Posthumous Advice
A friend called today. Someone we’ve known since we were itty bitty kids. He wanted to hear a friendly voice, and I was honored that he called me. Our conversation settled in on vermin. We are both dealing with squirrels, which he catches and drowns in a cistern. His experience is that as soon as […]
Quick May 2021 Island Trip – Day 4
Eight hours of solid sleep is such a gift! I got up before 7 yesterday, and worked my ‘way out of Stella’ over the next two hours. This included all the messy things, like dumping grey and black tanks, but also watering my new plants with the tea kettle. My AN will keep the new […]
Quick May 2021 Island Trip – Day 3
The day was full and went something like this: I zipped into town first thing to buy gas for next trip’s mowing, and to find a couple of things at the lumber yard, which has a lovely plant nursery. I ended my day by adding five new plants to the slope below Stella’s pad. One […]
Quick May 2021 Island Trip – Day 2.1
My friend begged off dinner mid-afternoon. We’re going to try and have a visit, but without a meal. I found myself showered (😎) and footloose by 3:30. I caught up on the few accumulated dishes, wrote the prior post, and settled into President Obama’s book, “Dreams From My Father.” How I wish, now, that I’d […]
Quick May 2021 Trip – Day 2
Mowing took most of another three hours. The place looks amazing with small increases in the scope of what’s cut each time. I followed up with some line trimming, and then walked the west drive doing what can only be called rough pruning, and cleaning the mower’s path of tree fall. I also worked on […]
Quick May Trip 2021 – Grass Management
I’m coming to understand that there is an order of operations, for one’s comfort, to mowing acreage when you want to do other things in a day, or days. There is no avoiding the grassy bits that get everywhere, and itch. So: Wear the same clothes each time you ride the mower, and pick, shake, […]
Other Elders… (edited)
‘There are other elders in my life that are struggling, whether they know it or not, with cognitive decline. It’s very sad to observe. As my nurse daughter said three-ish years ago, “Mom, you had deep context for dementia.” Once you’ve been through what I’ve been through, seeing dementia is easy. Not easy like knowing […]
Quick May 2021 Trip – Day 1
Basically I’m coming up to mow. Aside from wasp traps for the apple trees, and one for Stella, some rice paper samples for our eastern neighbor, BBQ coals, more grass seed, and a set of juggling pins for my DH to have on the Island, this is the first trip where the truck is essentially […]
One Year
A year ago today my mom took flight from this plain. I like to imagine her with my dad again. The two of them are likely trying to get jet skis banned from heaven’s fragile water ways. … 💕 My day was good. I anticipated lots of sadness, depression and tears. Instead, I slept in, […]
Glasses
I gathered up mom’s three pairs of reading glasses yesterday, and washed them this afternoon. She always wore them around her neck while eating meals and had a fairly healthy good dose of humor about how they caught stray food. Each pair needed a good cleaning. My plan is donate them to Lions Club. I […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 