Healing My Heart
My friend and neighbor to the east asked what the purpose of my trip was. Surely more than to mow! I started listing the things I hoped to accomplish. Our conversation tangented, as it often does. It came to me yesterday that one of the big reasons I spend time here is that it heals […]
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 5
It was an intensely physical day. All of me is tired. Ooo, and hungry. My roast cauliflower and chicken sausage (with stone ground mustard) keep distracting me from writing! In no particular order… All the potential kiln adopters fell through due to power requirements. This is not surprising. It has its own 220 circuit here. […]
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 4
I may have my dad’s kiln adopted. No such luck with the boat. This morning I picked up an electric drier from a friend I’ve known for over 40-years. He helped me unload it and will wire it up when the time comes. After returning him to his wife, I went to town and made […]
Quilt Update
The borders are done, in 4 strips, but not attached to the quilt yet. As I created the border blocks, the raven kinda got lost. I’m designing him some friends!
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 3
Just as I was getting ready to mow, my eastern neighbor texted to ask if I wanted to join her and the grandkid for some time at the beach. That’s a lot more fun than mowing! We picked up the 3 kiddos (aged 2.5 to 8) and went to a beautiful pebble beach. From there […]
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 2
I am thrilled to share that Stella was a lovely 58-degrees this morning. The promised marine layer arrived and cooled everything down. Today’s high didn’t reach 80. The main event of the day was connecting with someone who knew my father, and adopted one of dad’s enlargers! AND, he’s going to help me sell the […]
Moths and Friends
So, Stella has screens on all of her windows and fans. I turned a light on over the galley to keep the microscopic bugs, and the two moths away from where I’m sitting. What this tells me is that we need to rescreen the entry door to the trailer, or that the A/C unit, whose […]
June/July 2021 Island Trip – Day 1
The overarching aspect of the day was HEAT. Stella was sitting at 95 degrees when I arrived and actually got up to 97 before beginning to cool off. Deploying her fans, windows and awnings was the first thing I did. Almost 8-hours later, with the sun off of her, and the temps dropping, she’s now […]
Next Trip…
I’m heading to the Island early Monday morning for most of 2.5 weeks. Tomorrow I will list a number of things on the Island centric FB boards, hoping to find new homes for, again, the kiln and wheel, a built-in open cabinet, and the darkroom enlargers. If I have luck, it will clear space to […]
Letter to a Dead Friend
Dear Bud, The friends you introduced to me all those years ago, at that long-closed music venue… The ones who got married, and were such an amazing couple, with such love, such talent, and graciousness oozing from every fiber of their being, both of them, are splitting up after at least a decade of marriage. […]
