My dear friend Gnat lives in Texas and spends time in Gilroy in the summer. It is easier for me to visit her in Gilroy than in Texas, so I took Momscar 200 miles northwest of Three Rivers for a handful of days. Yesterday I told you that we (Gnat and I, not Momscar and […]
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In addition to my tech battles, the power was off for a day at home in Three Rivers. When it was restored, something weird happened in my studio. I went to Gilroy to spend time with a dear friend of 40 years. We are astonishingly compatible, and the time together erased much of my irritation […]
Taking Labor Day Seriously
Yeppers, off schedule for Mineral King on Fridays. Sometimes that just the way it all works out. All I did was work over Labor Day. I labored, beginning with helping some neighbors make progress on painting their cabin. It was a very satisfying project, just a good productive mellow time of being with dear friends. […]
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Hitchhiking at the Neighbors’ Place
Spectrum went out. This means no internet, no landline, no teevee, and only a single bar of cellphone for texting. There was a Spectrum outage, but our trouble started a day before that and is probably our modem. Things wear out quickly, it seems. It might be repaired on Tuesday morning. A technician is supposed […]
More Doing Mostly Nothing in Mineral King
What is wrong with me lately? The inner lazy chick seems to be winning. A dear friend gave me a fantastic camera, one that she said she tried and hated. We are very different in that instead of returning the camera, she hung onto it. (I would have sent it back.) She is very generous, […]
Becoming Accustomed | Odd Thoughts Round-up | Part Two
The thoughts continue; is this part of being in one’s sixties? We (personally speaking) have become accustomed to losing our cats to wildlife—goodbye Jackson; you were rude and demanding and bossy and domineering, and you didn’t listen when I told you there would be consequences for ignoring Kitty Curfew. We are now accustomed to words […]
Sort of Doing Nothing in Mineral King
Since I saw moving purple spots last time I tried to hike, the next time I went up the hill, I stayed closer to the cabin. Perhaps it was just an excuse to be lazy; on the other hand, maybe I was using my noggin. I left home around 8:30. It now takes me almost […]
Becoming Accustomed | Odd Thoughts Round-up
Today’s post is a long list of thoughts that occur to me while drawing in silence (if you don’t count the monotonous hum of the barely adequate A/C) and solitude. I decided to skip photos, so it is possible you will decide to skip reading. I will assume the risk of this. We have become […]
Let’s Talk About Cars
“Let’s talk” is a euphemism for “I’ll do the typing and you do the reading”. But I welcome your comments, if you have the fortitude to fight through the commenting procedures. Mom gave me her car last year. I reluctantly sold Fernando, and have been trying to appreciate having a newer vehicle, one with power […]