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The Morris chair
For the past month I have been preoccupied with a painting class. Soon I plan to write about that, but for now here is a quick look at something that drew comments in my last (hastily written) post. I included … Continue reading
Construction, decoration and recollection
Those are the things I seem to be doing these days. And spending money; construction and decoration costs money. Ten years ago, when I bought the house that Jerry and I now live in, I was getting divorced from my … Continue reading
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Thoughts about how we animals behave
The last 2 weeks have been occupied with family. My second daughter and her husband are finally off to China. They stayed here with Jerry and me for six weeks waiting for official papers from China certifying them as “foreign … Continue reading
Posted in Day to day, Memoir
Tagged Alice Sweeney, animal behavior, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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Frabjous day
Oh frabjous day, callooh, callay. My computer works again. Here’s the story of what happened to it. About a week ago when I was working on my blog the virus protection screen came up suddenly and said the computer had … Continue reading
Posted in Day to day, Island life
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A year of my blog
I started this blog one year ago. My daughter helped me; in fact she suggested it. I have tried some writing in the past. (Not counting scientific papers.) Since I was a kid I have occasionally written short stories. At … Continue reading
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Riding the passenger ferry
Jerry and I had dentist appointments on Thursday. We took the foot ferry to town early so we could get some errands done before the dentist. After the dentist we like to go to Barns and Noble for a treat. … Continue reading
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And now more art
This is a graphite pencil drawing. It is large, on a 22 x 30 piece of Arches. I did it in art school in advanced drawing class. It was a long project, taking most of the quarter. I arranged the … Continue reading
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The salmon are running, the Ferry isn’t
Seasons change slowly here in the Pacific Northwest. Not like in Alaska where it’s hot and never dark in summer. There flowers erupt sequentially in frantic bursts: wild irises, bluebells, wild roses, delphiniums and finally fireweed, together with sudden swarms of monarch butterflies … Continue reading
Death and funerals
I have been thinking a lot about death lately. Not in a panic or a depression, but in a more analytical or contemplative way. Perhaps I am coming to terms with death’s finality and its reality. There are a … Continue reading
Goodbye, Ted
Edward M Kennedy, February 22, 1932 — August 25, 2009. He was a lion, he was a prince, he worked for all of us all his life. He worked for the old and the poor for working men and women, … Continue reading
