Monthly Archives: December 2021

Andy has been wrestling with three big trees on the road down from the fire station. This first picture show the size of the trees compared to the size of the saw. This picture shows how sometimes the cut isn’t … Continue reading →

Yesterday evening: This afternoon: December 10, 2021

Dear Family; Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everybody! The end of this year finds both Jean and I still in as good health as can be expected “for our age”. We are still independent and are able to … Continue reading →

When we were in the car after dropping Kaitlin off to college I was sad, but Andy smiled, put his hand on my knee and said, We no longer have to be a good example for our child. Where shall … Continue reading →

Sunday I went over to the pond as the sun was going down. Homer and Edna are doing fine. And so are the ducks. It was a pleasant evening. December 7, 2021

This is a rerun of a post I wrote in January, 2020. I still believe it, I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about. —Edmund Wilson This quote tickles me, probably … Continue reading →

We bought our land in September 1976. Kaitlin and I still remember how beautiful the clearing was. We enjoyed it for almost seven years, until we built our first, partially completed house. The fire came along in June 2011. Our … Continue reading →

Here are two other sunset pictures, of the Missippi River. They were taken from the dining car of the Amtrak Southwest Chief when we were returning home from visiting Kaitlin and Torben in October, 2019. You can see the reflection … Continue reading →

I have seldom taken pictures of sunsets but I found these three pictures when I was looking at old photos: December 3, 2021

(November 28, 2015) we had enough cold and moisture in the air to create hoar frost. There are a few more pictures here on Flickr. Now it’s so dry we don’t even get frost on the car windows. December 2, … Continue reading →