I am sitting here in the dark save for the light from one small lamp and my computer screen. I am in bed with legs outstretched and my head propped up by pillows. The dogs are by my side, keeping Ray’s side of the bed occupied in his absence. He went back to LA for…
Category: Memories
Late Night Ramblings
It is 10:58 pm and I am sitting in the staircase room of our Victorian in Sherman. Sammie, the Scotty, just ambled by, looking for a spot to settle until we head to bed, and Cordelia, the Corgie, is stretched out on the tile in the kitchen, already sound asleep. Sammie is back, not quite…
Time for the Sale…
Ray and I have spent the last 3 days at our building – a wonderful mid-century Savings and Loan – where we have lots of antiques and furniture stored. Our goal: to organize so we could begin to sell these treasures that have been accumulating for well over 3 decades. (Well, some are very old…
The Comfort of Old Friendships
Here it is another very late night – it’s 12:23 here in Texas – and I have been busy since early this morning. I have helped unload a very full van, attended a mini-high school reunion with some of the ladies in my 1971 graduating class in Bonham, then had dinner with family and friends back…
Texas-Bound
Tomorrow at 4 am, we are off to Texas. We are taking Rachael with her belongings to resettle in North Texas and we also will have her friend, Keara, with us, along with Sarah and Luna. We are traveling in our big van, plus Rachael’s car. Keara is coming just to spend a little extra…
Can You Say Zombies?
This is the land of the living dead over here. Ray and I are walking around as if we have had the blood sucked right out of us. Ray said this afternoon, “I don’t know why I’m so tired.” That’s when I reminded him that we just had the busiest three months of our lives…
Just a Quick Note
On Friday, Sarah and Gregorio had a small wedding. Tomorrow, Rachael graduates from UCLA. Today, I have been cooking in preparation for our celebration of these happy events tomorrow. I will write much more about all of this when I am not quite so busy. Until then, rest assured, I am happy.
On Being Married 33 Years
Tomorrow is my 33rd wedding anniversary. Ray and I have somehow managed to be married longer even than my own parents, who made it to 32 years before my dad passed away. That is a strange experience for me – to be married longer than my parents who I always thought had a respectably long…
Beach: Then and Now
The first time I sat on the beach at an ocean was when I was sixteen-years-old and I had come to Sierra Madre, CA from Texas to visit my sister, Leslie. She took me to Manhattan Beach, which was beautiful except for the offshore oil derricks. I had a brand new white bikini that I…
The Right Way to Say Good-bye
“This old dog won’t hunt much longer,” my father said on that Friday evening I came home from the University of Texas to see him. I knew exactly what he meant. “No, Daddy, that’s not true.” Tears flowed down my cheeks. He lay propped up by pillows in bed, the sheet drawn up to his…
20 Minutes a Day 