Woke up at 4:45 this morning and thought about the past year. Was I a good daughter, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend? I do think I get a gold star as grandma, the easiest and best role! And I really did consciously try to think about others first. Good grief, at my age I still [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Why I love community gardening and Ace Hardware
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ace Hardware, community garden, life on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
August was bad for me and my garden. It was miserably hot and humid. Early in the month I lost my corn crop to corn borers, pulled up gasping tomato plants, and left the beans and peppers to struggle on alone. I abandoned them throughout all of September until the Friday morning before our monthly [...]
out with the table, in with the pizza and a good son
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged recycling on September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Brush and Bulky pickup week! My week when the city sends its big trash trucks around the neighborhood to pick up stuff you can’t fit into your regular trash container. Broken furniture, tree branches, palm fronds, kiddie toys cracked and faded by the desert sun. No chemicals or paint. This is turning into a [...]
is buying a Kindle a betrayal?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, Kindle, library, reading on September 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I never considered buying a Kindle. Until, well, last week for about five minutes before I bought one. It could be that I pre-ordered one of the new (cheapest) Kindles because since my house was burgled I’ve been suffering unreasonable urges to buy more stuff. But I hope I ordered it because of the reason [...]
and does it matter where you’re buried?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ancestors, family, family tree, Pilgrims, Truro on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I occasionally google myself to see if anything bizarre shows up on the list. I’ve gone from three pages to nine, with a lot of repetitions but only a few links totally unrelated. At least the one linking to my race time in a half-marathon is gone. Years ago I walked in a fundraiser, the [...]
who knows which child gets left behind?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged community, education, issues, My Life on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I went to the first open house of the year at my grandson’s elementary school last night. We all gathered in the courtyard in the center of the school to hear a brief talk from the principle. It was a warm humid evening, but the kids were running around having fun behind us and the [...]
