Room With A View

This is the view from my bedroom window at the cabin. It’s a window seat and some days I believe I could sit there all day. The only thing better, of course, is to go downstairs and sit on the beach or the pier.
I’ve been lucky enough to have this view a few days a year [...]

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New Blog Banner (It Smells Like Home)

It’s summer. I was tired of looking at the misty autumn river scene on my banner. So I edited in my favorite view in the whole world. It’s a bit grainy, but I don’t mind.
The pier on the left is our family pier. It’s fairly new, 10 years or so. My grandfather built the original [...]

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Raising Dogs

I was reminded last night of how dogs are like children, except they don’t grow up and go away to college. A woman on twitter announced her dog had been chewing on a dead squirrel from behind her shed and was sick. I immediately though “rat poison!” which I didn’t yell to scare her, although I’m sure [...]

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Triple Digit Sadness

The world is freaking me out today. The simmering triple digit heat has left Sacramento feeling edgy, jagged and hostile. It’s May and this is way too early for  July weather. It’s best to ease into summer, one digit at a time, instead it  feels like an intersection collision.
Triple digits have become a trigger. I [...]

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Ruby Red Slippers

Goodmorning,
I’ve been up since 7am. For me that is EARLY. Normally, I am so good at crawling back under the covers, blocking out the day, hiding until I need coffee. But since I’ve been “working” on my Etsy shops, I’m anxious to get up and get busy.
It’s odd, really, maybe like the flu it will [...]

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