Author Archives: Old Woman

The Wikipedia definition of “sixes and sevens” contains the words “confusion, disarray, hazard, risk.” All of these apply. I have not posted on this blog for over a month, the longest quiet period since I started writing here just over … Continue reading →

Jerry and I walked to Earl’s memorial: down Granger way and around the corner to Earl and Donna’s yard. The street in front of their house was blocked to through traffic; cars were being parked in the cow pasture next … Continue reading →

The middle of August and things are changing on the island. We barely had a summer this year and it’s already rolling on to fall. John and Betsy sold their house and are moving to Texas. John is my second … Continue reading →

The weather has been strange this summer. In July cold fogs came down in streamers of chilling mist, and between were sudden shots of hot sun. The ferry fog horn would sound most of the morning and the island felt … Continue reading →

Summer is speeding past and what have I done? My bower of flowers is not so lush as usual. The weather has been odd. Some days hot and muggy (we think 75F is hot), many days cold (in the 50’s … Continue reading →

From Seattle to Gainsville, Florida is a long day. It’s just about from one corner of the United States to the opposite corner; from the soggy northwest to the sodden southeast. It was raining softly when I left Seattle, it … Continue reading →

The first day of summer has come. The temperature outside this morning was 49 (brrr). It has been raining most of the month, but this morning dawned with the sun. Some of the island’s elderly ladies slept out on the … Continue reading →

We went to get some things from Bert’s house at Roch Harbor. It was, as always, a long day, starting at 6:40 am for the 7 o’clock ferry from our island then the hour drive to Anacrotes, then the hour … Continue reading →

Yes, that’s the worst thing about stress. I bore myself and I think I am boring others. I cannot blog about the lawsuit that Jerry and I are involved in but I can talk about the stress it causes, and … Continue reading →

Lawyer daughter and I went to see Aida in Vancouver.  We had a nice time together and the opera was good but not great. The presentation was traditional, the singing was good, the chorus was excellent. The tenor needed to … Continue reading →