February 27, 2024 Yep! Tomorrow a piano and I will have a lot in common -- and thankfully, it's not our legs! It's the number 88! Years for me, keys for the piano. I was thinking about that today and remembering that once, long ago -- maybe...
The photo Marta took only tells part of the story! "Here we be the Sapiens Three (with 1 a little backwards..." she wrote. Both she and Charlie understood why Marta's photo (she being the photographer) was backward and I think they felt they...
I'm sure in this Newest Age of Technology -- the one we've shaped to fit being mindful during Covid -- there are many Book Clubs that have resorted to Zoom Get-Togethers to stay abreast of their latest selections. And, likewise, I imagine that...
It's always hard for me to think of Sunday as the first day of the week. After all, it's the last day of the weekEND. Even when I was a child I was confused by that. And then the new school week (which became a work week when I began teaching)...
"Oh say can you see..." we all sang, even though some of us could scarcely hear at that point. The Honorary Oysterville Militia's Fourth of July Firing Crew had just completed their salute to our nation's birthday. For those who had forgotten...
For me, the greatest joy of my "golden years" has been sharing adulthood with my children -- with my son Charlie and my bonus daughter Marta both of whom are well into their retirement years! Who woulda thunk it! The basics of young motherhood...
I don't know who came up with "bonus" as a substitute for "step" but they should get a special prize. As in bonus-daughter instead of step-daughter. I blame the Grimm boys for giving "step" a bad name in their Cinderella story -- but they...