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Philosopher at Ace Hardware

May 10, 2025May 9, 2025 Posted in afterlife, Catholic, gravity, hardware store, memoir, philosophy, Pope, UncategorizedLeave a comment

I was buying wood glue, potting soil and spray paint primer. The clerk asked how it was going and I said fine. I asked him how it was going for him, and he said he was over it, a weird response. Then I flipped over my bag of potting soil which had landed upside down… Continue reading Philosopher at Ace Hardware

The Spiritual Post

May 7, 2025May 6, 2025 Posted in death, dog walks, horse, Machu Picchu, memoir, memory, nature, philosophy, sibling death, siblings, spiritual energy, travel, universeLeave a comment

(re-run) A friend lost his younger sister to cancer last week. I lost my older sister in December to a myriad of health issues. Grieving is a process. It doesn’t end all at once. It comes and goes. At least I’m not crying anymore. When a hummingbird gets in my face or flies close to… Continue reading The Spiritual Post

The Spiritual Post

November 30, 2024November 29, 2024 Posted in death, dog walks, horse, Machu Picchu, memoir, memory, nature, philosophy, sibling death, siblings, spiritual energy, travel, universe1 Comment

A friend lost his younger sister to cancer last week. I lost my older sister in December to a myriad of health issues. Grieving is a process. It doesn’t end all at once. It comes and goes. At least I’m not crying anymore. When a hummingbird gets in my face or flies close to me… Continue reading The Spiritual Post

Poop on the Patio

November 16, 2024November 15, 2024 Posted in California, creek, drought, feeding wildlife, flood, humor, memoir, mudslides, neighborhood, philosophy, rain, San Francisco, Seattle, wildlifeLeave a comment

(re-run) It’s been raining ever since 2023 started, pretty much nonstop. We aren’t used to this in sunny California. We’ve been in a twenty-year drought for well, twenty years. Usually Seattle gets this weather, not us. I can’t walk the dogs. I can’t work in the yard. But I can feed the critters and watch… Continue reading Poop on the Patio

Guardian Angels on Call

October 8, 2024October 7, 2024 Posted in 911, accident, car, car accident, dogs, freeway, guardian angel, memoir, philosophyLeave a comment

(re-run) My two-hour drive from the beach back to suburbia can become longer if there’s an accident along 101, a two-lane (on each side) highway. Once I got past Gilroy, the garlic capital of the world, where the highway grows to four lanes each way through San Jose, I felt confident that I was going… Continue reading Guardian Angels on Call

Poop on the Patio

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Posted in California, creek, drought, feeding wildlife, flood, humor, memoir, mudslides, neighborhood, philosophy, rain, San Francisco, Seattle, wildlifeLeave a comment

It’s been raining ever since 2023 started, pretty much nonstop. We aren’t used to this in sunny California. We’ve been in a twenty-year drought for well, twenty years. Usually Seattle gets this weather, not us. I can’t walk the dogs. I can’t work in the yard. But I can feed the critters and watch them… Continue reading Poop on the Patio

Usually I Blog, Today I Cleaned

August 30, 2019August 29, 2019 Posted in brother, California, cleaning, company, daughter, dogs, hair, memoir, philosophy, relationships, relatives, restaurant, Roomba3 Comments

Company is coming. It’s amazing what that will do to a person who doesn’t put things away daily, except maybe keys and dog treats. I look around the house. It’s an utter mess. Newspapers I have yet to read, books I have yet to read, sewing I have yet to sew, clean laundry in baskets,… Continue reading Usually I Blog, Today I Cleaned