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Sunday’s Thought
"There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun."-- Thomas Merton
Fire and Rain
It is 52 degrees and raining, and I'd like a fire. I think that's reasonable. My husband says it's still summer and not cold enough to start burning the wood he's just finished stacking in the shed for the winter. I understand, I really do, as I'm a tad possessive...
Whoops, A Blog Correction
Open Mic night at the Fireweed is next Weds, the 24th, not this Weds. Blame it on wishful thinking?
Sunday’s Thought
From Anna Quindlen's A Short Guide to a Happy Life: "C'mon, let's be honest. We have an embarassment of riches. Life is good. I don't mean in a cosmic way. I never think of my life, or my world, in any big cosmic way...Learn to be happy and think of life as a terminal...
A Real Friday Ramble
The good thing about the rain (aside from the obvious greening up the very dry summer ground) is that I got to sleep in a bit this morning (6:30) since we don't ride bikes in the rain in August. In April, May and June, sometimes-- but August, never. We are not...
It Must Be August
There is rain tapping on the metal porch roof, a fire in the wood stove, and salmon in the smokehouse. The tomatoes are ripe in the greenhouse and we ate our own brocolli with sockeye and a garden salad last night. One child is back at college, the rest are weary of...
Summer Morning
Grandma Joanne is still sleeping, the crows are cawing in my cherry trees, Chip is singing in the shower, the tide is flowing past Pyramid Island like a river, Christian is grinding coffee, and John just called and asked, "What's for breakfast, those hens laying yet?"...