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
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
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
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
