I went out for dinner with my daughter and her friend. Very cold! Brrrr.
But really good food! So they are out having a New Years--me, I watched
Ghost. Yeah, very chic flick--but I like chic flicks.
My first book of the year is Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit.
I'm a Solnit fan. Book begins with a humorous story of her attending this
party in Aspen. The host said to her, in a condescending fashion, about the type
of books she wrote. She gave him a very brief description of the latest book.
His reply was the there was this Amazing book on the same subject. Her
friend had to tell him 4 times that was the book she'd written. His state of
embarrassment followed.
The following chapters are quite serious. She gets into womens right
away. How women are silenced. Their opinions do not mean anything,
My mother didn't want me to go to college. She said I needed to keep my
job at Roses (equivalent to Walmarts then). I made a nickle more than
than minimum wage and only worked 32 hours a week. Anything was
going be a step upward.
The next chapter is statistics of women being abused, silenced. And after
a chapter regarding politics. The book is full of quotes, deep thoughts.
She is my favorite author, She makes me think, learn, and hunger for more.
Entering the two missing chapters in my own book has some problems. One
chapter is totally different from the existing. Going to be a bear reconciling the two.
That's it for now. Time for me to write my affirmations for the coming year.
Have a happy new year. May the next year be blessed with more happiness
than this year!
All For Now--
Kate Thorn
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Time Flies--Almost Christmas
I have been meaning to write more, but I have working on my book series
and I found out I missed two important chapters, so I must backtrack and
insert them. They explain things yet to come and why one of my male
main characters react the way they do.. I'm still plugging away at it.
Not done as much bird watching, but I saw one the precious little downy
woodpeckers a few minutes ago. Glad to know they are still here.
My critters (dog, cat, chickens, birds and occasionally a stray possum or
two) consume more food than I do. The dog food alone cost 60.00 for
60 lbs. of Happy Hips kibbles--Loaded with vitamins and glucosamine,
chrondroitin. Her weight two weeks ago was 94 lbs and even though
she's a year old, Pyrenees are considered puppies at this age. If they are
going to work around animals, one isn't supposed to even try to train
them until they are 18 months old. That is how much puppy they are.
My daughter had an allergic reaction ,which scares my daughter silly.
I do fall that easily. So I try not to worry her. So I called a neighbor--
whom we give eggs to--and askedif he would come over for about 5 minutes.
He started to follow meinto the pen, one glance at Mollie--was very still
and staring at him intently. I said, "No, your job is to call 911 is she accidentally
knocks me down" Mollie was golden, but she never took her eyes off of him.
That assured me and scared me. These dogs cannot be trained to follow
commands. Their genetic code is such if someone tried to harm me,
she'd come though the fence and kill them. But only to protect me,
save me. Never to be vicious. They are really friendly. But one just
want to mess with these dogs. They are different in that they never attack
from the front. The go for the back. One Pyrenees scared off a
grizzly--in Montana--and saved a kids life. The dog sustained minor
injuries. Minor!! After attacking a grizzly bear! I could hardly
believe it. I knew two Pyrenees could bring and kill a bear--I knew
they fought wolves off--and with one bite, killed the wolf. They
kill wolves, coyotes, by one bite to the back of the neck; they literally
sever the spinal column, You cant treat them like a toy, or a regular
pet. And you have to be the alpha. No matter what. Mollies toy--
she dug up a piece of a log--it's 9" around (at least) and about 12" long.
It's heavy--even for my daughter. Mollie grabs it up and runs up and down
her log carrying this in her mouth. Amazing!
I have a small tree up--with only 4 sets of mini lights on it--and 5 sets
winding around the deck--what was left went around the railing and
the top of the front porch. Looks so cheerful!
Merry Christmas to all!!
Later, Kate Thorn
and I found out I missed two important chapters, so I must backtrack and
insert them. They explain things yet to come and why one of my male
main characters react the way they do.. I'm still plugging away at it.
Not done as much bird watching, but I saw one the precious little downy
woodpeckers a few minutes ago. Glad to know they are still here.
My critters (dog, cat, chickens, birds and occasionally a stray possum or
two) consume more food than I do. The dog food alone cost 60.00 for
60 lbs. of Happy Hips kibbles--Loaded with vitamins and glucosamine,
chrondroitin. Her weight two weeks ago was 94 lbs and even though
she's a year old, Pyrenees are considered puppies at this age. If they are
going to work around animals, one isn't supposed to even try to train
them until they are 18 months old. That is how much puppy they are.
My daughter had an allergic reaction ,which scares my daughter silly.
I do fall that easily. So I try not to worry her. So I called a neighbor--
whom we give eggs to--and askedif he would come over for about 5 minutes.
He started to follow meinto the pen, one glance at Mollie--was very still
and staring at him intently. I said, "No, your job is to call 911 is she accidentally
knocks me down" Mollie was golden, but she never took her eyes off of him.
That assured me and scared me. These dogs cannot be trained to follow
commands. Their genetic code is such if someone tried to harm me,
she'd come though the fence and kill them. But only to protect me,
save me. Never to be vicious. They are really friendly. But one just
want to mess with these dogs. They are different in that they never attack
from the front. The go for the back. One Pyrenees scared off a
grizzly--in Montana--and saved a kids life. The dog sustained minor
injuries. Minor!! After attacking a grizzly bear! I could hardly
believe it. I knew two Pyrenees could bring and kill a bear--I knew
they fought wolves off--and with one bite, killed the wolf. They
kill wolves, coyotes, by one bite to the back of the neck; they literally
sever the spinal column, You cant treat them like a toy, or a regular
pet. And you have to be the alpha. No matter what. Mollies toy--
she dug up a piece of a log--it's 9" around (at least) and about 12" long.
It's heavy--even for my daughter. Mollie grabs it up and runs up and down
her log carrying this in her mouth. Amazing!
I have a small tree up--with only 4 sets of mini lights on it--and 5 sets
winding around the deck--what was left went around the railing and
the top of the front porch. Looks so cheerful!
Merry Christmas to all!!
Later, Kate Thorn
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