Justification for a picture

Yesterday we took Mom to her sisters’ house near Westport. It was a nice drive, and good to get out of the house and do something other than work on ‘the plan’. Along the way there is this beautiful farm between here and South Bend, in a pretty valley with cows, a stream, pasture.    I think of my friend Rose every [...]

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back to Cali

Remember that funky 80s? song? We left Seattle Sunday morning – both of us with a cold. Though the cold seems to be behind us already. The trip was uneventful; stayed in our usual spot in Red Bluff Sunday night, and arrived here early yesterday evening. Northern California was still pretty smoky, and on the radio there was a [...]

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late night thoughts

 like so many others, I can’t quit thinking about the fires.  Something akin to guilt, I suppose; but it’s not that – guilt is a harbinger? of something done wrong. Of course its not wrong to be glad your not in the lap of disaster. I am so so so relieved that we’re not there. But scared [...]

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still here, but just as boring as ever.

I think this will be the last time posting from the So Cal area. At least for a while.  Like I thought,  ( but not really ) the past few weeks have flown by. I honestly didn’t expect to have so much to do for the weeks following moving out of the house. But time has [...]

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