveston Island State ParkHurricane Ikeletter writinguncertaintywritingHi everybody, It's been a interesting day and pretty emotional, too. It occurred to me very early this morning that it has been 4 months since Hurricane Ike made landfall in Galveston, Texas (September 13, 2008). I spent the morning looking for pictures and updates on what happened at my favorite beach at Galveston Island State Park. What I saw made me very sad. I wrote a blog post about it...or http://rainmusicandmindstorms.blogspot.com/2009/01/feeling-my-way-along.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (katy)0