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Heat Wave

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Jill Zeller

It’s hot. The prediction is 100 degrees by 5pm today. The temperature is inching up. I’m keeping the birth baths full. I just got off the phone with my sister, who lives in Mendocino, California. Life there borders on dystopia. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Books and Reading, gardening, Humor, Lifestyle | Tagged gardens, heat wave, Jill Zeller, snakes, spiders, the Plague

Pandemic Miracles

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Jill Zeller

What is it about retirement, very hot weather, and a pandemic that can make one look forward to doing the laundry? I ask this basic question because unlike my siblings and my friends—or maybe they just want me to think … Continue reading →

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Posted in gardening, Humor, Lifestyle, Pastimes, Personal | Tagged funny, Humor, Jill Zeller, pandemic, the lazy housekeeper

Meanwhile in Australia

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Gillian Polack

One thing I have to admit, COVID-19 and our various other crises make this July less intolerable than usual. No, let me take that back. It’s not less intolerable than usual. But… July is Canberra’s bad month. Pretty outside and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Lifestyle, Mental health, Politics, Politics | Tagged australia, Canberra, Covid 19, gillian polack, July

An Argument for Duck Eggs

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Jill Zeller

The highlight of our Saturday morning is going to the Albany Farmer’s Market to buy duck eggs. I didn’t think I would be writing today’s blog about eggs, but, well, sometimes if there is no looming personal subject or event … Continue reading →

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Posted in Animals, Food and Cooking, Humor, Lifestyle, mystery, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Tagged chicken, diet, duck, eggs, Food and Cooking, Humor, Jill Zeller

The Mythic Oregon Pinot Noir

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Jill Zeller

Most Left Coast dwellers, a group consisting of citizens from Washington, Oregon and California, have heard about the famous Pinot noir wines that no one would ever drink or even hear about if it weren’t for Oregon. In doing research … Continue reading →

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Posted in Lifestyle, Politics, Research, romance | Tagged Jill Zeller, Oregon wines, romance research

The Brighter Side of Masks

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Jill Zeller

  When I would remark to a friend about how eerie everything looked during “lock-down”— vacant parking lots and streets, closed businesses downtown—I would often get the response of “But think how clean the air is! They can see jelly … Continue reading →

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Posted in Humor, Lifestyle, Politics | Tagged fashion, herd immunity, Humor, Jill Zeller, masks

More Files from Exile

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Jill Zeller

Again I don’t know what I’m going to write about. I have to write myself into the inspirational corner but depending on the size of the room it might take a while. Behind me I hear the boy cat coming. … Continue reading →

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Posted in cats, Humor, Lifestyle | Tagged cats, FIV, Humor, indoor cats, Jill Zeller, pandemic

Artist in Residence Quarantine Diaries Episode 5: What time is it?!?

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Alma Alexander

It’s been said that a man with one timepiece knows what time it is (or thinks he does, anyway – and can organise a life around that…) Any multiplication of that, and they will go out of sync, and who … Continue reading →

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Posted in Lifestyle, Memory, Personal | Tagged Alma Alexander, artist in residence, life in the time of plague, quarantine diaries, time

Filing a Story from Exile Land

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Jill Zeller

I’ve been trying to pull stories out of my brain that have nothing to do with the Plague, but the sad fact is other than spilling out fiction every morning—the endless historical, another romance dredged out of the sink-hole to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Animals, craft of writing, Health, Lifestyle | Tagged backyard ponds, bullfrogs, Health, Humor, hypertension, Jill Zeller

Lambing 2020 Begins!

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Chris Dolley

Lambing 2020 has begun! In previous years we’ve always had a pretty good idea about who’s going to lamb and when. We’d raddle* the ram and change the raddle colour every few weeks so we’d know who he’d gone back … Continue reading →

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Posted in Animals, Lifestyle | Tagged lambing, sheep

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