Monthly Archives: September 2020

San Luis Obispo

I think is how it is spelled. More than 200 miles south of San Francisco for sure.  It is early, but not too early to get some sleep. My day started with a drive to the SFVA which wouldn’t have … Continue reading

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Pecking away

No, not me on the keyboard. Nor me sitting there unpicking something that I thought I had stitched correctly only to find the mistake several rows further down the cross stitch. No – this pecking was for real. A slightly … Continue reading

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Un-pik’d

Since we all have come to the conclusion that, whatever it was that went wrong for George in early June – it is probably not infectious – he doesn’t need the pik line anymore.  He has been off the IV … Continue reading

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Memorials

It is true – memorials are for the living. An attempt to remember with occasional side trips into glory or honor. Not counting in these particular numbers, those that provide a stark memory to how things go wrong. When I … Continue reading

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11 September

There are 19 years separating us from those horrible events. There are voters now who were no t even alive when those planes came down: into the Twin Towers in New York; into the Pentagon; into a field in Pennsylvania. … Continue reading

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Bodega Bay

Since, as I keep whining, we are not cruising the Pacific for our 42nd Anniversay,  an alternative was needed. A safe alternative, one which did not involve burning grasslands, torching trees, or billowing clouds of smoke. I also nixed the … Continue reading

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Modor?

This is what the world looks like this morning The time is 0844 on US Pacific Daylight Savings Time. Right now, that “daylight” is an obvious misnomer. Traffic is light, there is ash on everything. The photos were captured on … Continue reading

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Nor boarding the Radiance

Even if we had somehow managed to finagle our way into Canada without serious, bank account disrupting damage – the Radiance of the Seas simply wouldn’t be at dock. She never made it back from her Down Under Summer. Obvious … Continue reading

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Leaving for Vancouver?

Or, actually not. Much earlier – in fact before the whole pandemic started, we had planned a cruise this fall. The “we” being George and I. It was going to be a reward to the two of us for having … Continue reading

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