Christmas cards to Dad mean others are thinking of him too
This week I am working on a sad and unanticipated task. When my dad was very ill, we started having his mail forwarded to my house. Then after we moved, I of course had everything forwarded to our new address. His mail has mostly been doctor bills and the occasional solicitation from the Danbury Mint, [...]
Gardening challenges old and new
I have been in love with gardening since the mid-70’s, when I used to collect houseplants and make terrariums as a kid. I didn’t really get to have a permanent garden, though, until we moved to Holcomb Avenue in November, 1991.
While I had many lovely perennial plants and thoroughly enjoyed planting annuals each year, my [...]
Dewey the Library Cat - great story, delightful book
Just had to write a quick paragraph about the book I read this weekend, “Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World ,” by Vicki Myron.
The book has a three-hankie beginning about a nearly-frozen kitten left for dead in a library book drop and the library director who saved his life. It goes [...]
The ongoing saga of our flooded “stuff”
One of the loose ends still hanging from our summer of loss and relocating is the fate of all our “stuff.” Lots of people have asked whether we were able to save a lot of stuff prior to leaving the house. Though you’d think this was a simple yes or no question, it really isn’t.
First, [...]
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You are what you bring - Thanksgiving with my husband’s family
Thanksgiving these past few years has been a chance for me to marvel at how much I’ve moved up the “acceptance scale” in my husband’s family. Since we’ve been married, we have always gone to Thanksgiving at either his mother’s house or, more recently, his sister Gloria’s house. This year the meal is being held at [...]
The hardest working room in the house
While my poor hubby is recuperating from some sort of shoulder/neck issue (which is preventing him from working on building a bar in the rec room), I decided to focus on setting up the small third bedroom in our house for my “office.”
This room really has to multi-task: I wanted a computer desk for blogging, [...]
Things in the new house I’m grateful for
I promise I won’t do too much blathering about our new house, but one of the advantages it has over the old one is STORAGE. And lots of it! The old house was sorely lacking in this department. I just thought I would share a list of things the new house has that the old [...]
My dad, my home, my life
Hi all - it has been so long since I posted anything I am not sure if you are even still here. That’s okay, I haven’t really held up my end of the bargain for the past few months.
I did want to give a (probably) final update on this blog. On June 8, our “senior [...]
Family health issues take a downturn this week
It has been a tough week in the “senior living journey” department. I have been waiting to hear from our assisted living community with a move-in date (we are getting closer!), but in the meantime, Dad had a relapse of sorts this past week that has left me reeling a bit. I received a call [...]
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