Author Archives: Les
With a song in my heart … or stuck in my head
April 15, 2023 ~ Saturday (tax day in America … a sunny, cool, spring day – at least it’s not snowing!) I need to do some things – like go to Home Depot and get more mulch and soil (I … Continue reading
Another Trip to the Bridge …
March 10, 2023 ~ Friday (Amazingly nice out – we must be expecting a surprise blizzard!) I like rainbows. Dorothy traveled over one. Israel (Izzy) Kamakawiwoʻole sang (so beautifully) about “somewhere” over one. Sunshine after storms creates them. They are … Continue reading
Ode to the Groundhog … or not
February 2, 2023 … Thursday night (Groundhog Day … stupid rodent predicted six more weeks of winter!) And so I start off on a lovely note. I am one of those people, crazy perhaps, that thinks that the celebrity and … Continue reading
What’s in a Name? …
January 13, 2023 ~ Friday (am needing coffee but though sunny, there’s still too much snow on the ground for this lover of green) … Well, earlier this morning, something came to my mind and I thought … Oh, that … Continue reading
And so we start … 2023
January 9, 2023 … Monday pm (a big melt today/less snow – hurrah!) Happy New Year! If you’re in anything like my mindset, the holidays seem like eons ago … and that the eve of this new year wasn’t a … Continue reading
The Season of Brown
December 7, 2022 ~ Wednesday morning (too early) For those of you who know me, you know I’m a night owl – not an early riser. Yet – here I am. I was awakened by pounding on my front door … Continue reading
Good-bye, Baby Walrus …
November 7, 2022 ~ Monday (a difficult day) Today I said a (very, very) tearful good-bye to my sweet companion of 17 months … Annie. She came into my life on an extremely hot (for the NW) day in June … Continue reading
Ahhh, November!
October 31, 2022 ~ Monday (night/10:46 pm) I should be in bed. There, I said it. I’ve been thinking it for the past hour but something is gnawing at me. I am unsettled. Perhaps it was that today was Halloween … Continue reading
Homesick …
September 25, 2002 ~ Sunday evening I’ve been here for four months now and I’m finally putting the final touches (so to speak) on my office. That can be narrowed down to finally hooking up my printer/scanner … dusting (for … Continue reading
The Need for Cows …
September 22, 2022 ~ Thursday (very early morning – yawn!) I can’t sleep. So what’s new? I’ve been here, now, for 4 months. Time flies when you’re sick and unpacking boxes! It also flies when you are doing everything else. … Continue reading