Laurie Anderson, Darlene Battles (hidden behind), Una Boyle, Lorna Follis, Sydney Stevens, "44", Bette Snyder, Karen Clarke, Karen Snyder, Marion Oman. (March 27, 2009 Bette Snyder's 86th Birthday Tea at Carolyn Glenn's) ...
On October 9, 2003, Nyel sent out this letter: Dear Friends and Relatives, Oysterville is gearing up for its 150th anniversary celebration -- the Oysterville Sesquicentennial. Events will begin on Sunday, April 11, 2004 with a reception for...
You know that something is coming. Something -- a specific, dire, and awful something--will happen. You envision it, you push it away. It rolls slowly, inexorably, back into your mind. You make what preparation you can. Or you think you...
I was so pleased that my friend Mary followed my blog suggestion yesterday and looked up Josef Marais' song, "Pity the Poor Patat." She made no comment about it, but I was happy to know that someone "out there" had connected, perhaps for a first...
I asked the Garden Girls if they'd keep an eye out for blackberries. They like to hide themselves (the blackberries, not the Garden Girls) among the rhododendrons and other shrubberies and then come twining forth about this time of year. If they...
There was a lot of peeling and chopping and dicing and pulsing in my kitchen this afternoon. And laughing and wondering, too. My neighbor, Carol, came over to assist me with a recipe for a soup she'd never heard of and one I'd never attempted. ...
Today marked the 80th anniversary of Nyel's birth. I wish he'd been here to celebrate with us. He'd have been "sore amazed." Actually, he was quite astonished that he lived to be more than 70. He was 78 years, 10 months, and 2 days old to be...
So, after being an entire week with no kitchen sink -- well the sink was there but the faucets and spigots were inoperable -- yesterday the plumber came with a spiffy new unit and installed it. "Voi" -- but no la!" Water, but not much pressure. ...
We gathered at the cemetery today to wish Nyel our final farewell -- just a few of us -- Charlie and Marta, of course. Tucker and Carol who were with me in the immediate hours after Nyel died June 8, 2022. And Miki and Cate, our long-time friends...
Nyel and I have waited for more than a year to transport him to his final resting place. Not that we are in a hurry, you understand. He has been waiting patiently since I brought him home in the Ginger Jar more than a year ago. I'm quite sure...
I'm sure it was just yesterday -- but maybe the day before -- that I looked out our bedroom window at the tubs of York Roses and there wasn't a blossom to be seen. It's been that kind of a Spring, all the way around. But today I looked and there...
The toaster stopped working a week or so ago. It's been threatening for a while now. After all, it's a 1950s model Toastmaster and it's seen a lot of service in its time. It joined the household when Nyel moved in back in the early 80s with all...