Author Archives: Old Woman

House rules

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Old Woman

We have 3 houses. Jerry says if I write this people will think we are rich. Well, we aren’t rich — but not poor either. The house we live in most of the time is the largest and the nicest. … Continue reading →

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There’s still time to party (even when you’re old)

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Old Woman

Last week Jerry and I had dinner with friends. The food was excellent. First we had wine with a spread of anchovy toasts, prosciutto wrapped melon wedges, delicious cheese and wine grapes. Dinner was succulent lamb patties accompanied by carrots … Continue reading →

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Heloise and Bill

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Old Woman

I got Heloise and Abelard as kittens. My lawyer daughter had taken in a feral cat, and though I offered to have it neutered she didn’t get to it in time. Thus, kittens. She kept one, a short-haired gray and … Continue reading →

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Fashion

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Old Woman

I lived in California for almost a year. I was on a postdoc at USC in electron microscopy. It was a long time ago. I had completed my Ph.D. at the University of South Florida and I had driven across … Continue reading →

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The show must go on

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Old Woman

Pat and I hung the show on Thursday afternoon. We put the birds in a corner. Jerry made all the frames from alder wood from our own trees. It opened Friday night. On Saturday morning I could hardly get out … Continue reading →

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Dinner on the Reservation

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Old Woman

Monday night, when I went to dinner on the Lummi Reservation, what I saw was the legacy of my forefathers. The Lummi tribal leaders invited all Lummi Islanders to come across the water to a salmon dinner, in the hospitality … Continue reading →

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Anticipation

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Old Woman

We are having some wonderful spring days. I spend a little time almost every day in the garden, pulling up dandelions and buttercups (I never think of them as buttercups when I pull them up — I mutter nasty ranunculus … Continue reading →

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Time

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Old Woman

Yesterday the time changed. I love daylight saving time. It means we can take a walk after dinner; now in the twilight, but as the spring turns into summer we will watch the sun set over Orcas Island, and later … Continue reading →

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Teeth

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Old Woman

I have been thinking about teeth.  Jerry and I watch a Teaching Company lecture every night before bed and this month it has been a course on Evolution.  Much of what is known about animals of the past comes from … Continue reading →

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Yet another birthday

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Old Woman

“Did you have a wonderful time?” my friend Ria asked. “A wonderful time might be overstating it,“ I replied. I had visited my son, Stephen, in Charleston, South Carolina for my birthday.  It was a long flight; I changed planes … Continue reading →

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