Work Habits

One thing I’ve really enjoyed about my Lynx torch is that I can listen to music while I’m working. Usually I have Naxos Web Radio’s classical era chamber music channel playing. Today I tried something a little different. I put on Matchbox Twenty’s More Than You Think You Are. In the past, I’ve found [...]

Beads of Courage Day at Flametree

Today I went over to Flametree for Beads of Courage day. There were a lot of people there, and a few kids as well. I quickly got a reputation as “the one that drove over from Alabama.” I made a few beads, but I think it was a bad bead day. The torch was so [...]

New Beads

Last Saturday my mother and I went to a bead show that Diane Kovach participated in. There were only a few lampwork people there and lots of other stuff. I guess I’m not fully in to the bead thing yet because the tables that weren’t lampwork either confused me or bored me. My mother [...]

NY Trip

Well, I got back from upstate NY on Thursday. I was visiting my father. This trip went much better than the last couple of visits. The first time I went up there I was not doing well mentally – I was very anxious about driving, and my father wasn’t doing well either. We spent [...]

Life as Normal

Well, it’s day 14. I’ve taken up chewing gum, and I’m beginning to become dependant on the gum now. This is not a good thing. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’m thinking that hypnotherapy might be necessary. In the mean time, I’m wearing the patch, and I’m chewing gum. I’m not [...]