1. Perhaps it wasn’t the best time of day to be digging in the dirt. But there were other things to do earlier in the day, and so I showed up at 2:30 with the 100+ degree sun beating down on the little patch of ground where some digging needed doing. It was indeed a little […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
What My Brother Sends Me
Fri, 5 Jul 2013, 09:23 AM (-06:00)
Sometimes he comes here. And then sometimes he just sends me things. This is something he sent a while ago with a little not-so artistic license along the way.
The Frogs of Onion Creek
Fri, 5 Jul 2013, 08:29 AM (-06:00)
The frogs are croaking along Onion Creek. I know this, because we were there yesterday. We walked through the woods in the shade with the dogs sniffing at the trees and bushes and pokey things along the path. And we came to a trail that we hadn’t taken before that went back and forth and […]
Seeing Stars
Fri, 5 Jul 2013, 08:16 AM (-06:00)
On that morning, I was lying on the couch, having just stoked the wood stove in hopes of warming up the place a bit. I was probably dehydrated. (I am terrible at that.) And I had not eaten since dinner the evening before. Finally, I suspect that I was having a hot flash just as […]
The Yellow Tennis Ball
Tue, 2 Jul 2013, 09:23 PM (-06:00)
1. There were five of them: three boys around 7 years old and a younger boy and girl. Their parents were on the other side of the playground. The kids were playing with a yellow tennis ball. The oldest of the three boys told the other two where to stand. “Here,” he said to one, […]
Bugs
Fri, 28 Jun 2013, 10:02 PM (-06:00)
1. Dirk comes from the Midwest. He’s been here for about half a year, and it’s nice to have a midwestern sensibility across the table at lunch. When he talks about Michigan, he looks over at me, because he knows that I know what he’s talking about. The other day Dirk was talking about a […]
Reboot
Thu, 27 Jun 2013, 08:54 PM (-06:00)
“Dude, where you been?” “I know.” “No, I don’t think you know. I mean where’ve you been. I was beginning to think something was wrong on my end.” “I’ve been here.” “Been awfully quiet.” “Not really, just not at the keyboard.” “Why not.” “Tired, I guess. And it’s a mess in here. And … well […]
The Merrie Monarch Festival
Tue, 23 Apr 2013, 08:44 PM (-06:00)
“You have tickets?” a woman asked us. “How did you get tickets?” Five words: the fair and industrious Trudy. Long before the trip began (which is now one year ago), Trudy waited until the minute they went on sale and got us tickets for the hula competition at the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo. Yes. We had […]
Cap10K
Wed, 10 Apr 2013, 08:22 PM (-06:00)
1. At The Starting Line They won’t tell you how far back they stood when they stood at the starting line, although if they did, they’d also have to mention how relieved they were when they realized they were initially standing way, way too far back in a crowd that made them feel more like […]
Laudau and Curie
Mon, 8 Apr 2013, 09:00 PM (-06:00)
We were sitting at the edge of the restaurant patio, enjoying a sliver of sun on a blustery day as we ate out salads and soup and sandwiches. A couple with two dogs sat down at a table nearby. Trudy and the woman made eye contact and realized that they knew each other. “Pretty dog,” […]