Little Bit Broken

Alexandra Jump

  • I am not a political prophet…but

    I have a political theory on the whole holding back of the impeachment articles to the senate and the recent airstrike in Baghdad. I believe that pretty much everybody has gotten tired of the impeachment issue. But  arresting the process… Continue reading

  • 20/20 hindsight

    If I spent this day looking back, I would not see what is before me.  Hindsight they say is 20/20, you can see perfectly.  I don’t think that is true.  I think we choose to see the past through filters.… Continue reading

  • End of a Decade and the Art of Being

    So this is the end of a pretty bumpy decade.  Since I was born in 65 it is easy to to gauge things in decades, 5-15, 15-25, 25-35, 35-45, and now 45-55.  I am not 55 yet, but will be… Continue reading

  • Dyeing in the Kitchen

    There has been a bunch of dyeing going on at home.   Lulu called the other night and ask me what I was up to and I said dyeing and she laughed and said, oh, dyeing  in the kitchen and we… Continue reading

  • Mini Resolve

    I have wanted a Mini Cooper for what seems like a lifetime. Started looking at the Mini back in the day when a mini-van was more logical. Then a more serious look when I was back up in Vermont and… Continue reading

  • More Struggle than Stride

    In June I was cleared to resume work 2 days a week while I received  DMSO treatments.  September 25th was my last scheduled treatment and I was officially in remission of IC and cleared for full-time work.   Full time… Continue reading

  • Black Ram Designs

    I have been trying to put things back together,  as if I have returned from a long journey and I need to unpack, wash and put away all the stuff.  Settle back in so to speak. Black Ram Designs is… Continue reading

  • Please don’t paint my fingernails.

      Please don’t paint my finger nails when I am old.  please don’t send me to the beauty shop either. I want my hair to grow long and gray. I want my hair to be brushed and then braided.   … Continue reading

  • A Little Bit Broken

    I love the idea that through our brokenness we are more beautiful. The Japanese have a word for this notion: Kintsukuroi– roughly translated “to repair with gold”. It is the art of repairing  pottery with  gold and silver lacquer, and… Continue reading

    A Little Bit Broken

  • I want to float, not dive

    Not quite ready for the day. I have my tea and mouse is keeping me company.  I kinda want to be all on top of it and hit the ground running, but today I just want to ease into it.  Like… Continue reading