This time of year, it is dark when I wake up each morning. On workdays, I wake up around 4:30/5am in the pitch dark. On weekends, I would love to sleep in, but even if I do, it is still dark at 7:30am!!! My body can’t distinguish times, so I wake up at 4:30/5am on […]
Updates…
I had no idea that the end would come so quickly for Elizabeth Edwards when I wrote yesterday’s blog post. I’m glad for her that it was a quick and almost certainly painless end of life. The family is having to take care of details and deal with the outpouring of public grief, all of […]
Deja vu…
I feel for Elizabeth Edwards. I really do. I am reading all these stories about her decision to end active treatment for her breast cancer and am almost immediately transported to my mum-in-law’s apartment a few weeks ago. Kathy had also been in the hospital when the decision was made to cease all active treatment…basically going from […]
Transitions…
We are attempting to transition our three indoor/outdoor cats into being indoor only cats. Sounds easy, but it is proving to be a vexsome and oft worrisome process. At our “new” house up in Maine, we are out in the midst of the woods, which are replete with foxes and fishers and other cat-devouring predators…I […]
On blogging…
Totally gratuitous post today…read at your own peril. I love blogging…love the selfishness of it…love the connection I have with those who read and comment on my ramblings…love being part of the whole blogging family, including all those bloggers who are part of my Google Reader (I LOVE Google Reader). I’d love it if you add […]
What happened to 2010?
I am in shock. How can it be December of 2010? It was just 2009 and I was having trouble remembering to write 2010…I am definitely in denial. The weather hasn’t really been helping…the few cold days we have had have been overshadowed by all the mild weather in November…I don’t think I have ever […]
Wood smoke and fireplaces…
We spent the long Thanksgiving weekend up on the coast of Maine, visiting dad-in-law and pecking away at the long list of things to be done up there. There was a lot of driving involved, both getting there from our part of MA, and then between his apartment and our little piece of heaven. […]
Pat me down…
I try not to be political here, because I don’t do confrontation well. But this whole controversy about airport screening has me scratching my head. I am willing to submit to a certain amount of abdication of my personal space/rights in order to make flying in airplanes safer. Abuse is abuse…people gawking at pictures of […]
Cleaning out my closet…
After my mum-in-law died earlier this month, we spent most of the week cleaning out closets and moving furniture. Dad-in-law wanted her things donated, so we contacted a local charity shop, which was thrilled to take whatever we had to give. Hus, bro-in-law and I filled at least 30 enormous leaf bags of her belongings, sending us […]
I’m in love…
We, as a family, have had a very stressful and emotional and wonderful few weeks. Now hus and I are back to work, trying to deal with new realities and adapt to them. I don’t know if hus heard something in my tone when we spoke on the phone or if I am just so obvious […]
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