..the daily life of a hermit and her dog ...
River Echo
September, 2010
Welcome to Oma's World.
Welcome to Oma's world: a hermitage set on a pristine lake, nestled in mountains, surrounded by trees and inhabited by Oma, Kenya (her own dog) and the dogs she looks after.
In Oma's world there is time to see, really see, the natural landscape as it changes. When she is not outside with the dogs, Oma reads, writes and watches films. She has also returned to a lost hobby, knitting, tried pottery and felting with very limited success, and produced a great deal of funky furniture over the past year or so. She also teaches occasionally at a local language school.
Since moving to the hermitage she has discovered the secret to raising healthy house plants. They have to love their environment. We all do if we are to lead happy productive lives.
This summer she tried her hand at creating a garden, and has been consumed by it to the exclusion of most other occupations.
In Oma's world there is time to see, really see, the natural landscape as it changes. When she is not outside with the dogs, Oma reads, writes and watches films. She has also returned to a lost hobby, knitting, tried pottery and felting with very limited success, and produced a great deal of funky furniture over the past year or so. She also teaches occasionally at a local language school.
Since moving to the hermitage she has discovered the secret to raising healthy house plants. They have to love their environment. We all do if we are to lead happy productive lives.
This summer she tried her hand at creating a garden, and has been consumed by it to the exclusion of most other occupations.
My Other Blogs
Kenya
My Lady of the Lake
Some of My Regular (and Occasional) Haunts
About Me
- Oma
- ... a woman who has been many women and will likely continue to metamorphose right til the end ... I have been a mother, a grandmother, a writer, a teacher, a traveler, a nomad,a hermit, a dog sitter, and a sporadic folk artist wannabe. Right now I am also a tiny-time-chef and caterer. Who knows where my travels will lead me as I travel down the final stretch of life's road?
Blogs for Writers
Followers
Something I Noticed Recently
- "A first draft is a work of construction. A seventh is the work of an artist." Barbara Kingsolver
Kenya's Sleepover Buddies
- Peach, a gentle 5 year old Lassie-type Collie
- Oberon, King of the Cat Fairies
- Corey, a 7 year old Golden Retriever
- Kitty, AKA Button, 8 weeks
- Tom Cat, 1 year old... run over November, 2010
- Olive, the 2 year old black lab
- Chelsea, the old and lumpy black lab on steroids
- Mica, the Siberian Husky
- Maggie, the two year old Berner
- Stella, the 7 month old Bernese Mountain Dog puppy
- Tango, the Ancient Sheep Dog, now deceased
- Zeke, the Nova Scotia Duck Toller, now deceased
- Henry, Marta's Golden Retriever
- Lulu, the tiny Cockapoo puppy
- Havoc, the Doberman
- Remi, Sarah's Golden Doodle
- Tango, the Golden Lab mix
- Teddy and Shea, Tammy and Carlos' dogs
- Nina, the Chocolate Lab, now re-homed because of viciousness
Blog Archive
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May
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- It's all a numbers game ...
- More on the Crazed House Guest
- The Referee
- Zeke and Remi
- Earning My Money!
- Zeke, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, who d...
- Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius
- Our Health Care System: Riddled with Disease
- Comments Again ... and a day's plans ...
- Lake Happenings
- Relative Poverty
- Comments
- I don't like films in which I dislike the characte...
- A Very Rainy Monday Morning ...
- I just realized I went to the dogs a long time ago...
- A Splitting Headache ... Several Actually ...
- Eclectic Mix
- Five Birches in the Woods
- Kenya's Walk in the Woods
- A Mossy Stream
- The Bole
- A Walk in the Woods
- Yikes! I am becoming my father ...
- Long Weekend in May
- Some Thoughts on Death
- May 17th ...
- A noisy night on Pike Lake ...
- All that's left of Remi: the Little Lord Fauntlero...
- The Whole Plant
- Anyone know what this plant is?
- A Morning Fresh with Possibility
- A hermit prepares to become a nomad ...
- ... and the glen ...
- ... all over the mountain ...
- Spring is Busting Out All Over!
- A Practice Run
- A little of this and a little of that ...
- My Third Blog
- Poking About Behind the Facades in China ...
- Hidden Worlds on the Other Blog
- One Soaker Later, Mission Accomplished
- What doesn't kill you keeps you young ...
- What a Glorious Morning ... following on the heels...
- Fencing to keep dogs out ...
- Remi : Two-toned
- Tammy's Photos
- City dogs lead a very different life ...
- Sleepy Time
- Sarah and Dan
- Mandara and Mark
- Thank you!!!
- Anne of Green Gables
- 3 Reasons the Dream Tarnished ...
- Exposed Belly
- Kenya and Henry: their last day
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May
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Films I am Watching (reviewed are starred)
- Blood Diamond
- Amazing Grace
- Rosenstrasse
- The Blade Runner
- My Cousin Vinnie
What I am Reading These Days
- Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
- Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott
- What They Wanted by Donna Morrissey
- Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather o'Neill
- Merle's Door: Lessons from a Free Thinking Dog by Ted Kerasote
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