I ran across some old pictures today -- many of them taken here in Oysterville during the summers of my childhood. And, I'm glad to report that (as I've always remembered) it looks as though it was sunny and warm here all during those long, lazy...
To read? Or to write? To have a day -- or even better two days in a row -- to do one or the other is my idea of heaven, especially if I have the leisure to spend just enjoying myself. No deadlines. No necessary research. No over-riding...
It was a Saturday afternoon to remember. At one o'clock friends and family of Marian Lee gathered at the Senior Center in Klipsan to visit, to eat, and to celebrate her life. They listened to the music she enjoyed during her 100+ years, told...
I went over to Carol's to feed the birds this morning but... hardly one to be seen. Oh, they were there, all right, and scolding! scolding! scolding! Not me -- or at least I don't think so. They were really cross with the two little critters who...
"Pacific County History Forum" is up and running on YouTube thanks to Michael Lemeshko, one of the Forum organizers. Michael not only volunteered his video equipment and offered to document each of the monthly sessions. He also explored how to...
My down-the-street neighbor, after reading of the fruit-theiving porcupine in my plum tree, sent a photo of Mr. P in HIS plum tree a day or so later. That rodent is surely making the rounds! I did a little sleuthing to see what I could learn about...
Look who Cate spotted in Nyel's plum tree the other day! The pesky porcupine that ate all of the Wachsmuth's apples! Of course, it's hard to tell with porcupines, but I'm pretty sure it's the same one. After all, we don't often see any of these...
Yesterday was a red letter day for me! I bade a fond farewell to our propane tank and to all its connections to my kitchen range. But I did send silent apologies to all the wonderful cooks and chefs out there who know better than I about the...
I do understand the reason that the first Monday in September is called "Labor Day." It is our yearly celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers. The holiday was first proposed when labor activists pushed for a federal...
Being in two places -- or maybe three or thirty -- at once has been a life-long fantasy of mine. I've always had the unreasonable desire to "do it all" but, as much as I've tried, I've not been very successful at it. My earliest memories of that...
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...
It's been a weird year garden-wise here at my place. Almost all the flowers came late and began to fade away almost as soon as they had time to say "hello." At first I thought it was because summer took its time to arrive and then gave us too...