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Much Love & Hope
My cousin and I were corresponding about Papa Bob, and life and death and probate, and he signed the email, "Much Love and Hope" -- which pretty sums it up doesn't it? The only things that are going to carry us through winter, Covid, crazy politics, the only things...
I’m Home.Phew.
I just got back, and have to take good care of my dogs and husband. But here's a photo essay of the trip. First stop Florida. Saw Chip's sister compete in a horse event, visited Grandma Joanne, and Marjorie Rawlings' house. Then NYC and the farm in Dutchess County. ...
Sunday’s Thought
From Florida, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' (The Yearling author) rural home at Cross Creek. I'm still short on internet time, so forgive me, but here's a postcard of the lovely place.
Whoops, Out of Range
Sorry I haven't checked in, I'm in an internet free zone in Florida, where we are watching Chip's sister Karen O'Connor ride at a horse event. Here's a postcard. Maybe I'll chat later, but it may not be until I get home on the 18th.
Packing Panic Attack
Here's the news: no puppies yet for Windsor and Stikine, Debra and Anne Marie's Labs. Or at least not that I know of, but come to think of it neither Debra nor Anne Marie were at Morning Muscles. Maybe Stikine is giving birth as I write this. Debra did say last night...
Forte is a Star
My dog Forte is thinking about starting a facebook page after his Woman's Day column debut. It made sense that I wrote about my dog for the March issue, since in Alaska, March is Iditarod Sled Dog Race month when the whole state it seems, goes to the dogs. Forte, a...
Sunday’s Thought
From Joan Chittister's The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21st Century: If Benedictine spirituality understands anything about life at all, it understands the corrosive effects of constant complaining. Complaining is the acid that shrivels our souls and...