Lunada Restaurant, Cayucos. June Bear noticed two gentlemen wearing the same shirt. Curious. Asked if (1) there was a story behind the twin outfits (there was!) and (2) would they mind sharing their story with a stranger (they were happy to.) It turns our that the gentlemen are friends from college who have not seenContinue reading “Great Minds”
Category Archives: Crocheting During the Apocalypse
Purple Bear
Being Purple. It’s not easy being purple in a red and blue world. In a black and white world, it’s not easy being a shade of grey. There are maybes in a world of yes or no; there are sometimes in a world of always or never. And can be harder to find than or,Continue reading “Purple Bear”
Windom Peak
July 2022 Windom Peak is the highest summit of the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains, located approximately 28 miles north of Durango, Colorado. I did not know the name of Windom Peak growing up in Durango; I saw it whenever we drove to Grand Junction, and that was enough for me. I neverContinue reading “Windom Peak”
San Juan National Forest
October 2022 On Highway 160 between Cortez and Durango, the desert scrub gradually gives way to mountain greenery. The speed limit is 70 miles per hour, but when I was child, it seemed like it took forever. When I was sixteen and newly licensed, my dad and I made that drive with me at theContinue reading “San Juan National Forest”
Welcome Rain from Typhoon Merbok
A Story for my Husband Date: September 14, 2022 Place: The Pacific Ocean 2,000 miles east of Japan Typhoon Merbok is making it’s way toward Alaska, flanked by Typhoon Muifa and Tropical Storm Nanmadol, which are helping steer it to the north. It is set to slam into the jet stream and change the weatherContinue reading “Welcome Rain from Typhoon Merbok”
A Life of Service
A Story for my Husband Queen Elizabeth II died this week at the age of 96, reigning as Great Britain’s monarch for 70 years. Seventy years of service – a lifetime of service. A life well-lived. What better way is there but to live one’s life than in service to others, going about doing goodContinue reading “A Life of Service”
Furious Politicians!
A Found Story Recently I got an email from a politician informing me that he was FURIOUS! I know this was beyond his usual irritability because he used all caps AND an exclamation point! This guy was really torqued off. Now obviously he was furious about the opposition party, but fortunately he had a solutionContinue reading “Furious Politicians!”
Functions ~ Dunderbeck’s Machine
(Note to self: I am really glad I learned how to crochet because the Apocalypse is not over.) As I stated in my last post, I have a Dear Old Friend – DOF – who has lost his stories, so I am telling stories for him. The last story I told was not posted inContinue reading “Functions ~ Dunderbeck’s Machine”
Objects in a Bag 