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The Third of November
This is the month of nuts and nutty thoughts- that November whose name sounds so bleak and cheerless-- perhaps it is that the harvest of thought is worth more than all the other crops of the year.-- Henry David Thoreau 37 degrees, drizzle, calm, low tide. Today is...
Chip Update
Since you are all no doubt wondering. He's doing great, but bones take time to knit. I've got him on nettle tea and Arnica, and salmon and garden greens, and rest. We both read Legends of the Fall the other day, and it's fun to talk about the same book. And we are...
A Little News
So, I'm trying to get it together a bit, but this care-giving thing takes time. Still, there are a lot of important meetings happening (just as the rain and fog have quit, of course.) But if you can pull yourself away from work, chores or sunshine for an hour or two...
Sunday’s Thought
"The man who worries morning and night about dandelions in the lawn will find great relief in loving dandelions." L.H. Bailey, Manuel of Gardening, 1910
A Cat in the Hat Kind of Day
As in too wet to go out to cold to play ball.. so we sat in the house and did nothing at all. Actually, I had a long walk in the rain with a friend who had been at a family funeral down south while Chip and I were doing the trauma-hospital thing in Seattle, so it was...
A Wednesday Slide Show
From the way to work with Chip-- I wanted you to see Joanne and Phyllis's restored fire house tower getting its finishing touches. Isn't it great? And the cruise ship, every Wednesday this one docks with more people on board than live here, making for a lot of...
The News From Lower Mud Bay Road?
The news from here on lower Mud Bay Road is a strange mix of local and universal, as the nature of care giving allows more time to click and view online, as well as time to watch the World Cup and the Tour de France, and listen to the radio and text with family and...