I took Saturday to hike Wilderness Park.  I came close to hiking the entire trail, but ended up taking the wimpout trail for the last couple of miles because my bladder wouldn't hold.  I'd have scampered into the bushes, but the Jamaica trail washed out over the summer and they've rerouted it through the park.  That means that a biker will whizz ( Read more... )

Last weekend I stayed home and did a few things around my house. I managed to sort out another garbage bag of stuff for the charity shop, another bag for the garbage, and liberated a very nice Queen Anne style chair from the back bedroom that went to the curb for anyone to take. It was there less than 30 minutes before it was gone. I’m glad ( Read more... )

Last week I spent two days going out to my aunt’s funeral. I picked up my mother in my hometown, spent the night there, and then drove the rest of the way. We reversed that coming back. It was a very good visit.

My last surviving aunt wasn’t well enough to make the long trip. She had, at least, managed to call her sister about a week before she ( Read more... )