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My 50th high school reunion is coming up in less than a week. It is actually our 51st graduation anniversary, but there was that pandemic. Actually, the pandemic is still raging, and locally it’s worse than ever with more cases daily than we saw in a month last year. I live in a tourism destination…
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Ripper: I don’t know how well I could stand up under torture. Mandrake: Well of course the answer to that is, boy, no one ever does. And my advice to you, Jack, is to give me the code now. And if those devils come back and try any rough stuff, we’ll fight them together, boy, like…
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There was fog this morning, lovely fog and a bit of wind during my run. Yes, I ran. I am running a bit faster than ten minutes miles. My old easy “light run” pace was nine-minute miles, and that might be what muscle memory is giving me now. I thought my knee might be giving…
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A deer came up our path and pooped just outside our gate. The nearest nesting pair of black oystercatchers were out on the sand with their youngster. The little shorebirds are a mystery. After all these years, I can’t be certain what they are, Least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)? Or something else? And then the new…
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The largest fire in the nation is burning south of us. The Bootleg Fire has destroyed nearly 400,000 acres, the third largest fire in Oregon history, and it merged with another fire on the 19th. It is only 38% contained. We have a family member currently fighting that fire. On top of that, firefighters have…
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“Write about a time when you chose to push against despair and bleakness. How did love, humor, and hope persist despite dire circumstances?” —writing prompt from Arundhati Roy During the years my mother was dying and we were generally exhausted, stressed, and gaining weight, but some things seemed funny. The third night in a row…
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from Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson: A year ago tonight, Georgia Representative John Lewis passed away from pancreatic cancer at 80 years old. As a young adult, Lewis was a “troublemaker,” breaking the laws of his state: the laws upholding racial segregation. He organized voting registration drives and in 1960 was one…
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