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Canadian culture
This week my lawyer daughter and I are going to Vancouver to see Aida. I tell you this because I don’t want to suggest Canada is without high culture. Indeed, there are lots of wonderful museums and theaters in Vancouver … Continue reading
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Wandering and life (and death)
Recently Deborah wrote a sad and poignant post about a friend who had Alzheimers and wandered off, got lost and died of exposure. That made me think about wandering and I frequently think about death anyway. Forgive me if I … Continue reading
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What I did in Holy Week
On Palm Sunday Jerry and I went to eastern Washington. We both had colds, and in addition Jerry was having problems with his back. I did some of the driving over and all of it coming back. It snowed on … Continue reading
Waiting
My house is cleaner than usual. My kitchen cabinets are sorted. I cleaned the stove. The washing is done. I am organizing bookcases. My desk is cleaned off. Every day it doesn’t rain I plant a hanging basket or a … Continue reading
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Sudden death
I am always happy to arrive in New Zealand. We landed at 6 AM as Auckland was waking up. The flight was long and our old bones stiffened in the cramped airplane seats. We had, as usual, an hour to … Continue reading
Granddaughters and good works
I have a lot of granddaughters. Seven in fact. I am writing about 2 of them here, but I want to assure the others that I love and remember them all. Usually I avoid blogs about grandchildren; I think they … Continue reading
Marriage and the family, part II: alcoholism
I have been married 4 times. I am a reasonably conventional person, and so I find this fact somewhat embarrassing. I often think it means something is wrong with me. People who stay married to the same person for a … Continue reading
The north wind doth blow
We have snow. A lot of it. Everything is closed. The Seattle Airport is closed. Local schools and universities are closed. The temperature outside our house is 18 F. There is freezing rain falling on the roads south of here, … Continue reading
Posted in Day to day, Island life
Tagged Feeding birds, flicker, pileated woodpecker, starlings
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2012 Looks better
Yesterday, as usual, we walked our daily circuit: down Granger Way past the llamas, where we look across Hale Passage at the white snow capped mountains which this time were splashed with orange by shafts of sun flaring through the … Continue reading
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Marriage and the family, part 1
In the old days when I was in college, marriage and the family along with basket weaving, was a course to take if you wanted an automatic A without doing any work. But you did have to show up for … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Romance
Tagged divorce, family, feral cats, half brother, half-sister, Herman Lynn Womack, marriage, Marxism, step parent
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