Monthly Archives: May 2008

When it rains, it… swarms?

Or How Claudia spent her weekend. Love the swarms… love the swarms… love the swarms…. the phone rings and off we go. Swarm catchers. This swarm was in a woman’s peach tree. She lived in Central Denver and insists that this is from a feral hive. Of course, we were all over that. (Feral would… Continue Reading

Your path.

“Having finished teaching a student, the guru sets the student off into the night to his home. The guru gives his student a lamp, says goodbye, and leaves him on the doorway. “The student stands in the dark.? Lifting the lamp up high, he cannot see the road ahead. Fearful, he knocks on the guru?s… Continue Reading

Unconscious Mutterings : Week 277

I haven’t been able to post today or last night. My Internet Service provider crashed in the heat in California.? I am hard coding the post in an effort to make it work. Hopefully this will go through…. (fingers crossing). I do love these unconscious mutterings so they are worth the effort. Play along please!… Continue Reading

Swarm!

Between rain storms, a swarm flew into our yard.? Wanna see what happened? It started with a high buzzing sound.? When I went to check our bees, they were out on their porches defending their homes.? A cloud of bees came into the bee yard then were pushed out by our bees.? They landed in… Continue Reading

Thursday Thirteen – Best Advice I Ever Got.

I saw this article in Fortune Magazine. (Why I read this magazine is another long story.) The article shared the advice that some of today’s greatest leaders and thinkers received. I found the advice to be… well… uninspiring, bland and … unhelpful. I thought we might do a better job. What is the best advice… Continue Reading

It's about the eggs.

May your day, and mine, is on the sunny side…. Continue Reading

My garden – a photoessay

After checking the weather report four times, I spent most of the weekend planting my seedlings, seeds and tender veggie plants. My vegetable garden in under way!? Hurray! Would you like to see it? What’s this, Claudia? Oops. Turns out the weather report was delayed last weekend. New weather report as of Monday morning? FREEZING… Continue Reading

Somebody helped you.

“I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it’s half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me. No matter what accomplishments you achieve, somebody helped you.” –Athea Gibson, first African American… Continue Reading

Unconscious Mutterings : Week 276

Oh I do love these! And it’s so much extra fun when you play along. Who knows what lies in our unconscious… shall we take a look see?? Here are this weeks words from Unconscious Mutterings: Track :: Snake :: Assignment :: Blockbuster :: Bombastic :: Adventure :: First time :: Aged :: Grip ::… Continue Reading

6 unimportant things.

I was tagged by Bethany. Because, this time of year, everyone is talking about their pedicures, my mind turned to my feet…. Here are the rules: 1. Link back to the person who tagged you. 2. Post these rules on your blog. 3. Share six unimportant things about yourself (things/habits/quirks). 4. Name six of your… Continue Reading