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Something to Ponder in Everyday Ramblings
On Thursday I had back-to-back appointments with my Primary Care Physician and my Cardiologist with a little break in between. I took this on the break on our big pedestrian and public transit...
The Wild Ride in Everyday Ramblings
I took this five years ago on a walk with Mrs. Sherlock on the same weekend as this. We were walking in her now old neighborhood (as she has completed her move). She’s been in the new place ab...
Here We Go in Everyday Ramblings
The Steel Bridge over the Willamette River from the train the other day. Love the big sky. Today, New Year’s Day, it is misty and gray, and I am spending the better part of it indoors. Becau...
Accomplishing Nothing At All in Everyday Ramblings
Christmas morning. A labyrinth the community here is building on some scrub land between “the hill” where all the hospitals are and an established fairly upscale neighborhood. I went for a lov...
Reflecting in Everyday Ramblings
Wow, the holidays are barreling in. And today is the solstice. And an acknowledgement of how much the light, or lack thereof affects us. We have plenty of dark wet days ahead, so we aren’t out...
Skillets and Things in Everyday Ramblings
Our main public square Thursday morning. I was trying to get a shot that included the star on top fully but a man behind me started to talk to me just as I was framing the shot, and I didn’t r...
Cognitive Dissonance in Everyday Ramblings
The sister community garden to mine at sunrise a few days ago. Ours looks the same, blanketed in oak leaves. I am usually in pretty good spirits but this morning after my last class of the w...
Back to Basics in Everyday Ramblings
On Wednesday morning after class I walked downtown to the League office for our discussion unit meeting and to get some invoices signed. I took this then. The far building is where my gym is a...
An Unexpected Gift in Everyday Ramblings
Thanksgiving. Went for a little walk after class this morning. A cheerful group showing up for the holiday. This is the park across the way, and the new play equipment. At some point during ...
Good News and Back in the Box in Everyday Ramblings
Well, so much for leaving notes while I was on my patient advocacy sojourn up north. There were excessive stimulus and information streams, and decisions and logistics involved in what looked...
Rainy Day in Everyday Ramblings
From this morning, a rare dry patch where I managed to get out for a short walk by myself. These are anemone seed pods. Mr. Sherlock has been in the hospital most of the week. A crazy thing ...
My Own Reckoning in Everyday Ramblings
I took this walking home from the dentist on Friday. Without my stitches. Yay. Everything is good. I will get my teeth cleaned in January but next steps on this implant aren’t until May. Doubl...
Bewildered and Betrayed in Everyday Ramblings
I noticed after class this morning Carlo was not in any of his usual spots. Hmm, I wondered where could he have gone? Undercover, is where. Sort of where I would like to be. When I walked i...
Well Being - My Version Anyway in Everyday Ramblings
I take these leaf pictures every year because I love the random patterns and colors and the mix. This is from a few days ago. The leaves are pretty much all down now, we had quite the wind yes...
Flaming Trees and Anxiety in Everyday Ramblings
The clothes dryer here hasn’t been operational for about 10 days. I realize that many of you don’t have dryers but here pretty much everyone has them and we are not used to line or rack drying...
Rich and Robust in Everyday Ramblings
I live up there in these trees. I took this yesterday from the top floor of the dental school building as I was waiting for my implant surgery. When I talk about going up on the “hill” you now...
It Seems Like a Lot in Everyday Ramblings
I think this was Tuesday morning on the path heading up from the track bathed in cool clear fall light. I was determined to get out and about just after my morning class so that I could get my...
Peak Capacity in Everyday Ramblings
The yellow is lovely, this lemony burst of color into an autumn morning. The leaves are really starting to turn here and this week, although it has been colder it has been dry and therefore be...
Fog and Envy and a Water Main in Everyday Ramblings
Morning fog over one of our reservoirs. Mrs. Sherlock asked where we should walk Saturday morning, and I suggested up by here. There is some elevation but not too much. She says she is fully r...
It All Comes Down to Light in Everyday Ramblings
As it grows my odd little eggplant gets more purple and less white. They are saying, (not those that control the weather, MTG), but those who report on it, that we are going to have a wet fall...
At This Advanced Age in Everyday Ramblings
Mirabilis jalapa, or four o’clock flower, just across from my plot in the community garden. The brother-in-law of the woman who has had this series of plots for years told me a couple of seaso...
History and Energy in Everyday Ramblings
If you look carefully in the distance, you can see Mt. Hood not fully covered in snow. I took this yesterday on my way back from getting my annual hearing test. It was up on the “hill”, and th...
The Soil Beneath My Feet in Everyday Ramblings
A mess of autumn light with a few pink dahlias at the garden just after sunrise a few days back. The garden was also quite beautiful this morning. We are having an unusually warm and bright da...
Fall-ing in Everyday Ramblings
Windfall? More like neglect. This is the public path to the scary low lit curved pedestrian tunnel beneath some of the roads they built in my neighborhood under the guise of urban renewal. It ...
Low Light and Bright Color in Everyday Ramblings
From our “easy” walk this morning across town. Mrs. Sherlock was excited that her sense of smell has fully returned. She came to my weights and bands class on Thursday raring to go and I am, n...
