by svsauthor | Feb 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
From where I sit to do my writing, I see Clare’s piano across the room. Clare did dabble on the keys for five minutes the last time she visited, but otherwise it’s gone unplayed for months. Sitting on the floor alongside the piano are her saxophone and her two...
by svsauthor | Feb 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of the reasons Manyu is in Taiwan for an extended stay is to help her mom figure out her living situation. My ninety-year old mother-in-law is healthy for her age, but her home is a third-floor walkup. Soon the stairs will be too much. Manyu has taken her mom to...
by svsauthor | Feb 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Buzz called me on the phone, and the first thing he said was, “Did you put an empty peanut butter jar in our recycling bin?” He and his wife Pat had just returned from a Florida vacation, and I had been watering their plants and shoveling their driveway while they...
by svsauthor | Feb 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
I finished last week’s blog by saying I would use an upcoming blog to explain why I was reading Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains. Writing in one blog entry that I would use a future entry to explain my reasons for reading a book may have made it a bigger deal...
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