Life in Kana-text (er… CONtext)
I just spent two solid days in a whirlwind-tour of housecleaning---organizing, clearing out, dusting, vacuuming cat-hair... There are eight full garbage-bags in my car, waiting to go to Goodwill, and I took as many to the dumpster. I went through closets, shelves, drawers. I cleared off horizontal surfaces. I tornadoed through the various repository-areas where … Continue reading Clearing Out
The first kiss of the New Year tasted like coffee! We didn't stay up to usher in the New Year at midnight---we go to bed much earlier than that. We turned on our "white noise" machine, with its sound of ocean waves, to filter out the sound of people's fireworks, which are distressing to my … Continue reading The “Year in Books”
Two days ago we woke up to palm trees. Yesterday and today Jon left for his morning walk with layers of clothing between his long-johns and his parka, the Fahrenheit thermometer whining nineteen degrees. Or perhaps the whining was coming from us. It's always a pleasure to come back to our comfortable home, after being … Continue reading My Natural State, and Damnable Nature
I asked for a printed boarding pass for our flight home. “I’m old-school—I like paper,” I told the young gal behind the desk. “Actually,” I amended, grinning, “I’m just plain old.” When she shook her head in polite denial, I countered: “I remember people smoking on airplanes. I think that makes me old.” The “Ohmygod!” … Continue reading How to Define “Old”
My mother and I were just talking about this, about how strongly she loves palm trees and how it would be difficult to be depressed when you’re in sight of them. It’s not the palm tree itself that has antidepressant qualities, of course—the palm tree is more like a “side effect” of what truly affects … Continue reading On the Palm Tree as an Antidepressant
We’re not having the smoothest luck with air travel this month. Yesterday at 3am we queued up at the airline counter to check in and check our bag… and after a few minutes, someone came up to us and said, “You do know the flight is cancelled, right?” (Of all the dumb questions! If we … Continue reading Swimmy Christmas
We fly out for Christmas in the morning, which means we’re currently driving to a hotel by our airport. Living where we do, the night-before-travel hotel room is an integral part of the trip. Call it “Travel Eve.” For those of you (which will be most of you) who haven’t experienced the joys of a … Continue reading “Travel Eve”
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