Love bug
I’m finally back from my niece’s wedding, a foretaste of what this summer will be. We’re slated to attend three more weddings before October, and in between I’ll be helping with my parents’ move. In...
View ArticleSaying goodbye to a house
This week my parents moved out of a house that has been in my family since the 1930s. It’s an old stone house out east that my paternal grandparents had built when my father was small. My...
View ArticleThe season of four weddings comes to an end
On Saturday, my husband and I attended the fourth wedding of our summer season. I wish I could fittingly describe all the details of this beautiful event and my emotions as I listened to the...
View ArticlePortraits in the park
Lately, the parks have been full of families getting a good start on their Christmas cards. Under the command of professional photographers, people are out in the parks getting their portraits taken....
View ArticleGone
Tuesday our aunt passed away after being ill a long time. She had had emphysema. For many years her husband had been her caregiver until he suddenly fell ill with cancer and died the summer before...
View ArticleRemembering Charlotte
This is the year that Charlotte died. Strange that in the end I should find her death so significant, so haunting, because, in fact, I hardly knew her. Yes, over the years I had spoken with her on...
View ArticleSettling
Last year, I spent 103 days traveling or away from home. Some travel was to Michigan for weekend getaways, some was family related (my parents moved). Some was the four weddings I posted about. We...
View ArticleA balanced view of Seattle
I feel at home in Seattle without really knowing the city. It’s because we always stay in the same place and do the same things while we’re in town: eat in the hotel, shop for clothes, and visit...
View ArticleMidtown morning
The day after the party, I drove up to the Twin Cities to visit my parents and sister, while my husband flew to Seattle to visit his mother. Every time I go to the Cities, I stay in a different hotel....
View ArticleA brief visit
About a year ago, I saw a kingfisher at the North Pond for the first and only time. I managed to get a photograph, though rather a silly one as bird photographs go. The bird is very small and...
View ArticleA final visit
Only toward the end of the flight was Earth visible through a layer of damp hazy air.
View ArticleWooden living room
For all the family and friends who've ever sat in these chairs and whiled away the time with us.
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