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I am lying in bed at my friend’s farmhouse in Owen Sound. Her house is old and the door handles are low for those short people who lived here a 100 years ago.  I love it here because of the following reasons: My friend is old (not as old as the house, but we have known each other since we were kids) She has 4 cats, 3 dogs and 2.5 horses She has put flannel sheets on my bed I can say anything to this friend and she will not be horrified She has an attic with lots of light...

Today I am writing from inside the Guppy (photo below) not far from 100 Mile House where my youngest daughter is tree planting. It is sunny and warm, and we are on a trip around the Cariboo/Chilcotins, jumping into many lakes, poking around one store towns, and sleeping in til 8am. I am on my third book and this one is depressing. At night I tell Jody he is not allowed to fall asleep until after me as I might be too sad to be all alone. He does not listen to me.  So, thinking about that sad book brings...

I am just realizing that with my left arm in a splint I can hardly type with that hand. This might be a slow process. I know you can’t see the time, but I am going to mark it down at the end of each paragraph so that you can join in my struggle. (And my arm is in a splint because I had my Ulnar bone shortened). 14:36 I want to tell you about making eggs. I make them often, but this time was a bit special as I was trying out two new silicon egg poaching houses. For...

I had a knee replacement before Christmas. It went like this: I ditched my last craft show for Elf Sylvia to finish and I took off to a trail running race Jody was in at Deception Pass, WA. I love doing support at races, plus we got to go away in the Guppy. Two days later I had my knee done. Fun right up to the finish line..  It was well planned because basically I was ready to sit on the couch for a while. Now that I am nearly three weeks post op, I am walking small distances, doing...