Snowbrush

My Manly-Man Cracker Recipe 9 cups flour (I combine a mixture of whole grain flours with a half-cup of ground flaxseed) 1/2 tsp salt Appx 3...

Peggy had a workshop on fetal monitoring in Portland Wednesday, so we drove up on Tuesday and stayed in a motel. She had hundreds of pages t...

I lost seven pounds in six days this week through fasting and a diet of raw fruits and vegetables. Two hours divided among a sauna, a steam ...

Bob and Jean, a couple in their fifties, came over last night for the first time. They smelled of marijuana, but I made no mention of it, al...

I’m not getting the trike. I’m just not. Too much ambivalence. Everyone thinks I should, and I know that a person needs to jump in there som...

I awoke this morning in pain and had the same thought that I have been coming to a lot lately. Namely that the secret of dealing with pain i...

The rains continue. I get weather warnings that flash at the bottom of my monitor and that won’t stop flashing until I click on them (like B...

I tried out a trike today, and came very near to buying it on the spot, but said I would get in touch tomorrow. My main concern is storage s...

The day feels charged with anticipation. The weather radio confirms this with high wind warnings, high surf warnings, and flood alerts. Twel...

A fellow comes across some interesting numbers while reviewing his insurance and investments. For example, my odds of living to age 85 are d...

Peggy and I got rid of some stuff this week. I parted with the last two boxes of my rock collection, and we both got rid of some dishes and ...

Baxter awakened this morning with a limp. I thought his foot might have gone to sleep, but Peggy said she had never heard of this happening ...

I have been unhappy this week. Peggy and I argued before her departure, and it left a cloud over my head. Then there is the ever-present art...

Peggy is visiting relatives in North Carolina, and I am relishing my freedom. Two nights ago, I sorrowfully reached the end of Babbitt, and ...

Mary Pat and Bob drove over from the coast today, she to attend a club meeting with Peggy, and him to spend time with me. I took him to the ...

I bought a bike light today. Of my seven wrecks in the past fifteen years, two were caused by hitting obstacles in the dark. Of the others, ...

Peggy, our neighbor Ellie, and I went to the Cascades yesterday where they hiked a loop trail over two little mountains (Aubrey and Heckleto...

Today, I went for part (which was all I could survive) of an all day workshop at the Sikh kundalini yoga center. I knew almost nothing about...

Jay and his wife, Danette, took me to breakfast yesterday. Danette mentioned that they were going to watch a fight Sunday, caught herself, a...

My yoga studio is four months old and is run by Jay, a former track coach from Colorado. He is forty, and his big muscles, shaved head, and ...