Six Years
My mama took her leave six years ago. Today the anniversary feels like it was longer ago. I anticipate each year will feel different. I can say that as time that goes by, she shows up more and more in my memory pre-illness. Whole, humorous, smart and formidable. Well, she never lost ‘formidable.’ 😏 A […]
Mice in Luna 🐭
A week ago Wednesday I popped into Luna (our little Airstream we camp in and lives at our mainland property) to grab a couple of things for my quick quilting retreat trip. All looked well. This last Thursday when I returned those items to Luna. Things did not look so great. F*cking mice. The more […]
Before & After
We picked up Stella’s jackknife couch from the upholsterer this evening. What A Difference! Yes, it’s going to sit in our mainland home’s garage for a month (and did I move a bunch of stuff around to create space 😏), and yes, I have mouse deterrent arriving this evening even tho there are no signs […]
Dad’s 93rd
I spent a lot of time thinking about my father today. We worked on rehabbing our upper deck, and somehow accomplishing that task, right down to getting the drip irrigation turned on, plants trimmed, and gutters managed on his birthday felt like honorable work to do. Work he would have lent a hand with, or […]
Rhubarb…
I got my mama’s rhubarb planted and watered today. It looks really sad 😢. Only time and some steer manure will tell. I also dug a bunch of invasive sweet woodruff up. I can’t believe that this stuff is sold in nurseries. 🙄 Other gardening enjoyment was to keep removing dead bits out of the […]
April 2026 Island Trip – Day 7
It felt a little chaotic pulling out of the property today. Maybe because I was there by myself. Maybe because I’m 13-weeks out from significant ankle surgery and clearly the recovery is more than I anticipated. Maybe because I set some artificial goals for myself… that I was able to let go of!! That being […]
April 2026 Island Trip – Day 6
Successful dump runs this morning 😁. Then I did and little of this and that, and dug up some rhubarb to take back to our mainland garden, and then I was done working for the week. I texted my neighbor to the east to see of she wanted to do lunch in town, hit the […]
April 2026 Island Trip – Day 5
I slowed way down today. Yeah, still attended to things, but no mowers involved. I’m at a point where I could take the shop vac out of Stella along with a 32-gallon trash bag of carpet. While it still feels like red neck/white trash living, it’s much nicer to have things cleared up a bit. […]
April 2026 Island Trip – Day 4
I met my carpet removal goal in Stella (what a weird thing to say🧐). The carpet is out from the front of the coach to the beginning of the kitchen, and the ‘hardwood’ floor, installed in the kitchen, over the carpet is out. In order to advance my carpet removal project, I ran to the […]
April 2026 Island Trip – Day 3
I got the ‘big’ mowing finished this morning – very gratifying, and moved onto the push mower. It and me ran out of gas by the big rhodie, so they are having an overnight this evening… I met an acquaintance, who knew my dad, at the Grange. He walked through the AV equipment and I […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 