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Beginnings in Everyday Ramblings
My private student for today canceled at the last minute and without thinking about it I rescheduled him for next week. On my week off. Oh well. It is just one session and always a congenial o...
The Path Ahead in Everyday Ramblings
“The problem people have is not in the experience of grief itself. The problem is how to learn to accept the unthinkable.” from Around a Dark Corner by Amanda Petrusich in the June 29th, 2026,...
Notes from the Trough in Everyday Ramblings
California Tree Poppies from over at the track yesterday morning. They are thriving this year. On my way home from the gym where I ran into Charity coming out as I was headed into the locker r...
Ghosted in Everyday Ramblings
A white echinacea from my own garden. Somehow that seems appropriate today. I am okay but I seriously thought I might die of heartbreak yesterday. It felt that bad and confusing. I think gho...
Peace Returns to the Kingdom in Everyday Ramblings
I took this yesterday walking home from meeting with Walt. There was enough subtext going on there it would have filled a canyon. Why did I bother? Because his organization has made a commitme...
It Ain't Over Yet in Everyday Ramblings
Happy Solstice, as so many of you are ahead of us in time zones. Father’s Day. Juneteenth. Much to mark and celebrate. You are all astute people, and I am sure you could have seen this comin...
He Brings Bread in Everyday Ramblings
Sourdough. Last night, that he made yesterday. He was supposed to come the night before but had run out of the meds he takes to manage these intense migraines he gets (and his blood pressure) ...
Not Managing Uncertainty, Well in Everyday Ramblings
From a walk with Mrs. Sherlock yesterday morning. I think the flowering grass is blue flax. So much vibrant color. We are having a heat wave. Close to record breaking heat. It is supposed to...
Counterbalance in Everyday Ramblings
Is Mercury retrograde or something? This has been the weirdest week. No, I guess not for another couple of weeks. Maybe I am getting a preview of coming attractions? Missed connections, irri...
In the Meantime in Everyday Ramblings
The fling has commenced. There has since been some discussion (unresolved) of the exact duration and composition of “a fling”, but boy howdy something has come into existence that was not th...
Unexpected Turn? in Everyday Ramblings
A messy patch of not quite wildflowers near the garden late this morning. I needed to go back there at some point today to offer support to the borage, which was growing so fast I found it lea...
Who the Heck Knows? in Everyday Ramblings
Okay, I realize this is the second picture of predominantly Love-in-a-Mist that I have put up recently, but the flowers are having a great year here and the majority of these are pink… It als...
Old Gods in Everyday Ramblings
This is the gnarly old rosemary in the common area of the garden that Mr. Boulder pruned. The week after that we went to a garden center and got the dill, lavender, sage, thyme, sweet marjoram...
Lightness and Load in Everyday Ramblings
Borage. From yesterday at the community garden in my plot. It seems happy. In chatting with Mr. Boulder over the last few weeks, both the fact that he likes movies and hasn’t been to one in a...
Love-In-A-Mist in Everyday Ramblings
Nigella. Love-in-a-Mist. I have some of this in my little plot, but it is being overwhelmed by the wild lupine. Where I took this is about a block away from my garden. Can I just say…my bra...
A Grant and a Gift in Everyday Ramblings
A delightful private mural Mrs. Sherlock and I came across on a recent walk. One of the guys in my group is putting together a book of Portland murals. It started out as an idea after he found...
Speaking of Pictures in Everyday Ramblings
Like with the iris I find it sort of magical that we can see this sort of color in the world. This is a local clematis, somewhat bedraggled but in full expression right now. Last year I trie...
Okay Then in Everyday Ramblings
A thriving Monkey Puzzle tree from my walk with Mrs. Sherlock on Sunday morning. It was so great to see her and to walk with her. It was a relatively short flat walk, but we were able to catch...
Distraction in Everyday Ramblings
Believe it or not I took this a few days ago at a gas station I walk by on the way to the gym. A gas station that has really suffered in terms of patronage in the last month as they are an in ...
Eek in Everyday Ramblings
From yesterday. I was so zonked by the time I finished my morning class the only thing I could think of doing was taking the iPhone out and going for a slow walk around the neighborhood. I h...
Amaze, Amaze, Amaze in Everyday Ramblings
This is a rental property. I just noticed looking at this picture I took Thursday morning that they have discreet tomato cages holding the daffodils up. Nice. There is a wide variety of flower...
Together in Everyday Ramblings
Happy Easter. This is from yesterday. The fruiting pear and the ornamental cherry just starting to flower across the top of one of the driveways I walk through most days. The ornamental pears ...
Ready or Not in Everyday Ramblings
There was a quote from the man in charge a few days ago… “we’ll just keep bombing our little hearts out”. Ugh. We got the draft taxes back on Thursday and today was the first day my finance...
Remember This in Everyday Ramblings
A house with a side yard up about a half block across from the park a few days ago. Side yards are rare in this neighborhood as almost all the housing was built for immigrants coming in from 1...
Ready To Go in Everyday Ramblings
It is just starting to get light here on Saturday morning. We have had a lot of rain lately and warmer temperatures. I took this a few days ago on my way to the gym. It is downhill and there i...
