My roommate from Taiwan came in clutch today! She brought me medicine 🩷

Every morning when I pass this bush in my front yard I always wonder if there is a secret NIMH world waiting to be discovered. My son just shakes his head..”Mom you always say that. I don’t even know what that means.” I’ve apparently failed as a parent .

It’s beyond frustrating having to explain repeatedly that when import taxes increase, supply chain is disrupted, transportation costs have increased, shipping costs have increased, prices go up. Actually had someone yell at me for new prices ,ummm you can thank trump for this economyI just work here

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.” — Aldous Huxley

Every week I go to a local community center that has a food box project. I was so surprised this week to see edible flowers in the vegetables..1/3

Happy Halloween!

Not bad, he’s so handsome and so happy.🩷

“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” — Virginia Woolf

Happy birthday to one of my favorite poets, Sylvia Plath

Aidan wants this costume for Halloween… nothing like a challenge. Well young sir you just got yourself a new suit. He needed one anyway as he outgrew the last one. Plus dress shoes and tie how can I say no? Sans gun belt though I can’t make that I don’t have a needle for leather or pleather

This made my Libra heart happy. Who doesn’t want to be remembered?

Getting ready for the onslaught of teenage boys for video games and karaoke

Refilled the hidden white rabbit container…

And just like that my sweet darling is 14! Happy Birthday darling Aidan!

“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.” — Aldous Huxley

As the mother of a Scorpio I can attest this is utterly true, they will burn it all down!

My advisor knows this semester is a struggle, so many students dropping out. She said this would make my life better… she was right! I’m now addicted to these things!

“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” — Franz Kafka

One of my favorite plays is “The Glass Menagerie”. “We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.” — Tennessee Williams

Anthony turned 23. Seems like yesterday we were celebrating freshman year of highschool…

Seven weeks left, the hardest part is getting to the finish line🥺

Hardest midterm today written Chinese exam. 加油！

I forget this often

She’s like nope this one sucks momma I’ll sleep on it 😂😂😂

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.” — William Faulkner

“Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.” — Jean-Paul Sartre

I’m old enough to remember when we had a system of checks & balances that involved Congress, when Congress controlled the purse and legislated, and the president respected the Constitution & rule of law. I’m old enough to remember when a U.S. president wouldn’t want to be King George or a dictator.

So nice not to have to cook when I get home late 🩷👍🏼

Today is going to be a very long day, so pot roast it is!

She’s mad at me

Today I think is a good day to protect your inner peace. 我已经尽力了. I’ve done my best. That’s all I can do.

Never thought I’d have to ask..”Has anyone seen my sloth’s butt?” In daily conversation, but here we are and my youngest also knew where it was. 🙃

I want to practice calligraphy… my precious little Poppi says no

I don’t think the black circles under my eyes can get bigger…

truth is truth To th’ end of reck’ning.

When your brush falls, it startles wind and storm; when your poem is complete, even spirits and ghosts weep. 笔落惊风雨，诗成泣鬼神。 ~ Du Fu (杜甫, 712–770), Tang Dynasty poet; from “Twenty Rhymes to Li Bai” (《寄李十二白二十韵》)

What made you hesitate? An insightful question to make sense of things.

#bloomscrolling in my bedroom because my birthday flowers are magnificent 🩷🩷🩷