Yearly Archives: 2010
Going Dancing
The men in my father’s family were charmers, all of them – including Dad! My sister recently told me a wonderful story about Dad, which I must share. I assume this happened in the summer of 1975 because that’s the … Continue reading
“How to Catch An Alligator”
The explanation for this starts with cleaning out the garage. Unfortunately, we found rodents in same, which had chewed up some of the old papers we stored there 🙁 (I think it ate the paper certificate for my bachelor’s degree … Continue reading
Mushrooms
It’s been a wetter December than we expected, and I suddenly realized we have mushrooms in the back yard. These aren’t small mushrooms, either – they’re mostly about the size of my hand. I think those are the remains of … Continue reading
Saying Goodbye
We never know when this will happen. My cousin Michael Maguire died the morning after Thanksgiving. I didn’t see much of Michael as an adult, but when we were children, his family and my family and yet a third set … Continue reading
Celtic Music from my Sister-in-law
My sister-in-law, Sally, plays hammer dulcimer in a Celtic band in western Pennsylvania. Usually we don’t get to hear them play, being 3000 miles (or so) away. But recently she played at a local winery, and a local blogger recorded … Continue reading
Spiderwebs
We just had our first rain of the season this weekend. We have a vigorous community of spiders in our back yard, and when we went out yesterday morning, we found them all covered with raindrops. Enjoy the spiderwebs. \
Not My Week
I don’t know what I did to piss off the universe. I fell again today – that’s the second time in just over a week. The first time I don’t reckon for much. As I said in my last post, … Continue reading
Dropping In on the Blues
Last Saturday night my husband and I set out for an old friend’s house, on a dark little street in Berkeley, a few blocks south of the campus. The occasion was a “blues party” – my friend hails from Chicago … Continue reading
Turkeys in the Yard
It must be the season for birds. We live in a small canyon in the Oakland hills, the upper part of which is still pretty wild. We’ve known for awhile that we had a flock of wild turkeys living up … Continue reading
Bird on the window
We have a greenhouse window in our kitchen. For no reason I could figure, back in July our resident California towhee spent several minutes walking around on the slanted glass top and pecking the glass, back in July. Here he … Continue reading
