The final countdown of the year always make me think about what happened over the course of the past 365 days.
Each year seems to have a theme, or a certain quality. 2005 was a very difficult year, for example. My mother died in March and we had a serious accident with our first Airstream trailer [...]
I just received word this morning that a former musician colleague of mine was killed in a motorcycle accident on Tuesday night.
He was riding his motorcycle down a two-lane highway and hit someone in a pickup truck turning into the roadway. Mark was immediately killed while the lone occupant of the truck was uninjured.
How tragic. [...]
Late last night, the patter of rain on our tin roof changed to the sizzle and plop of snow, as we had hoped.
James threw one last log on the fire in the Franklin stove as we went to bed, burrowing under the layers of quilts and blankets, greeting the immediate warmth of flannel sheets.
A few [...]
Okay, so I’m a complete idiot when it comes to any kind of html or understanding any of my blog’s inner-workings. Today’s demon: RSS feeds and “feed URLS”.
I know that there’s tremendous potential to make my blog completely wonderful, bristling and clanging with all sorts of bells & whistles on my sidebar, drawing the blog [...]
We have a clothes washer, but not a dryer.
One reason for not owning a dryer is that we prefer clothes that are dried out on the traditional clothesline. The natural way. Sun-dried clothes smell so fresh and good!
Another reason is that our electricity is not wired for 220. Yes, things are primitive out here In [...]
I just got back from a three-day stint of performing Christmas music in Sacramento, with the Choral Society Orchestra.
It’s the first time in eleven years that I’ve played this kind of music. It’s put me in the appropriate holiday spirit.
It was FUN, although challenging and demanding work. No small task, pulling together a long program [...]
Okay, this is a shameless plug. My cat Rupert has been bugging me BIG TIME to help him update his blog lately, so since I am merely his Keeper, I have complied. (Have you ever taken dictation from a cat? It’s a challenge!)
Not only that, he insists that I remind my blog readers about his [...]
We had houseguests from Friday through Monday and greatly enjoyed their visit, but James and I are still tired, several days later.
Being hosts and guests requires a lot of energy. Hosts try to anticipate every whim, every dietary need of their visitors, provide entertainment etc. while guests have to sleep in someone else’s bed, be [...]
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