Author Archives: Old Woman

A sadly neglected blog

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Old Woman

A long time has passed since I posted here. I have been blogging for 6 years — or more — I lose track. After a while I wonder whether I have anything more to say. For a time I was … Continue reading →

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Drugs, food and science

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Old Woman

I have been working on this post for a long time. Here in the snowy quiet and peace of Alaska I have finally finished it. I tremble to publish it; I may lose friends and readers. A news story about … Continue reading →

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Notes from the frozen north

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Old Woman

Jerry and I have been in Manley for a 2 weeks. Until 2 days ago it was still deeply frozen. We check the thermometer about 10 times a day to see whether there is a hope of a thaw before … Continue reading →

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The Old Woman Rides Again

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Old Woman

When old folks like me go silent for a long period people are apt to think them dead. I’m not dead, I’m in Alaska. Jerry and I drove up last week to take care of our house in Manley Hot … Continue reading →

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A Dominican Experience

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Old Woman

I was nervous about going to the Dominican Republic. I went to see my darling granddaughter Katy who has been living there for the past year and a half as a Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in a small village, … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Civil War, Obama’s inauguration and the birth of my great-granddaughter, Ellana

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Old Woman

These things may not seem related, but inside my head they all came together last week. Jerry and I have been immersed in the civil war for a couple of months. We have been watching lectures from the Teaching Company, … Continue reading →

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Arizona and beyond

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Old Woman

Jerry and I went to Arizona.  We were going to look at some property belonging to Jerry’s brother and to see our Arizona lawyer. I was a little nervous about our destination. I know that there are many guns in … Continue reading →

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Pleasures, large and small; bothers, mostly small

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Old Woman

Jerry and I ventured out in the dark at 5 in the afternoon — I hate this dark time of year — to see the tiny house built by the son, Zack Giffin, of Island friends, Holly and Brian. It … Continue reading →

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History and memory

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Old Woman

Thanksgiving was great. The food was good and the company — my lawyer daughter and her family and my British-American grandson and his Argentinian-American wife and 2 little ones (who will be all three nationalities) — couldn’t have been  more … Continue reading →

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Cruising the canals

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Old Woman

I have found it difficult to write about my recent canal trip on the Oxford and Grand Union Canals in England. There are a few reasons (besides general laziness and procrastination). First, the minute we got home to Lummi Island … Continue reading →

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