In my last post I mentioned that we might welcome a little snow shower in Anchorage to clear the haze. But they hauled out the heavenly dump trucks and buried us. We returned from a trip to Washington and Oregon to balmy 50 degree temperatures. My husband went golfing early last week. The courier who [...]
My son and his adorable wife have moved to Argentina. I would be morose about this except they have spent a great deal of time with us in Alaska over the past four years even while taking up residence in New York City. Now they’ve taken their adventuring a step further and are trying out [...]
It isn’t really the Giant’s Drink (that reference comes from Orson Scott Card’s “Ender’s Game”). It’s more like the Giant’s Quonset Hut where the giant stashes his drink. But this is no minor hut. It is a cavernous marvel of WWII era engineering genius.
First let me explain what brought me to Tillamook, Oregon. We [...]
I have received some heartbreaking news. A friend is enduring a tragedy that has devastated her family and broken her heart. My heart aches for her. I want to say or do something that will ease her pain. I feel deeply her loss, I feel guilt that she has to endure this and [...]
It’s a task I’ve been trying to get around to for six months. I’ve been writing this blog for two and a half years and I’m finally organizing all my posts and other writings from my computers. This is all prompted by the fact that I got a new computer in August. This [...]