August 2026 Island Trip – Day 2
Mowing is easy in August. The grass has stopped growing except where the water table is high, and over the leach field. I have one more stint to do and will be all caught up. There’s no need to mow in the NE fields around the fruit trees. The only thing growing there are wee […]
August 2026 Island Trip – Day 1
The best thing about arriving today was getting to see Stella’s new floor! I marvel at the lack of weird stains the carpet had, despite aggressive carpet shampooing. All the surfaces and drawers needed to be cleaned of ‘floor dust,’ and the floor itself needed a vacuum and wipe down. We need to trim out […]
Vaccinium ovatum
AKA evergreen huckleberry… A native shrub to our greater region. While at the camp property I picked three cups of these teeny berries (about an 1/8” each), and today made jam. Well, it’s not setting up, so more like a syrup for pancakes, oatmeal, or yogurt. More pectin next time! The color is so dark […]
Home Again, Home Again,
Jiggity Jog. We left our campground before 10:45 this morning, and arrived home just before 6 this evening. Taking out an hour+ for lunch with our friend who joined us at the coast, and waiting for the ferry, plus the ferry ride (another hour+), the actual travel time was about the same as when we […]
Post From the Coast!
We headed to our childhood summer stomping grounds on Friday. The gathering is essentially known as ‘Early Days.’ What’s lovely about this is children and grandchildren of original campers are all grandfathered into the group, keeping it multigenerational. My youngest, her husband and son are part of this community as they join us each year. […]
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. […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 