lunar new year

for lunar new year i'm heading to st. croix. after this long dark winter full of wind storms, snow flurries and many cold nights - i need sun as much as i need air.

foggy morning
hummys are here again
zipping around the feeder
makes me feel like i need
to hurry and do something
after my morning tea perhaps

2007

long time since i've blogged...

started 07 sharing a great meal with close friends and toasting champagne while watching the space needle light up

we shared course after course of deliciousness
my veins felt like butter had been injected into them
rich
truffle infused
condensed, clarified, creamed



this was the first year i had gone out to watch the fireworks live. the night was especially cold and being by the water, the breeze carried numbing stinging chills. as we waited, counting the minutes forcefully - our thoughts turned to those who lived out in these conditions daily. our complaints trailed off and were replaced by a mix of gratitude and sadness.