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This weekend Jerry and I went to a family reunion of his father’s side held in Merlin, Oregon, a mile north of Grant‘s Pass. It’s in the high hills of southern Oregon where summers are sunny, hot and dry. The … Continue reading →

It was 3:30 PM and raining in Shanghai when we arrived. My daughter and her husband met us at the Pudong Airport. Katy, my granddaughter, spotted them first and said, “Oh, my God, Mother’s gone blond!” Clare’s hair was colored … Continue reading →

That’s what my life feels like just now. I can’t relate the bits one to another. In a little over a week I will fly to China to visit my daughter who lives there while she teaches English to Chinese … Continue reading →

We have 3 houses. Jerry says if I write this people will think we are rich. Well, we aren’t rich — but not poor either. The house we live in most of the time is the largest and the nicest. … Continue reading →

It’s February again, and the world, including Lummi Island, is waiting for spring. Here in the Pacific Northwest the green never goes away completely. The grass is a brilliant true green, the roof moss is a shiny yellow green, almost … Continue reading →

There were a lot of interesting comments on my last post about endings. I invite my readers to look at those comments. I see now that what I wrote had some (at least partially) unintended interpretations. I believed I was … Continue reading →