Tracking Down My Parent’s Contemporaries
I got out the direct (email) announcements for my folk’s celebration of life this week. I knew there would be some email bounces. But only seven! Today I rounded up four email addys, decided to snail mail one, am waiting for a mutual friend to chime in with another, and had to dig harder with […]
Pottery Day 2
I didn’t glaze yesterday. I cleaned the exterior of 8 out of 10 5-gallon buckets of glaze, relabeled them, stirred them with a huge auger on the end of a power drill and then poured/screeded them through a fine messed wire screen into another bucket, making sure to squeegee the buckets to get as much […]
How Was Your Day?
A friend asked me yesterday… A little anxiety riddled. Our friend said he’d help me finish my dad’s ceramic pieces and indeed has had the pieces at his place for a number of years. Last night he told me what sort of wax to buy and where. The pottery supply doesn’t carry the brand, could […]
AI Hallucinations
I chose 10 of my mom’s poems and created a booklet for a celebration of life memento for guests. My DH wanted me to check and make sure mom had actually written one of the poems as it was so different from the rest in its mood. This morning I set about to do that. […]
A Weekend Off, Sort of…
Yesterday my DH and I attended our towns garden and quilt tour. There were six gardens. All had something to be inspired about: hardscape, fruit/veg plantings, ornamental plantings, design. And of course the quilts were like icing on a cake. Also very inspiring. We took a lunch break at one of our local restaurants. Patio […]
Tim Update!
Tim and I spoke last night. He’s on his own again, and driving!!! All cautiously and successfully. What a relief!
Celebration of Life Planning
I’m just shy of two months until this gathering, and the sense of urgency is getting real. I had a couple of wins today: The local paper can run a duo-obituary. Their online form doesn’t support this format. A note to the editor was all it took to learn that it can be done! A […]
July 2026 Island Trip – Day 8
I spent time writing more notes on the sub-floor of the trailer for our general contractor before heading out this afternoon. And on paper too. There’s too much context to impart should this project take place when we’re not there. The materials are loaded in the trailer along with some very specialized tools and a […]
July 2026 Island Trip – Day 7
Rug extraction is finally done. Well, it’s as done as I can get it. Im gonna estimate 97%. What ever I couldn’t effectively do, our general contractor will do. And speaking of our contractor… After letting our buddy know (who said he could do the work this week), that I was going to request to […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 