So I moved to Oregon

April 22, 2020 Wednesday  Earth Day In another life I would be at an Earth Day celebration. My other life is dead I think our Earth is happy this Earth Day.  The air is cleaner, the water is cleaner....the oceans....trails....rivers.....shores......    All the creatures of the forests, deserts and the oceans  ust be  happy this Earth Day . You can almost hear the giant redwoods sighing.  You can almost hear the rivers singing.  You can almost hear our oceans laughing. The air is free. People are suffering,  Really suffering.  Most of the people who are suffering and dying are the innocents; the elderly, the sick, the disabled, the veterans, poor children, brown people, black people, prisoners.  Mostly poor people.  The people responsible for this suffering will be protected, as always. Mankind is under assault by a virus.  People are dying while the Earth heals. The story is not over.....no one know how this ...

April 22, 2020 Wednesday I am alone with Hanako and my cats.  It is a  quiet day.  It is raining so no need to work in the garden.  So far, a very lazy day.  I don't do this often beacause there is always so much to do. I think it is time to reorder my life, again.  I live an extremely simple life primarily driven by food.  Buying food, storing food, planning meals, preparing meals, eating eating eating, cleanup. cleanup, cleanup.  Then there are Hanako, Cheeto, Honey, Billy and Penny.  Ordering food, storing food, planning meals, preparing food, cleanup cleanup.  Plus providing all the fresh water. I want to take what is left of my day and put it to better use.  I spend a lot of time on facebook, twitter, Arlo cameras, weather, texting, and messaging.  I spend a lot of time talking to friends on the phone.  I watch a lot of news on TV I would like to spend less time on all of this. I want to spend m...

April 21, 2020  Carrots I oven roasted carrots yesterday and as I was preparing them I found much to admire in carrots.  First they are beautiful.  There are different shades but all have beauty.  They are delicious raw and delicious cooked.  I love carrots. 

Thursday, April 16, 2020 8 a.m. Remembering old friends today, old feline friends.  They come into your life often not wanted, not invited, not needed.  But there she was that morning.  A tiny "tuxedo" cat.  She was curled up asleep on the bench in our patio.  I remember standing at the window seeing her there, so cute.  She became my cat and I loved her dearly.  She moved here to Oregon with me.  She never adjusted to life in this house.  She liked her normal life in Modesto.  She loved Willie and he became her companion here.  She would stick close to him outside because she was so afraid of everything.  She rarely ventured off of the back deck.  She is buried now in my pet cemetery.  She was loved.  RIP Maya

April 15, 2020 Tax day in the old world..... Our government is broke and broken.  Where did all the money go.  We are a wealthy Country but in debt and government officials tell us they are out of money.  I have read novels about the movement of money around the world.  I suppose they are primarily based in fact.  Greed knows no borders.  The people with the mind for this sort of thing make things happen that the masses will never understand.  I don't understand.  I just know greed rules the world, not love.

Families Tuesday, April 14, Lincoln City Oregon.....my small world Today is an ok day.  Neither sad or happy.  I just talked to Suzanne Allen.  She is, as usual, upbeat.  She does stay informed and opinionated which means talking to her is at least interesting.  She misses her family. I think at this time when things are quiet, when the noises of the day have been muted, we think deeper, we stay on a thought and work through it, because we have the time.  I think we all miss our families.  I know we all miss our families.  In our culture, where people move around a lot, by choice or career or necessity, we develop families where ever we live.  This has crossed my mind before as I observe homeless people.  They cluster together, it appears, as self chosen families.  They appear to support, share belongings (even if it is just a cigarette), and their caring, sympathy and commonality.  So, I guess our community becomes our...