Thursday September 9th As the sun came up over the mountains this morning I decided my potted garden needed closer inspection as the calendar races towards the autumn. The bright red geraniums still have one or two flowers, but some leaves are beginning to turn a musty yellow and dominate the plants. I put my […]
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Tuesday, August 31st Both daughters decided that a long lunch with us each day and then evenings spent together in Caz’s Barn while John and I are doing our usual news watching in the house, perhaps an episode of West Wing thrown in, was the perfect way for Alison to have a few days off
Saturday, August 21st John’s day in the hospital was supposed to include my dentist putting my two front teeth back in place while we wait for the bones to grow in the jaw. He couldn’t do it for a variety of reasons and finally decided to make me some new teeth while we wait. The
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Friday August 20th I listen to friends’ stories and my own and realize that tripping and falling become the part of some people’s life as we age. I certainly have done my fair share, although I know that thirty minutes a morning on my yoga mat, doing lower back exercises, would send all the tripping
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Tuesday August 10th The old bent man came back yesterday and finally installed the pool heater so it works. He added additional bells and whistles so we could gauge what was happening at a glance. What a gift after all these months of waiting for parts and finally a new machine, especially as John had
Sunday August 8th Finally today, the man with a new pool heater on his truck, promises to come and install it. One of the pleasures of the summer here in the heat of the mountains is to swim each day and to be able to toss oneself in the pool whenever it just gets too
Saturday July 31st Writing about Rae, who was a brilliant teacher, yesterday, reminded me that I asked her and Bebe, another actress friend, to come to Australia and build a series of workshops for all the acting talent there. It was a great success and only happened because of the generosity of my boss, Kerry
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Thursday July 29th Piles of ironing sit on the ironing board in the garage turned boot room. I save it for days until I can listen to a podcast or join an online seminar about some interesting topic, but this morning the pile seems a lot larger than usual. One could ask why I still
Monday July 26th I recently met a woman writer who lives nearby who I like very much. A clear thinker who makes no bones about her opinions, we exchange occasional emails to check in. Yesterday she wrote that she had found photos of me on the internet. This somehow always surprises me. I expect ones
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