Today when I got home to Kelley Ridge and to 4th Street, I was so glad that my plants had not frozen. At Kelley Ridge I have a big pot of impatiens that I have kept alive since I was at TwoTrees, and I was certain the frost on Thursday night might have nipped them. […]

Tea is so very fine. It all started with Verla and me when the kids were young, and we decided we liked teapots and wanted to make tea cozies. Caitlan liked to collect little tea sets, but the most amazing tea set was the beautiful water blue one that was Mombo’s when she was little. […]

Bill Moyers’s son is a crack addict, but he has been sober for 12 years and is now a vice-president of Hazelden. He just wrote a book. Bill kept coming after him and getting him out of crack houses. Damn.

It was storming when I left for school today. It was hard to see, and I came upon what looked like a box in the road before I could even swerve. I thought I would hit it out of the way with Joe Toyota, but I ran over it–it was one heavy mother of a […]

Last night I had to go through all the mail that Janet had collected for me over the week I was on fall break. It took forever. Some of it was junk, but a lot was business, and many magazines that I wish I had time to read. It seems that my attention span is […]

Okay, so I was just minding my own business this morning. I guess it was about 6, 6:30 a.m. It wasn’t light yet, but I like to wake up early and see the sun coming up. It was a little chilly–nice morning for the beginning of fall. I don’t move around much any more. You […]

Well, 4th Street is rented. It’s not like it’s the first time, since Alyx lived there, but renting it to strangers is different. Luke and Maggie seem like a nice young couple, and they really love the apartment. I could tell when she was walking around today, looking, and said, “I’m dreaming of how pretty […]

Last night the Camry would not start. This morning I awoke and went out to see if Icould jump it. It started right up, so I drove to the gas station to get coffee. It would not start. Frank McBrayer was out walking and saw me and tried to jump it. I guess I thought […]

I love my piano. It was my big present when Wayne and I moved into TwoTrees. He said I should have the piano, and then he could have his FoosBall table. But I think he was as excited about the piano as I was. I’m glad we had it for all three of the kids […]

It is Thursday already! This week is progressing way too quickly I talked to Caitlan on SKYPE today. I love high speed internet access. Thank goodness for Chapel and SKYPE. She is trying to get her return flight in January set up already, and I’m trying to decide whether I want to go see her […]