I've just been pondering what defines a ghost town. On paper, you'd probably consider Placerville Idaho in that category---it's down to thirty or so households from its 1860s gold-rush heyday of more than three thousand... Visitors can enjoy the sight of an old general store, saloon, and other mining-era buildings that now operate as summer-hour museums. … Continue reading Listening in Silence
Tag: Marriage
Step Aside, Monday. This is a Job for COFFEE!
It's a very sweet thing that my husband brings me a cup of coffee every morning before I've even sat up. I suspect it's also an act of self-preservation on his part. I am a person who fuels and functions on caffeine. Coffee all day. Makes me happy. It should probably be listed among my … Continue reading Step Aside, Monday. This is a Job for COFFEE!
Cultivating a Path
Yesterday when (yet another!) snowstorm took hold of Boise, we joined an impromptu neighborhood shoveling-party. 5 neighbors, 3 shovels, 2 brooms, 1 snowblower (till we ran it out of gas), 1 dustpan (for hand-scooping), assorted bags of icemelt, plus 2 "helping" dogs (plus one "helping" chronicler)... all added up to a merry band of nearly-snowed-in RV-neighbors! … Continue reading Cultivating a Path
Things About My 2016 (List#6)
The New-Year mark is a time for lists, even for people who aren't as obsessed with them as I am. In the spirit of "contained chaos" (see yesterday's list and my underwear drawer) this is a rather random list of "Things About 2016," as I experienced it... It's not a comprehensive list of all the "big … Continue reading Things About My 2016 (List#6)
Travels with Toots
Toots is the teddy bear I've had since I was a year old. Well, we've always called him a teddy bear, though his actual shape is sort of open to interpretation... He's had several face-lifts in that time (in fact, he had a whole "body-lift" a couple years ago after a dog got to him and … Continue reading Travels with Toots
Christmas Redux, Christmas Remix
Three years ago I took my kids (Elena Grace & Christian, then 9 & 12) up to my parents' house for Christmas. It was the first time in over a decade that I had been "home" for Christmas, and we resurrected every Christmas tradition I had grown up with. We baked my grandma's famous vanilla-apricot … Continue reading Christmas Redux, Christmas Remix
When You Wait till You’re Married (List#3)
In company with dinosaurs and dodos, we have to list the wait-till-you're-married man as extinct, do we not? I honestly believed so, at least as it applies to this country and culture... but I'm here to report that the subspecies is not defunct. I met Jon last year. And I married him this February. And then we started our life of … Continue reading When You Wait till You’re Married (List#3)
Kana's Chronicles 