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AN AFTER GARAGE
We actually spent a day and a half in our garage braving the dust and assorted mold spores to create less chaos. It worked. It’s absolutely exhilarating to walk into a space and know exac...
ANOTHER GARAGE CLEANUP
<center></center> We were good folks yesterday. We folded and addressed stuff for the Spring Roundup most of the morning. There was a quick stop at the library sale to grab a chil...
BEFORE AND AFTER
Before. After. All of us OCD folks are pulling out hair out where I work. So many donations have arrived that we ended up just putting them anywhere they would fit. For two days ...
CROSSED OUT
Photographer: PAH. Image from a contact sheet. 1967. I’m inching my way though this shot taking out the big black X. Probably no work on it today as I just deleted a batch of photos fr...
COWLS AND SCOOPS
Photo: Paul Adams Hawkins. Subject: Victory ships vents, or scoops, as the ships were dismantled in Long Beach. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Himself: Made bread instead of...
BITS, ORTS, FRAGMENTS, AND GRANULES
<center></center> Photo: Paul Adams Hawkins. • Margot gave me a chance to scan some of Paul’s photographs. She brought them home from his Arizona house after his death. Some I rem...
FROM KATREN
Is there a rail line near your house? Three miles away is a station for old town Amtrack and the trolley What is your favorite flavor of potato chips? Lays Sour cream flavored How far do you live...
IMPORTANCES
Katy Susan Yesterday was an important day for me, in a way. I embarrassingly discovered that I moved all the Sherlock Holmes mysteries and filed them under Holmes instead of Doyle. At le...
Remembering
I forgot almost everything this morning. Not my teeth or ears, but everything else of importance. I’ve finally found a way to remember things like teeth or ears…I put those directly in front ...
ON THE WALL
George headed off to the Maker’s Place Sunday, and once again I headed for the beach. There was a parking spot right at the sea wall, and the surf was roaring. The tide was out, and so e...
TAKING DOWN THE TREE
My hands are perfectly steady when I start, this isn’t such a memory filled tree as many others were but I have liked it the best of all. Soon, I discover, I cannot remember where things...
MENDING
I must tell you that I truly dislike buying things that come apart the first day. As Christmas moved through its days, a little pile built up over by the sewing machine. A bright red laundry ...
LOST AND FOUND
Ocean Beach at Christmas. The tourists stand on the sea wall watching the surf. Next to them is a drunk homeless man repeatedly throwing his belongings down to the ground with great anger. A...
THE BRIDE
2006 Tom and Betty during a San Diego visit. Most importantly this weekend, my cousin Tom’s Bride of 65 years is now dancing in heaven. Those two danced with the Fred Astaire group almost ...
THE LAST BOOKS
The Last Books … I found this on “Letters from a Hill Farm.” https://lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-last-books The last book I gave up on A Man Called Ove…Given to me by G and ...
VIEWING
The Disney Wonder. It’s gorgeous out there. Glittering sunshine everywhere. Cold too. The thermostat on the back of the building says 52F…11.1C, but the one on the front says 47F….7.8C...
GLIMPSES
2017 Reenactors at the Cabrillo Lighthouse on the top of the point. Life is getting better all around. George’s cold seems to be vanishing quickly which leaves me to believe it was an all...
NOT YET
A putting away This holiday is 12 days long, and it’s only just started. We have cleaned up after Christmas Eve. It’s the traditional present opening time at our house. I put all the ke...
JUST WHAT WAS NEEDED
Mid-afternoon of the 24th, the living room filled with marvelous friends, one granddaughter, and one daughter. They helped put the last of the soup together….oh boy, did I make too much soup....
SHARING THE HOLIDAY
2017 A Red Holiday. Many of us are still bustling around getting the last of the holiday things together. Here, all the décor is in place, presents wrapped or planned, and our desserts ar...
NOT ALONE
I’ve been really slow on the uptake lately. I keep a backup blog here at Prosebox, a reaction from the old OD days. I hadn’t notice that one of my favorite people had not written in a month. ...
WHAT FUN IN BULLET POINTS
Originally the garage for the library bookmobile, now where incoming donations get sorted. Originally the storage area for the bookmobile books. • Most importantly, we get to skip the ...
A BEAUTIFUL DAY INSIDE AND OUT
A granddaughter in the Nutcracker many years ago. The sun is out, beautiful cumulous clouds fly through the sky, and we are recovering from a weekend of being social. We had a great weekend...
HE'S DOWN IN THE GARAGE AND I AM....
I am still doing Christmas stuff. George is still down in the garage working on boxes for Bobbies show of scrolls. There are still bits of Christmas things scattered here and there desp...
SPECIAL MOMENTS
Sometimes it is the small things that make your day. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Himself: At work at 6AM, PT in the afternoon. We enjoyed the museum party last night...
