Crochet Windmill

23. April 2019 hobbies 0
Twenty-eight years ago I received my March, 1991 issue of Decorative Crochet. Much to my delight, I ran across it today. A little crinkled but that’s okay. The Windmill pattern is still legible: Optical Illusion by Maumi Sato pages 10, 11.

Writing relieves stress

17. September 2017 hobbies, therapies 0
Journaling brings relief from worry that causes stress. Michigan State University backs up the evidence of James Pennebaker study during the 80’s that expressive writing allows people to deal with anxiety, stress, and improves the immune system. Thanks to these observations, the field of “psychoneuroimmunology” was created to find out how expressive writing improves the ...

Aquarium spa

Couldn’t resist a beta splendens in a fish bowl yesterday (March 6, 2017). Watching this fish is so relaxing. He simply moves around so slowly and has such a beautiful blue iridescent color. I’ve kept them alive like this for years. Soon as I introduced them to community aquatics (30 gallon) they got bullied to ...