Category Archives: Just Me

I saw on the Nightly news the other day how people are finding ways to “walk away” from one house while buying a new one. It’s called Buy and Bail, and here’s how it works: You own a house that you borrowed $365,000 to buy, but in today’s market, the house is worth only $219,000Continue reading “Greed.”

I’ll be here for a few days, at Kalaloch Beach, probably NOT writing as I walk the beach and gaze at the sunsets. Then I’ll be here, in the Hoh Rainforest for a couple of days, most likely NOT writing as I wander through forests of moss and gaze at wild herds of elk (andContinue reading “if you need me next week”

You hear one of your cats making play-noises in the kitchen, then a little while later you happen to go into the kitchen and find said cat sitting and staring intently at that little space between your counter and your stove? I know we don’t have mice, although one could have fit in that space,Continue reading “don’t you hate it when”

In case you’ve been wondering if I’ve fallen off the world or anything, for a little while, I did! Actually, August is my busy month, because for one long, 3-day weekend in August, my sister and I “take our act on the road.” In that, we sell our lapidary work at an art show, inContinue reading “people say the strangest things”

Ever wish you could be a fly on the wall? Well I have one.  It’s sitting on my cubicle wall, just sitting there, staring at me.  I know it’s not dead, I saw it fly there an hour ago. And occasionally it washes itself. But mostly it’s just sitting there, staring at me.  It’s notContinue reading “what does it want from me?!”

Well the holiday weekend us almost upon us – us American’s, that is. I love 3-day weekends, I have to admit. Who doesn’t? And I have plans for this one. Plans that have nothing to do with the Fourth of July, or BBQing or anything like that. In fact, I plan to do almost nothingContinue reading “3-days of fire prevention”

Ever have one of those days – the kind where you can’t remember if you did something or not? I’m sitting here wondering if I remembered to put on deoderant or not.  It’s one of those routine things that you do religiously without any real conscious thought. Something you do in the morning, when you’reContinue reading “did she, or didn’t she?”

So, I happen to live directly across an inlet from a massive naval base – it’s where my Father worked all of my life, and where my brother-in-law works now. I grew up here, and with the exception of 10 years spent living and working in downtown Seattle, I’ve been in this town all myContinue reading “the truth ain’t out there”