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My grandma’s funeral was on Saturday in Baker City, OR and our flights to California were *early* Sunday morning in Seattle. We made it work. I am so glad we did. It was a lot of driving on Friday and then Saturday after the funeral. We stayed in my great-grandmother’s house in Haines with myContinue reading “Baker City”

Whew. And now we’re back. Telfer’s still at work tonight and I just got the girls to bed and ate a bowl of the best squash soup ever. We did go to my grandma’s funeral last weekend in Baker City. We also managed to make our flights to California the next day. We spent aContinue reading “And We’re Back”

It’s been a good week – full of work but lots of quality play time. Eleanor was here this week. She brought us bagels from our old neighborhood place and it’s like being transported back four years. Telfer and Eleanor and I went out to dinner and you know when the food and the companyContinue reading “A Week Plus”

Warning: this is going to be epic, I can feel it. Remember my 52 books in 52 weeks project that I was so gung-ho about this time last year? I did pretty good until about October and then I lost my steam in a big way. I didn't read seven of the books; still, 45/52Continue reading “What to Read Next? The Year in Review & A Few Resolutions”

If you're looking for a summer book, I can recommend both The Remains of the Day and In Cold Blood – you'll know if they are your bag. Both are somewhat heartbreaking psychological portraits although their subjects could not be more different – an English butler and two murderers. Week 24/52: The Remains of theContinue reading “Weeks 24 & 25: Worthwhile Classics”