The Closing of an Era
And for the first time in one year and three hundred and sixty four days, I closed our own curtains …
Category Archives: Grief and Loss
Anniversary with Exhaustion
I almost did not write a blog entry tonight. It will be short. I am tired. We are both worn …
Recognizing a Life
The moving van brought our stuff from the warehouse yesterday. Yesterday evening I was so tired I fell asleep on …
Tomorrow
Today started with sleeping late, working some and then taking a nap for lunch. I was so sleepy I could …
One of Those Days
Today was one of those days. Nothing went right. My mood was right there with the lumpy, cracked cupped floor …
Important Socks
When the wildfire that burned our community came on June 28, 2012 as I was packing for us to evacuate …
Snow and Surgery
Yesterday I had oral surgery and today it snowed. I don’t think there is any real connection but the alliteration …
Venturing Out
This evening we were on a flight home from Portland when i looked out my window and nearly in my …
Lessons From a Carpenter’s Square
For years I have worried about skewering myself, or someone else, with my construction squares. I recently discovered that I …
The Wind Book-ends Our Lives
I meant to take a photo so that we could memorialize pulling up the paper on the floors at the …
Building One Home 