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Hullo Sweeties How was your week? I hope your winter world is warming (if you are in a winter world). I hope you found some joy and beauty. I hope you are well. For me… a lil of the up… a lil of the… Continue Reading “Shake and Bake 23: The Right/Write Track Edition”
I So don’t want to be here. Not here, as in on the beautiful bay but… yeah, sometimes that too. Not here, as in on this earth but… well it do get tiring now and again don’t it. I cannot tell a lie. But… Continue Reading “Shake and Bake 22: The Drudgeface Edition (a PatheticPam Joint)”
Hey all. February … continues… If you haven’t noticed, It’s been a rather … hard month for me up here at the shaky shake. But it has also been a good month. There is much to be found in the deep dark. If, as… Continue Reading “Shake and Bake 21: The Deep Dark Spark Edition”
There’s a new Assistant Librarian in town… and it ain’t me. Yep… I did indeed apply for a job at the library last week. I had a wonderful interview but, sadly, I was not chosen. Drat! The hours would have folded in nicely with… Continue Reading “Shake and Bake 17: The Que Sera Sera Edition”
It was just a small fire….. Friday morning… I built up the fire too fast and too freaking hot and … sure enough, I heard the roar of…. Chimney Fire. But do not fear, my pretties, all is well. There was no damage to… Continue Reading “Shake and Bake 16: The Up in Smoke Edition”
If you have yet to be called an incorrigible, defiant woman, don’t worry, there is still time. – Clarissa Pinkola Estes (Women Who Run with the Wolves) Hullo, my pretties. Here we are in the second week of January all ready. I’ve decided to… Continue Reading “Shake and Bake 15: The one where it all shifts”
Wherein Pam pops on for a quick chicken/check in and to say… Halloo Hallay happy folk! Being still a TAD off “schedule” this week…. And being… in town today helping with some un-decorating… I hereby declare this a Super Quick Chicken. But I did… Continue Reading “Shake and Bake 14: A Very Quick Chicken”
Wherein Pam curls up by the fire with Tippy the Typer and her new chimney brush to… review the week and begin the dreaming up of improbable shenanigans for the coming year. Halloo Hallay — happy snowy day to all! I am the proud… Continue Reading “Shake and Bake 13: The “Chim-Chim-Cheree” Edition”
Wherein Pam celebrates the fact that we are all still here… and bemoans the state of her hair. Even though she knows how petty that sounds. I’m here a bit early this week, as I’ll be in town tomorrow and awaaaaay from Tippy the… Continue Reading “Shake and Bake 12: The Comfort and Joy Edition”
Wherein Pam sings the praises of doodling, bemoans her own humanity and promises to hum us all through the darkest week… In homage to Havi’s Friday Chickens over on the The Fluent Self — This is the place I review my week – in… Continue Reading “Shake and Bake 11: The “Let Us All Hum” Edition”
A post-dramatic approach to breast cancer treatment - by a recovering drama queen
Because there's never enough time to do it right the first time but there's always enough time to do it over
Stories and photos from Scotland
Historical fiction, poetry, essays
A post-dramatic approach to breast cancer treatment - by a recovering drama queen
Because there's never enough time to do it right the first time but there's always enough time to do it over
Stories and photos from Scotland
Historical fiction, poetry, essays