"Personal" Blogs & Blog Posts

Edmonds is perfect today. Cool 60's in the morning, heats up to 70' noon, then maybe 80 today in the afternoon. Not a cloud in the sky, which is pretty unusual for here. Downtown Edmonds is completely in bloom on every street corner and all the summe...

I always heard rumor that we were Scotland and had our own tartan, well, here it is. I canceled my paying membership for ancestry and am trying to get the most out of international searching before that disappears. I can't believe how far all of my t...

I have an older friend who confided in me one day during a political (trump) discussion that she had been raped when she was 15. Her parents had found a backroom abortion clinic to take her. She told me how wonderful her parents were supporting her,...

From Mage's Postcard blog I visited many, many blogs this morning, in different states, countries ... all connecting with the world? With other bloggers? Many have been blogging for 10 years, many since 2004! So it begs the question "what do we get...

I took off my sweatpants, put on underwear, and headed into Seattle with David Sedaris in my ear. The pandemic has ruined me to ever going an entire day wearing underwear and real clothes. I will be working with Robin on her new book soon and I wante...

The video is also about abortion. I think this a good conversation with teens about sex and abortion.But it brought back our sex-ed talks with Matt. Watching this, I was reminded when David and I had to made a common sense decision about the kids sle...

Even the smallest of gatherings require preparation. This morning spent gathering up supplies for Father's Day dinner. Leather placemats (I have to  rewash them every time I dust them off), washed the dusty red lanterns, decided to go with some...