http://jamielee.manykites.org The only thing you can share with someone is your state Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:25:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It’s a funny thing, this battle I have in my life with process nouns. Technically, they are called nominalizations—process words turned into “things”. I am a wife, mother, grandmother, woman, teacher—writer--instead of wifing, mothering, grandmothering, etc. When a process becomes a noun it is like flowing water ... http://jamielee.manykites.org/2010/03/14/a-noun-by-any-other-name/% I want to feel that warm spring air on my face and be back into spending hours everyday outside. My body is already tired of computers and winter. It has been quite a time these past few months since leaving northern MN for South Dakota. We have ... http://jamielee.manykites.org/2010/03/06/the-scent-of-spring/% Several times today I've had "problem-solving" conversations with friends and family about relationships. It seems we are forgetting how to work out simple problems with the gift of talk. It is so easy to have normal daily decisions and actions get caught up in old, nonproductive loops. ... http://jamielee.manykites.org/2010/02/10/a-little-bit-of-talk-a-little-bit-of-love/% I have been strangely absent from my blog for the past weeks.  The new year came and moved in while I was still getting settled.  So many things have been coming to us and we race to keep up.  Milt's film, Video Letters from Prison is getting a lot of ... http://jamielee.manykites.org/2010/01/22/as-january-slips-away/% I am sitting in my favorite coffee shop in Lincoln, NE following a two-day blizzard.  I think I am done posting items about our construction project--the straw bale house.  We still have lots to do but will probably table it now until spring.  Mudding in the winter does not quite ... http://jamielee.manykites.org/2009/12/09/222/% It grows colder and was snowing tonight.  We had a small party at our new house.  A friend, Gordy Pratt is in town to do music for Video Letters from Prison and he and my siblings came over and we played around.  Very nice! Today I uploaded one of my novels, ... http://jamielee.manykites.org/2009/12/01/in-front-of-the-fireb/% Last night we put our bed into our new house and spent the night.  The fire kept us warm and cozy.  There is still a great deal of work to do, but we felt like we at least are in our four, warm walls for the winter.  It is time ... http://jamielee.manykites.org/2009/10/26/home-at-last/% It snowed last night for the first time.  Seems a bit early but, fortunately, we have all the bales, doors, windows in our straw bale house--and we have heat. We also have a full plastic surround which is protecting the outer bales from moisture.  The biggest issue we face is ... http://jamielee.manykites.org/2009/10/10/oh-no-the-snow/% Today, at last, we began applying the plaster to our straw bale cabin.  Never mind that it is nearly October 1-we are getting there.  The work has been grueling, but we continue to push on and it feels like we turned a corner today.  We bought an old stucco spraying ... http://jamielee.manykites.org/2009/09/30/my-slip-is-showing/% I haven't posted much lately-too busy getting our house built before the snow flies.  At last the work on roof, foundation, and floor is completed and we laid the first straw bales last night.  Today we made great progress and have two partial walls built.  Working with the bales is ... http://jamielee.manykites.org/2009/09/23/a-bale-wall-goes-up-at-last/%