girl at large

I like to write about life when you have a job, some kids, a fixer upper and a fatal disease.

Category: upper left-hand corner

  • Went down to Ashland and over to Crater Lake during my "weekend"; crazy gorgeous.

  • so much for Spring, it's snowing today!

  • I think the only time I've seen the sun in the past forty days is when it was setting.

  • Two days off in a row, a break in the rain and a little car languishing in park? I'm outta here!

  • I was up at 6am. Not to prepare treats and holiday surprises, but because the goddamn phone rang… Mom. Getting an earlier flight. Arriving at 1:30 instead of 4:30. Throwing out of whack my carefully drafted do-nothing-until-absolutely-necessary Cleaning The House for Company Plan. Crap. Keeping in mind the Theory of Good Enough (more on that…

  • It's snowing! Holy crap, it's snowing! I left my snow equipment behind long ago…thought I'd left the snow there too.

  • It's started. The rain. Good thing I have my colorful Marimekko umbrella or I wouldn't be able to face the day. The gray, rainy, depressing day.

  • As this subject pertains in a small way to my work, I have to tread lightly here. Let's just say, that for work purposes of the networking/chatting people up nature, I recently attended a local event showcasing the latest in home building and aspirational living. Let's call it SNOT. The grand opening SNOT event was…

  • I had the good fortune to attend two different events at the lovely Berry Botanic Garden this month. I found my Chris Craft photo in one of the cutsey boutiques in the Sellwood neighborhood. I also added another fine piece to my OPP (Other People's Pottery) collection. My front walk has been free of meth-head…

  • The International Club has been booted. Kicked out. 86'd. Can you believe it? What fine drinking establishment wouldn't want the International Club as patrons once a week? We travel the globe, find ourselves in the great Northwest and have no place to socialize together? Ce n'est pas possible.