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

  • Finally! Some warm weather! It's been sunny, clear and HOT for two whole days now…and we're starting a third. I'm wearing white pants. I made sun tea. I took off the sweater and turned on the fan. I'm in heaven. The clear skies have allowed a clear view of Mt. Hood for the first time,…

  • oh man, I guess I really live here now.

  • Just when I think I can't take it anymore, American life throws another one at me: strawberries.* A simple fruit treat, right? Wrong. Now they are "GIANT" strawberries. Even the ones not labeled "GIANT" are monstrously-proportioned specimens. That I can't fit in my mouth. And trust me, I can fit alot of things in my…

  • Ruby and I (and friends both human and canine, not pictured) take a stroll on the Eastbank Esplanade, enjoying the early spring sunshine (not enough for me!).

  • view from my little balcony, too bad you can't see my nieghbor's christmas tree on the opposite balcony. it's dark, but trust me, that dead, brown thing is still there.

  • more of the same.

  • a shot from the November roadtrip….wishing I was back on the road. any road.

  • My apologies to my "public" for not updating much at all lately—hopefully that will change soon. just as soon as America stops sucking ass.

  • I had the BEST DAY EVER yesterday. Why? Because of cheese. The selection at a local gourmet-ish food market down the street has been reliable for chevre, parmesean, and the occasional good gruyere, but yesterday, yesterday, that magical day…Mimolette Vielle! Four little hunks of it, snuggled in the corner of the cold case. So what…

  • "God pointing down at you" skies spotted frequently at the beach. Where's Uncle Bert when you need him to explain cloud formations? Spent New Year's weekend on The Oregon Coast (in Neskowin, at Proposal Rock)—so glad to see open water again. I'd taken the Med for granted. The Pacific is grey and mean by comparison,…