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Himself: Spaceships and laundry. Myself: Hanging up clean clothes and quilting. Reading: #4 Penny. Watching: Circuses. Photo: Mine with Bobbies quilt in the grip of the Bernina. Gratitude’s...

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After two days of struggle, I started all over again. Was the needle in correctly? No. Turn the machine upside down and see if you can tell in what direction the needle should go. Find the bo...

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One big thing, a total inability to quilt, and a thousand small things to fill the days. No matter what I did, I couldn’t quilt. The needle broke, the thread snapped, ad in finitum. Small good ...

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It’s been a busy week. The next few weeks maybe even busier. If You don’t get a note from me, I’ve still read you. Tuesday G had an hour long Zoom with his new museum director. Gosh I miss ...

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For the last two days, George has been handling the phones like the pro he is. From the doctor’s office, to Scripps.com, to the specialty pharmacy, and finally to the drug manufacturer itself, ...

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This pandemic has altered more than just our everyday habits; it’s changed our eating patterns as well as what we wear. Having worked with a water focus for a great many years, I knew about swea...

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Every two weeks we run away from home. Marta, who hasn’t had her shot, comes and cleans. We have a to-go breakfast at the bay, then come home. This week we scheduled a Pilot boat ride ….an ho...

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Life was on hold for such a long time. Now I know what’s happening, and a little like my friend Carol, I just dived right in. All sorts of appointments have been made. I bought the small appo...

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list text here- list text here Daughter Margot calls and says this is awful stuff. George retaliates with, “Yes, this is chemo.” And it is. Just pills not intravenously. The side effects se...

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• We sang a gloriously out of tune duo to Margot this morning. Happy Birthday a cappella. She is 58 years old which makes me ancient. She has made George a dad which he seems to enjoy. ...

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There’s sort of a watery winter sunshine outside today. Cold, and in the 40’s. We had planned on a Pilot Boat Ride today, but the boat was full. We have tickets for next Saturday. Yes, we...

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There we were, sitting back in comfort, watching the news, dinner was done then the room slowly filled with a faint music. I thought it was coming from George’s cell. When we turned the TV ...

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The dining room table is covered with tax papers. This is the second year he is doing the collating. He’s doing a wonderful job but I feel kind of outside it all. Outside is good. Life is ...

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The mission San Juan Capistrano’s center courtyard. I really love that place. Usually I can think beyond the tragedy of the native Americans. Media: Watercolor, colored pencil, and ink. …...

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George came back from his annual physical with a very big pat on the back. His weight, his blood sugar, his blood pressure all show marked improvement everywhere. The doctor is happy, Georg...

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list text here- list text here I look at the appointment book and see that Saturday and Sunday are empty. I like that. I should be quilting, but my get up and go has gone. There are no app...

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“Look George, Isn’t that a landing craft.” Tired and covered in graffiti, it was coming toward us down the bay. We had quietly escaped the dust moving at our house to eat breakfast by the ...

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We met here. This old, pre-fab Sears Catalogue cottage was our home for many years. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Himself: Games Yesterday and today. Myself: The first antibiotic ...

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We had a wild day yesterday out in the big wide world. The catering family that had fed us dinners for so long didn’t get funding. We were out there shopping for dinners at Costco and Vons. ...

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list text here Another month. I’m doing pretty good, but my fingers are not. Yesterday I had to have George type in passwords as I made hash out of typing. Today I discovered that I didn’t...

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• Beautiful, golden sunshine out there today. If anything was open today, I would go there. The Zoo is opening for the first time in a long time this morning. My grandma used to take me ...

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list text here We dragged ourselves up and out first thing today. While we were at our first stop, the Ophthalmologist’s office, Margot called with good and bad news. The good news is that...

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He had tried all over the internet to find his favorite socks. He has a funky ankle which gives him an plus funky foot. These soft socks give him the extra padding that makes him comfortabl...

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Yes, it is. And this kind loving man got up early to get me up and us off to the PET scan place. I really adore him. Have I told you the story of the man who came to dinner? I had an old, ...

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We went an hour early. The lines were long, wrapping around several blocks downtown. I brought coffee, water, and two books having watched the length of the lines on TV. We had our printed...

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