Life in Kana-text (er… CONtext)
JustD in her garden Long ago (15-ish years?) in a galaxy far, far away (my Hawaiian BBQ restaurant in Boise), my then-new neighbor (and regular customer) explained to my then-husband how to spell her name: "It's not D-E-E, it's just 'D'." Keoni wrote out, on the lid of her take-out container: JustD. And ever since, … Continue reading Tomatoes & Moose
I don’t love it that our sailboat is a five-hour drive from home. It’s hard to get away to go there, hard to tackle the work and projects that we have in mind, hard to get the boat-time I’d wish for, if I really had my way. But yesterday did remind me of one of … Continue reading Driven
2025 is the Year of the Scalpel in our household. My husband has been trying for over a year to queue up the necessary protocols and referrals and scheduling to get his much-needed neck surgery done through the VA. (Don't get me wrong---we're immensely grateful that he can get this surgery through the VA! But … Continue reading Catastrophe & Calm
Our boat is in her slip at Tacoma, motorsailed there last week from Seattle by our boat-broker, Lee, with "a couple he knows from O-Dock" (I love the community-ness of docks-and-boaters). Lee took this photo of Seattle's skyline from our boat.. This is the busiest, craziest, hardest month for us to get away from the … Continue reading The Ship’s Cat Wants a Ship’s Goose
If you have ever joked that you're "in danger of becoming a Cat Lady," well... I'm sorry---you probably already ARE one! But in case you're still uncertain, I'm happy to offer this handy scoring system: Cat Lady? Who, ME?? #1: PHOTOS. You might be a Cat Lady if... ...you're thinking of writing a "cat lady" … Continue reading You Might be a Cat Lady if…
My mother used to joke that as far as holiday cards were concerned, "the Holidays" should mean not just Christmas, but also New Year's---and probably Martin Luther King Day, Valentine's Day, and Presidents' Day as well. In other words, if the holiday cards got sent out before the end of February, they shouldn't be considered … Continue reading The Holiday Card
I jinxed myself, no doubt about it. When I wrote last week about our growing tribe of pets and animals, I ended by saying I hoped we wouldn't be floating away like Noah's Ark. Just a couple nights later--Saturday night, to be specific, or rather, the "wee hours" of Sunday morning--Keoni woke me to say … Continue reading From Noah’s Ark to Yellow Submarine
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