Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Respite


Respite (res'pit) n. A usually short interval of rest or relief. After being all gung ho with this blog initially, it has now been about five weeks since I have written anything. You have to live life to write about it. During those weeks, I painted the Aspen Stand again in acrylics. Like it much better. It is at the printer's being scanned so I can't show it to you right now. I read The Friday Night Knitting Club (just ok), Twilight (page turner but I'm not interested in continuing the series; I just wanted to see what all the fuss is about), and Confessions of a Shopaholic (actually quite good; made me laugh out loud, I think you have to be a shopper to appreciate it). Not my usual reading fare, can you tell I was at the beach? This picture is the sun rising over the Sea of Cortez, taken from my friend's house in San Jose Cabo. Eight glorius days with the girls. We played tennis everyday. Walked on the beach. Ate delicious food and drank don julio blanco margaritas. On Valentine's Day we celebrated my son Tom's 21st birthday with a wonderful family meal at the eating club followed by Tom's favorite white cake with white frosting and a layer of raspberry in the middle. These things and the stuff and work of everyday life have comprised my respite from blogging. It's good to be back.