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Endings

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Old Woman

Jerry took me and the poodles to San Juan Island this weekend.  That is where he lived before we were married and he has friends there he likes to see. He also checks his brother’s property — a little house … Continue reading →

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Walking in the woods

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Old Woman

When we leave Manley in less than a week to begin the journey home the thing I will miss the most is our walk in the woods. Every day between 3 and 4 in the afternoon we walk up the … Continue reading →

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The show is almost over

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Old Woman

Here are some of the pictures in my recent show.  It is a 2 person show with another island artist, Ingrid McGarry.  We called it The Northwest World, so all of the pieces shown were from the northwest.  I don’t … Continue reading →

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Time and Tide

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Old Woman

When we walked the dogs the other evening Jerry and I watched the full moon rise above the eastern mountains.  As it cleared the peaks of Sisters I had a sudden awareness of the earth turning rapidly.  We came around … Continue reading →

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What shall (should) I write about?

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Old Woman

What shall I write about?  That’s a question I think about whenever I sit down to work on a post.  What’s the right kind of thing to put on a blog, or rather, what’s the right thing for me to … Continue reading →

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Cocktails and education

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Old Woman

Education has been my whole life.  My mother was a college professor, my stepfather was a college professor.  My step-mother was a junior high school teacher and later a school principal.  My uncle, in whose household I actually spent most … Continue reading →

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Talking, walking and wine

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Old Woman

Tomorrow we will leave Manley and drive south.  Jerry is going to show me some parts of Alaska that I have not yet seen. Our days here have passed quietly and peacefully.  Almost every day since we arrived here I … Continue reading →

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The Camper, the chickens and the eggs

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Old Woman

As soon as my new glasses are ready to pick up Jerry and I will set out for Alaska in our new (to us) truck camper. We found this camper on Craig’s List and made 2 trips to Gig Harbor … Continue reading →

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Scraps of New Zealand

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Old Woman

We arrived in New Zealand about 2 weeks ago.  The plane touched down just before 7 in the morning.  We spent the first day getting over the flight.  My cousin Jocelyn and her husband Albert picked us up and took … Continue reading →

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Construction, decoration and recollection

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Old Woman

Those are the things I seem to be doing these days.  And spending money; construction and decoration costs money. Ten years ago, when I bought the house that Jerry and I now live in, I was getting divorced from my … Continue reading →

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