Monthly Archives: April 2023

Don’t let one cloud obliterate the whole sky. —Anais NÏn But what if the clouds cover most of the sky? Sometimes we have to make our own sunshine. Another important life skill. April 30, 2023

In addition to the drought, one big change we’ve seen in the weather/climate is the afternoon winds. Andy hasn’t had a chance to bring the Christmas tree down from the roof yet because of them and they sometimes are so … Continue reading →

That’s the way I look at it, Pulling the weeds, nurturing the flowers, delighting in watching things grow. April 28, 2023

as I’ve said before, this this ancient Sanskrit poem is one of my favorites: Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course Lie all the truths and realities of existence: The … Continue reading →

Life is not the way it’s supposed to be, it’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference. —Virginia Satir It helps to have a spirit of adventure. Stay curious and open to … Continue reading →

He’s clearly a youngster…this is the phone on our living room wall. Notice it doesn’t even have a push-button keypad. We don’t have caller ID but we do have a answering machine attached to a modern speakerphone, and we let … Continue reading →

This Pearls Before Swine comic warmed my heart and made me laugh. I can’t post it here unless I pay for it, but the link works and the interchange is: GOAT: Do you ever get lonely? RAT: Lonely? I’m the … Continue reading →

One of my longest blogging friends passed away yesterday, and his son wrote this final post. Regrets, Dad is no more Hello all, Regret to inform you all that Dad passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday afternoon – 21st … Continue reading →

I’ve said this many times. I don’t see the car engine blowing up as a bad thing. It’s not bad. It’s not good. It just is. What I choose to do with that and how I turn a situation into … Continue reading →

These are pictures of Andy taken last August, when he was soldering on a circuit board. Tuesday he came home happy in spite of the wind. He had managed to put some of the little components into the even tinier … Continue reading →