Hugs for Randy in Richmond

Randy’s father passed away last night. Randy has been the primary caregiver for his dad for a while. Dad had late-stage Alzheimer’s disease. You can’t have hung out with me over the last year without spending time with Randy, too. I’ve said it before, but it’s always fun to repeat: I don’t know exactly how [...]

The pantry

I’m going to live. I started breathing on my own this afternoon – well, not exactly on my own. There was a heavy dose of decongestant involved, but they worked. Boy did they! I realized I must be feeling better because I had a sudden urge to clean out the pantry. Oh, boy. To be [...]

Into the trash they go.

I’m still working on the back room. It’s really exciting to be at the point of rearranging contents versus dumping the clutter. One of the boxes that remained was my file of campaign finance information from 2006. How long do I have to keep this stuff? Well it’s been a few days, but someone finally [...]

More memories than a girl can manage in one day

Well I spent the day rewinding the lives of three children. Around noon I was really frustrated because I could find a lot for #1 (of course) and a good chunk of #3 (there is considerable evidence she at least used to like me ) and not much at all for #2. I was so [...]

The best pen pal in the whole world

Way back in the history of time school children used to be assigned pen pals. They’d write letters two or three times a year to exchange culture and ideas. Some of these stuck and turned into lifelong friendships. Pen pals started for other reasons, too. I loved the scene in Julie and Julia where Julia [...]