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Being unwired
Being unwired is a blissful experience. Over the last few days, I've spent time on the river working at the house, where I was unwired, then I came home and worked around the yards and remained unwired. Not owning a smart phone makes that easy for me, but I didn't...
Construction and the big trip
I've been working around the house the last day or so getting ready for construction and the big trip. Big trip, you ask? This is the year I start the circumnavigation of Lake Superior. Construction? Getting a new roof and trying to get everything done around the...
Home, again, before leaving, again
At the airport in Atlanta I ponder going home, again, before leaving, again. Seems like I've been gone since February. Wait, I have. Maybe in fits and starts, but essentially gone enough to break up whatever rhythm at home I may have tried to slide into. And you know...
In the fields of Andersonville
Today found me lying in the fields of Andersonville before experiencing the military service for my father-in-law at the adjoining National Cemetery. To say the day was emotional would be an understatement. For those of you not familiar with Civil War history,...
Barbeque, bourbon, banana pudding
In the deep South, I have become familiar with barbeque, bourbon, banana pudding and long strolls down memory lane. Geography does lend itself to a sampling of life that may not be directly outside your doorstep at home, and this was one of those tastes. The humor and...
Sitting in Roast & Toast
For years I have made sitting in Roast & Toast part of my daily routine, and there are reasons why owner, Mary Keedy, is in every book I write. While every day may be a stretch due to times away from home and various other scheduling conflicts, this famous coffee...
Living small
So, for the last few months I've found an undescribed emotion lurking about; flashing to and fro from the corners of my eye until last night when I realized I could identify it: Living small. What, you ask? You see, for most of my adult life I had the fortune,...
Always in the moment
Sorry for the last couple of days, but this thirty inches of snow has produced an early brain death for me until today when I was glad I am always in the moment. The typical life of a bohemian was today. I walked downtown with my computer and shopping bag and into...
My new friend the TV
So the snowstorm happened and with Christine gone I was looking for a new friend. No one could venture far from their home. Some couldn't even get into their car, so I shoveled for what seemed like an eternity, came back inside and found this strange large rectangle...
Preparing for the storm
On this Friday morning, I sit in the reading room preparing for the storm. We're expecting rain, ice and snow over the next four days and that doesn't account for the storm that continues wavering over the entire country. I can head for the store and buy eggs, milk...
Making dinner
Making dinner is always a special event in the Gebhard-Renkes home. Cocktails are poured, ingredients are sorted - or in today's edition, obtained from the Grain Train market while wearing slippers - and dancing always ensues. Our house being 140 years old doesn't...
Saturday morning newsing
Up this morning in the reading room with coffee, Christine doing her newspaper reviews for the counties she's responsible, Keeper lying to my right purring contentment after his breakfast, and I'm Saturday morning newsing. It didn't take long to catch up with the...