Old Connection
I found a letter from mom to her old college roommate, who became a life long friend, while sorting archives. After mom died, I tried to get ahold of this friend without success. Finding this letter made me double down. I found her roommate’s son and messaged him through Facebook. We talked last night. Turns […]
Archives v4.7
I spent a significant amount of time Monday and Tuesday sifting and sneezing, once again, through mom’s archives. Pulling what the Getty doesn’t want, packing what they do want, and running down a few rabbit holes trying to figure out what to do with what remains. I confess to being disappointed as when I was […]
The Potential of Paper
I have always been attracted to papers… Writing, drawing, art, scrapbook, notebooks, water color, even Post-its, which my mother left me a 20-year supply… I bought an antique map case last year to house all the large format paper that I have collected, and that my parents gave me over the years. Paper represents potential. […]
Class Action Law Suit Payout
The company that owns the community my mama lived in for her last 3+ years was sued (class action) in two states, ours being one of them. I didn’t have to do anything to join the class. Having known rather a lot of people who worked for the company, including the gal who owns the […]
December 2021 Island Trip – Day 7
A threatened wind storm (gale warnings promising gusts to 50 knots) didn’t materialize in any serious way on the Island overnight. It rained impressively, flooding the dip in our road before it meets the main drag. Closing up went easily, and faster, with two of us. My DH had a chance to chat with our […]
December 2021 Island Trip – Day 6
We chose the color for the lower barn’s new roof today, a medium grey, and gave a the roofer a material deposit. This will be a very expensive endeavor, but far cheaper than allowing water infiltration continue to rot the building’s sheetrock, rafters and window framing, where a sweet solo mushroom is growing. The roofer […]
December 2021 Island Trip – Day 5
Today was a lot less goal oriented. I loaded the smaller darkroom cabinet with Stella overflow/supplies, and moved the wire shelves that previously housed those items into the darkroom space. We made a town trip to support the hardware store, do a little Christmas shopping, and pick up a couple things at the grocery. I […]
Road Kill
We stopped at our AN’s today to deliver some Christmas goodies, and ended up visiting for a while. Among the many subjects we touched on, one was road kill. Specifically, that my mom, in the last year or two she lived here, would go out road kill gathering in order to feed the ravens! Our […]
December 2021 Island Trip – Day 4
After winning the competition for sleeping in (past 11AM!) we got an incredible amount of work done on the lower building. The header is in and reinforced with brackets. Walls are firred out for sheetrock repair. Both cabinets have been moved out of the darkroom and into the main building. Some tools and supplies have […]
December 2021 Island Trip – Days 1 & 2
Despite incredible systemic ferry problems, including lack of crew, we rolled onto our intended ferry as one of only nine vehicles. In the 40+ years I’ve used this mode of transportation, this was the emptiest ferry ever! We spent day one nesting in Stella, and eyeing our lower barn project. There is something about getting […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 