Today, Bastille Day, is my first little brother’s birthday. Mark was born in 1956 (congratulations, he made it to Medicare), so he is the person I have known longest of anyone on earth, now. When we moved to St. Louis in the summer of 1960, I can remember listening to the cacophony of frogs and […]
Back in The Saddle – Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Read More »
At last, the rain has more or less stopped. This morning, I made a trip out to Rob’s Lawn and Garden, which is a place difficult to describe, and a lot of fun. They repair and sell mowers and chainsaws and other equipment, and they rent U-Hauls. It is like some sort of strange reality
Tuesday – July 13, 2021 Read More »
More rain! The electricity went out again early this morning, but only for about an hour. I was afraid Michael would not get coffee, but in the end it was fine. Harry and I had our coffee and tea at 5 AM before the electricity went out. Some of our friends in St. Louis have
Rainy Monday – July 12, 2021 Read More »
Tom Morris was asleep on the back porch railing as I went out to the barn this morning. No sooner did I have the feed in buckets than the rain poured down again. I was wet through bringing the horses in to their stalls. They were quite happy grazing in the downpour, so I had
Michael Visits – Sunday, July 11, 2021 Read More »
We were warned that there would be bad weather and high winds, and they were not kidding. Harry took a muscle relaxant for his back and was knocked out. I took a Xanax so that I would not fret about the horses (they do have a shed for shelter), or Nettie. I lifted Nettie into
Storms – Saturday, July 10, 2021 Read More »