It’s been a weird Spring.  Warm, then wintery cold, some sun again, a bunch of rain.  All over the meteorological map.  The seedlings are very confused. Some plants are behind schedule, like our peas, which are short and haven’t offered up any blossoms yet so who knows if we’ll even get any this spring. Others… Continue reading Salad Days

At my best, I am an awesome multi-tasker. I get a jazzed feeling when I’ve got lots of things going on at once and I’m on top of all of them.  I revel in my brain’s ability to keep various dates and schedules and projects sorted out in my mind, to keep plates spinning and… Continue reading One Little Thing

A week or so ago… I’m at my Dad’s house.  My fingers make tentative taps at the keyboard but I don’t know where to begin.  Begin with the now and work backwards?  Go back to two years ago and pick up from there? I should have kept writing back then.  It would have solved this… Continue reading Almost Two Years Later…

My dad recently had nephrostomy tubes put in.  I almost said “installed.”  Anyway, they were put in a month ago, and then he stayed in the hospital for about a week, and then went to a nursing home for rehab for another couple of weeks.  He came home a week ago today, and now emptying… Continue reading Swedish Chef Meets Lucy Ricardo