Ramblings

This month has been crazy busy, so I haven’t been doing that much around the property or the tiny house. But I did one of the jobs that I’ve been wanting to do for a really long time, namely, building a larger shelf for the bottom sill of the kitchen window. It took about a […]

…the first thing I had to do was to go and injure myself! Yesterday, like today, was a good day. Had lots of brain, lots of words. Finished my first hour, and actually managed 1000 words. When I start writing in the morning, particularly after leaving the work for several days, I will go back

Going back into my habit of writing a blog post first thing in the morning as a way of “priming the pump” as it were, getting my words down so that I can get to the fiction. I feel so good this morning. Did a full 30 minutes or so of yoga first thing this

TLDR; To the men out there – what have you done today to make the women in your life feel safer? Fact: There are women who you know who have been sexually assaulted. They may or may not have ever told you about it. Chances are, they are feeling a bit more vulnerable right now

I’m starting this blog from the Tampa airport, on the way back to Seattle. Not sure if I’ll post it or not. We’ll see how I’m feeling at the end. I’ve been at the Novelists Incorporated (NINC) conference for the last week. It’s been a GREAT conference. Blaze and I came to the conference with

Last week, on one of the nice days when I was feeling good, I went and harvested more rose hips. This was only the second time I’d harvested rose hips for tea. The two harvests were about a month apart. Here’s a link to the first post on harvesting rose hips: https://www.leahcutter.com/2018/08/harvesting-rose-hips/   What I

When I went to see my GP, she noticed a spot on my back that concerned her, and recommended that I go see a dermatologist. Why was this spot concerning? –It hadn’t been there last year –It was very dark–seriously, probably the darkest spot on all of my skin –It was irregular in shape –I’m

I have mostly good news. To recap: I had 7 periods during the month of August. My naturopath and I were 99% certain these were caused by hormones and perimenopause. But we wanted to double check and make sure that there was nothing physically wrong that could be causing this. So I went to my

Finally having a good day today. I got up and did yoga this morning. It felt like a long time since I’d done yoga, and finally figured out that it had been exactly one week. Last Tuesday was the last day I’d done yoga. Now, I could have done yoga on Sunday, but as I

Had some emergencies to deal with first thing this morning. That’s okay. Shit happens sometimes. So it took me a while to get to any words at all. I’m dealing with a pretty significant headache this morning. I believe that the diet caused this. I’m going hard-core keto right now, to see if that will