So, you may or may not know (or remember) that my boy cat, Blackjack, had a bad brush with a urinary blockage back in the summer and I came THIS close to losing him. He’s good now. Thank you. Thank … Continue reading
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At Billabong Flats, a mythic world set in the Australian Bush, animal friends come together for adventures and to have fun. The animals dream a place where the spirit of the Land speaks through them. They learn each others ways and come together in peace.
Continue readingFriday, August 28. It begins. This is what I wrote, on Saturday: “One minute he was fine. The next minute he was “talking” rather more than usual. The minute after that, he was yowling in pain. And it was midnight. … Continue reading
So my husband wears a beard. He’s ALWAYS worn a beard, he’s had a beard for the nearly 20 years we’ve been married, he had a beard for a LONG time before that, that’s just how he rolls. I don’t … Continue reading
I I am not a confrontative person. At least, I didn’t used to be. Now I find myself over-reacting to perceived offenses; at one time, I would cower in shock when someone blazed me with anger. Now I shout back, … Continue reading
I just finished reading a section of The New Yorker Magazine in which an especially talented cadre of writers share a page from their quarantined lives. I had planned to write about the plague in terms of paranoia—a thing I … Continue reading
Today we brought home a new couch from Ikea. It’s one of those pert little foldout day bed types, ridiculously easy to set up and not too heavy for a couple of geezers to haul up the stairs. This blog … Continue reading
This phase of my visit here is devoted to rest and relaxation. And food! Boy, can you get beautiful barbecue here. If you’re on a paleontologist diet Kansas is the place for you. The other thing we did was attend … Continue reading
My daughter is working in Kansas City MO this year, and has made her home in Overland Park, KS just across the river. So we are visiting for a couple weeks. It is a comfortable suburb, quite well-off thanks to … Continue reading
I ran away to the mountains. That’s an odd thing to hear from someone who lives “in the mountains.” But my lovely, peaceful mountains are really just forested hills. The highest point in the entire range is only 3,000 feet. … Continue reading