Author Archives: gmayeaux

My little Twister has been learning to go back outside. From the starving, sick stray who was once confined to a small 12X12 bedroom while he recovered from two parasites, an upper respiratory infection and pinkeye to my plump little man who used to have to go back into his room behind a gate atContinue reading “Great expectations… .”

So, I redecorated my office a little bit today. I placed my Herman Miller office chair that my husband gave me with a leather easy chair I bought years ago. His idea behind the office chair was really nice. My husband loves his. He values his so much that he gave me the better ofContinue reading “What’s in a chair?”

It’s a gray day here after days of warm, brilliant sunshine and a perfect day to sit back and think about how life has changed since the pandemic. There is good and bad in my world. On the bad side, we have friends who have lost loved ones, friends who got Covid, friends who lostContinue reading “Where I’ve been and where I’m going”

It’s been an amazing spring. The weather got warm and pretty much melted all snow by the middle of March. From there, it’s been largely beautiful. We’ve had a couple of cold days here and there, but this has largely been one for the record books. Yesterday, it reached 70 in perfectly blue skies. IContinue reading “Life… from the side of the road”

Today is one of those rare moments. I’m up but all of the other beings in my house are back in bed. It doesn’t happen often that Darryl goes back to bed but he’s been getting up before 5 a.m. for the past week and it finally caught up with him. Me? I’ve been sleepingContinue reading “Of mornings and new beginnings”

Lately, my thoughts keep wandering to working even less and less. On one hand, it’s not practical. We both still need to work and I carry the family’s health insurance. On the other hand, don’t we all dream of working less? And as much as I know it’s a daydream, I recall back to whenContinue reading “Even less”

If I counted up all of my prized possessions, it would be a short list and generally available to all for less than $500. (Of course, I don’t count those things I love such as my little furry beings because they are my family, not possessions. Plus, they have turned out to be REALLY expensiveContinue reading “The zen of my clothesline”

So, if I count the things I don’t really get anymore, a whole weekend tops the list. There’s just too much to do. Between the house, the career, the yard, the pet care, the endless time I spend worrying… there just isn’t enough leftover to be a person most weekends. I haven’t had time toContinue reading “A WHOLE weekend”

With the anticipated arrival of spring in a few weeks, my internal clock tends to turn to cleaning things out. I’m not sure if this is lessons I’ve learned from my mom or just a natural activity of humans. Do we all engage in a good, old-fashioned “clean it out session” each spring? Like, whenContinue reading “Mind Clutter”

FEBRUARY 16TH, 2021 – Dreaming of spring It’s about this time of year when the seed packets start coming in. That’s always a good sign. When the seed company starts shipping out their seed packets, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s spring, but it does mean that spring is on its way. The arrival of theContinue reading “Seed packets”