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January 19, 2020 – Sunday This week son (Ted) entered a short story contest. I was too chicken to sign up for it … deeming my writing skills “too rusty” compared to other works I’ve read lately. However, I still … Continue reading →

This is another blog post that, somehow, did not get published. So – a here’s a little something from late Summer. August 23, 2019 – Friday The days go by quickly …. the weeks and months more so and I … Continue reading →

November 12, 2019 – Tuesday 35.9943° N, 79.9353° W Those coordinates might not mean anything to anyone else … but to me they (hopefully) will mean HOME. FINALLY! As in FINE-ALL-Y! Yes!!!! After 9 years … umpteen “research” trips … … Continue reading →

October 17, 2019 – Thursday (Somehow this didn’t post … so, here it is now!) I roused myself from my warm bed long enough – to dash through the bedroom, avoid the slumbering dog on the floor, and grab my … Continue reading →

July 18, 2019 – Thursday I have a problem. And, it’s sitting in my driveway. My 24 year old Honda Odyssey van is on its last legs (so to speak). I shouldn’t be surprised … given its age and that … Continue reading →

May 23, 2019 – Thursday Last night I got BOMBED! No, not in the sense of an explosive incendiary device or that I was drunk as a skunk … I got BATH bombed. I filled the tub and put one … Continue reading →

March 6, 2019 – Wednesday One might say it’s a dreary day … the cloud cover is such that the sky is nearly white. The twigs and branches I see outside my living room window are brown … behind them … Continue reading →

October 16, 2018 – Tuesday I am coming up for air. My dad has passed away. My heart hurts. Grief is weirdly different for everyone. I know those things for sure … and yet, I don’t know what to do … Continue reading →

August 10, 2018 – Friday It is a beautiful and warm morning on the island (rare for us) … the sun is peeking over the mountains to the east … I’m still in pj’s eating breakfast (leftover chicken and noodles … Continue reading →

July 16, 2018 – Monday Okay, okay. No hysteria over 2 lobsters back-to-back. And yes, as per yesterday’s post, Summer has arrived on the island. And … omg … this morning was glorious … a sublime 73 at 11am, a … Continue reading →