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MORE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
Information comes and goes. The how of it? Nobody knows. I care. This is not a post for everyone, maybe not for anyone, but the post is true to its title. I have been thinking, again, about the flow of … Continue reading
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THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
I thought Charlie and I had found our neighborhood coffee-house, a part of settling in. We tried the latte at five places. We sat inside and outside and checked for noise, proximity, and wheelchair-amenable spaces, tables, and entryways.. We found … Continue reading
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SEAGULLS COME SQW-WA-ACKING
SEATTLE POST 4 Mom-gull was watching over about twelve fuzzy chicks who were mostly resting in the shade of the roof, except for the wandering outliers. Mom-gull was alert, but not moving. Knowing little that matters about seagulls, I wake … Continue reading
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BIRD NEWS
I went down to the water and what did I see? A lonesome duck dinghy, looking sideways at me. and saying, as loudly as eyes can imply, … Continue reading
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SETTLING IN AND…
SEATTLE POST 2 I’M SETTLING IN. I’m now a regular at the Sunday Farmers’ Market, where, with Charlie’s running interference. I, with my nimble joystick, have zigged through one side of the Market regulars who are mostly tall, slow, texting … Continue reading
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HELLO, FROM ….
Hello from Seattle! Yes, three weeks into my latest adventure, I am happily west coastal and loving my digs. Though nothing can replace Roseledge on the harbor of my summers, I am still near water, busy monitoring boats as they … Continue reading
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ROSELEDGE BOOKS LIVES, WELL, SORT OF
I waited to tell you until I knew for sure, and now I do. So the news is that Jamie Wyeth, a good and abutting neighbor on three sides, is buying Roseledge. I sold it “as is” so it will … Continue reading
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ROSELEDGE NEWS
There is no easy way to say this. I am selling Roseledge, place of my heart. It is a hard decision, but the right one. Let me count the reasons why. In a nutshell, my body made me do it. … Continue reading
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GOOD NEWS, NEW HAT
Bring on the sunshine; I have a new hat. I’m coming to Maine on August 13 for only one week, so get ready to party. Here I am lurking in Minneapolis, shade-testing the hat and managing not to do a … Continue reading
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DAY AMAZER
I think I might be petrifying. I have more and growing kidney stones, gallstones, calcified granuloma in my lungs, appendicoliths in my “normal appendix” which I thought had been removed when it ruptured in 2013 (the amazing part of the … Continue reading
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