life of a georgia Artist

(Photo by me, cookies baked by me ;) What is it about tea that brings people together? When you go to someone else's house they offer you tea or coffee. They make up some munchies and you sit and talk the day away. What about a cup of tea that causes time to stop and allows us to focus on being present. It's comforting to drink and hold. It's a gift given by someone who cares about your well-being. Tea is a universal language of comfort.  When someone on the Big Bang show feels down, they are brought a cup of tea even if they do not want it. Tea and comfort go hand in hand. Tonight I made myself a cup of clementine tea. It is hot in Georgia right now, but sometimes you just need a cup of comfort. It has been a rough 24 hours and many tears, on my part, have been shed.  Tonight I drink out of a mug my sister sent me years ago and I recently found it again. It says A Sister is God's way of assuring we never walk alone. Having a sister is the best. Someone to talk to who g

 While the temperature is rising, global warming is a thing. So many people tell me it is not, but I know ten years ago in Ga I did not have to hide in the house. I could hang sheets on the line and now self-combust. This 105/110 is no joke. Yesterday we were outside walking for maybe five minutes and had trouble breathing and headed back to the car and AC. Photo by Me on Tybee Island This year just seems hot hot hotter. It is to the point where the insulated curtains are pulled and kept closed all day. Right now it is 96 outside and it is hard to do anything outside. I remember summers when I did yard work, where I mowed, where the outside did not try to kill me. This year has been hell.  Even the lake we normally go to to cool down is hot as bathwater, so here I sit inside writing to all of you. Who else is baking these days?  I cannot believe everyone does not believe we are doing this to our own planet. While I claim to not know a lot about global warming, I do my best to live a su

Red Mill Clinton NJ  The majority of my family still resides in NJ and myself, I am  in Ga. My kids and my granddaughter live in Georgia too. I have a sis and a brother and 4 nieces up north. I am planning a trip either with my sis this year in Nov to honor our mom being gone one year, and/or I will be going up to spend time with my brother and his family, which I don't normally do. I usually stay with my sis. I realized tho that I am closer with my sis because I do stay with her when I go up. I talked to my brother and he graciously said to let him know the dates and he would love to have me stay there.  Since our mom died I fear we are all unmoored. We are ships at sea with no captain. Only the waves decide where we shall go. I fear without our leader we will crash into other boats and sink. I am the oldest, so I will do my best to visit more. To be more involved with my NJ family. I really do miss them.  Mom has been gone 7 months. I worry sometimes that I will forget her, but t

                                                    Photo property of me, Debbie Ealer It is hot summertime. It is also a time of grief. Mom has been gone 7 months tomorrow and it hits me every month on the 17th. As I bake in the 108-degrees weather in Georgia I cannot help but wonder why I moved to Georgia so far from my family. My ex was military which ended us up here. I pushed to stay because of the slower pace, but Lord the heat is getting worse and worse along with global warming. This is the time of year when freshly laundered sheets dry on the line in 20 minutes. This is the time of year when popsicles are consumed hourly. This is the time of year that I spent my first summer without Mom. I only got to see her about every 5 years. Tickets are not free to fly and it is more expensive to drive these days. Only my last visit it was my 55th birthday. We got cupcakes because we never eat cake, and we celebrated with a great dinner made by my brother-in-law. Mom ate three cupcakes, t

                                         Depression, Death, and many miles hiking.                                         One of my all time favorite state parks to hike in.                                                   Another state park in South Georgia As those of you know my mom passed away in November 2023 and I have been on the struggle bus since then, but then I look through some of my photos and I think about what makes me happy these days. Well, it is the outside. Walking outside. Riding in the car with the windows down, and inhaling air from anywhere where I am not confined by four walls.  I Feel better outside. With saying that, my allergies in Georgia do not feel better and hiking will award me with better mobility and a sinus infection, but my light shall not be shoved under the door, it shall not be ignored. I have been a mess. Every month on the 17th you can find me in a puddle on the floor and I am trying to move through it. Being outside and looking at something e