Category Archives: Island life

Transitions

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Old Woman

It’s Labor Day as I write this. One of those odd days in the year that no mail is delivered but our weekday routines go on. The NPR news is more sensible than it is on the weekends. There’s less … Continue reading →

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Renters and bloggers: how we know each other

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Old Woman

In the last couple of weeks I have had several sets of renters in my vacation apartment and I have met a fellow blogger face to face. New people in my life, quickly in and out of it, at least … 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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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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Speed bumps

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Old Woman

Sometimes life is like a parking lot: full of speed bumps. Three months ago I bought tickets to New Zealand for Jerry and me.  We plan to spend Christmas with my cousin there.  It seemed a bit crazy, since we … Continue reading →

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Have bloom, won’t travel

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Old Woman

The end of July and it’s a cool summer.  This morning the temperature is 54 F. Clouds will burn off in a couple of hours, then the afternoon will warm up to about 70.  Flowers like this kind of summer.  … Continue reading →

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Before the trip begins

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Old Woman

We are counting down to departure time.  Seeing friends we won’t see for the next 6 weeks.  Finishing jobs around the house and garden.  Paying bills.  Arranging cat care.  Making lists; shopping.  Getting blood pressure, eyes, heart checked.  Getting teeth … Continue reading →

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