two squirrels i once knew Okay, tonight Kirsten and Heidi were here together by coincidence. Heidi ran with her dog, all the way from her house a mile away. She does this for exercise, I guess, and to tire out the puppy. Kirsten drove. She lives further away. So we were trying to talk, but […]
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Below is something written ten years ago. This boat has been sold, along with the old motor that never ran right after 2002, not even with a thousand dollars in repairs. John helped me take it to the repair shop several times, early in the morning. It was at a marina, and that lake was
dan and john with maria, james peeking in the back Last night we were on the patio and James and Maria spotted a big nail pounded in the siding up above the kitchen. It’s painted white, so it’s obviously been there a while. I told them John had done that back when he was in
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We toured a house today, a spectacular remodel worth several million dollars. It was very fun…the dramatic stairways and light fixtures, the rooftop patio with the view of the city skyline. What a house. I love looking at houses, new and old ones, the infinite variety, the way light alters hallways and rooms. Observing other
Tonight our friends Dan and Denise came for supper. They came to help us reconnect some wires that were accidentally severed in a clothesline-moving incident. (I asked Jay to move the clothesline. It was my idea.) But this is the thing about them. If you need them? There they are. These guys were our neighbors
Tonight was the most magnificent birthday party. Julia kept relentlessly asking us if it was time to go, starting as soon as she woke up. The party wasn’t until 5, so we had this conversation maybe…twenty times? (I never screamed. I did say to go away once.) Anyway, my parents and my sister and her
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Hey, this Toyota accelerator problem–I gotta tell you, this happened to Kirsten. She drove off in John’s brand new Toyota with t.c. in the back, taking the freeway across town. About twenty minutes after she left home, she called on her cell phone and said she was pressing down on the brakes with both feet
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Okay, dumb story time! Kirsten, our recent graduate of the university, with her very own double major in economics and marketing communications (evidence she’s bright) wins the award for this week. Did she think the marines were recruiting her mother? Nope. Did she eat dog treats by mistake? Nope. The air in her house is
Kirsten’s graduation ceremony is on Sunday! She says it’s a little surreal, hard to believe it’s real. She’s apologizing for how boring Sunday’s ceremony will be. I love graduations. They’re not boring to me at all. I listen to all the blah, blah speeches, and read all the names in the program, all the beautiful
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