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November 18, 2018

A Day Alone; Pipers in the Trenches; Great Grandfather Robert Baxter; Do You Miss Them?; An Amazing Concert at VSO; A Vulgar Card from Time Framers in Vancouver

Saturday was spent totally alone, writing, doing the laundry, turning the chaos of my apartment into order. I watched the most amazing television program about bagpipers in WWI, breaking ak down in tears constantly. The…

November 17, 2018

Resting On One’s Laurels; Anticipation/ Trepidation; Recent Sleep Research Reinforces Previously Held Views; Kid Food  

Yesterday was a no blog day. I commented on this in an email to a friend. Me: I am not blogging today. I am content to merely rest on my laurels (wherever they many be.)…

November 15, 2018

A Lazy Day of Blogging Wherein You Can Read Kathleen’s Words About Me

For some reason i am utterly exhausted and so it is with great joy I cam turn you over to someone else. The artist you read about yesterday, Kathleen Katon Tonnesen wrote about a person…

November 14, 2018

A Great Day After All; Alexis Groves with Artist Kathleen; A Lovely Message from a Young Korean; Sisterhood is Powerful; A Profound Picture and a Bloody Mary 

I did awake yesterday to find myself in Vancouver and not feeling a great deal of joy with my plight. Plight shall be the word of the day. Plight, a noun, he has no concern…

November 13, 2018

“Home” Again; Not Being a Canadian; Sciatica Strikes on Airplane But Then a Wheelcair; Jokes from David Passed On to You; Oysters at Absinthe.

I write from Vancouver, I am “home” again but it does not feel like home. .I wrote to CPI and to Tracey this morning that being in the Bay Area is easy and natural and…

November 12, 2018

Thoughts on Rubber Necking; A Wonderful Children’s Book Purchased at Book Passage; Smooching with Kidney; A Sudden Inspiration

Such a wonderful visit with Friend Jennifer W, but then she had to wend her way homeward down a congested freeway. When she reached home she sent an email telling of her travail. Travail shall…

November 10, 2018

A Clean Bill of Health; Fame as Identity; San Francisco Does Not Have the Problems of Vancouver; Another Shooting; A Lesson Learned

This trip has been rather absolutely marvelous. I have a clean bill of health (whatever that may mean). Three doctor appointments and a dentist appointment yielded good news AND some nitrous aside. The nitrous episode…

November 7, 2018

Transient, Not Homeless; Refusing to Converse with Stupidity; Election Results; Funny Ripped Jeans Conversation; More Appointments

When I left for these shores CPI sent the following witty email: She: Dear transient (but not homeless),Have a good trip to the “sunny and warm” wilds of CA. Me: You are so funny! Thank…

November 6, 2018

Finding Adonis; Dateline: San Francisco; The Election; Spanking Scientifically Proven to be Wrong; Rye and a Customs Officer.

I have not been blogging for a few days so things are going unreported. The magnificent concert at VSO; exceptional service and a new friend at VPL being two of many incidents which will be…

November 3, 2018

Getting Better at Not Blogging; Bad Turns Into Good and Even Profound; A Magical  Email from London

Many mornings begin with a reading of the blog and its related stories – today was such a day. I note with satisfaction that the blogs have become not daily, but every second day. I…

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