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(1) I love photos of food. My daughter is a foodie, and a photographer. Maybe she’ll end up doing spreads for Gourmet. (2) Taken at Granary Square yesterday late afternoon. Looks like unstable – but beautiful – air. (3) This is the street where our cabin is almost finished. No work going on today. (4) [...]
Clogged drains. Torrential rain. Disaster narrowly averted.
What is it about wine? Is it just me, or does just about everyone salivate at the mention of a glass (or three) of wine? Personally, I’m a lightweight when it comes to alcohol. I can take it or leave it. But then, I don’t have a good history with it. When I was in [...]
My absence can be explained. And babysitting doesn’t count. Excuse Number One: I’m back in school. Taking two classes, both them rather writing-intensive. English 101 (sigh; FINALLY) and History of American Film. Now, even with all that writing, I still should be able to come up with a blog once in awhile, but for… Excuse [...]
Happy New Year. Have been thinking about what to say, but I’m so late I’m afraid all the good topics have already been written. And it’s already the 4th; folks are probably DONE hearing about how bad the ending of LOST was, how sad it was when so-and-so passed away, how shocking it was to [...]
Back in May, I blogged about my father and what a cool guy he was. I wish I’d known him longer. Wish I’d known him when he was a younger man. I think I take after him in some ways – I ponder, I reflect, I take forever to do the grocery shopping. So many [...]
Can it be? Moi? Unable to scratch out even a few words? Well I guess I am doing it now, but under duress. Under the weight of extreme embarrassment. Such a struggle, it should not be… So a few words. My delightful little grandson was born 4 weeks ago today. He’s already playing Scrabble and [...]
Hello, Fall. These blustery autumn days are blowing in something new. Winds of change. Life it taking another turn, as someone very close to me is about to give birth to a precious new baby boy, a blessing, a grandson. As she waits, anxious and uncomfortably round, I muse–thinking back to those days almost 29 [...]
He was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico, in 1912. Today would be his 98th birthday. I couldn’t begin to write his biography. He led an interesting life, full of a myriad of vocations and locations. He was a thinker, above all. A design engineer by trade, he was forever inventing a better mousetrap. Aerospace, television [...]
I rarely use this page to share my personal or political viewpoints on controversial subjects. Just isn’t good business, if you know what I mean. But something came up this week that I feel I should comment on. As some of my followers know, I am and always have been very involved with our local [...]
