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..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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March
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- Wild Willy from Peterborough
- ee cummings did not share his home with either dog...
- Time and Money
- Good Luck
- Grounded: Bad Dog, Kenya
- Too Old for St. Paddy's Day ...
- Ice Floe Rescue Attempt
- New Lady of the Lake Story
- Yes, I Can ...
- Dog Treats
- Dolls, Horizons and Redemption
- On Cultivating Boredom
- Outnumbered by Puppies
- From fear and loathing to uneasy truce to tentativ...
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March
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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
2 comments:
They take their cue from you.
BTW, Denise says she only got a crown
in Mexico and would NOT recommend surgery
"at all". She was considering getting 3 crowns in one week in Bangkok (she got one there last year) but was SO GLAD she was able to spread it out over weeks here in Ottawa.
John has had 4 gum ops and it takes a week after each session before covering is removed. He survived it & still has his teeth, 20+ years later. Take heart.
He even spent the weeks each time up in the Gatineau sketching at a cabin all by himself, no medical problems ensued. (He went into his "man cave"...)
I also mentioned Erin K. to her and she said, "Oh --ERIN -- she is such a lovely, wonderful young person."
[Remembering her from their time together 15 years when D. lived in Rupert?]
Barbara ... thank you for the additional information on teeth ... I just need the denture so am going to check with denturists who will, I expect, be cheaper and more expereinced than my dentist.
And yes, Erin is a lovely young person. We are going maple sugaring at her place next weekend.
Update on Kenya and Peach: they have become a pair of friends who are comfortable together and love to play.
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