Forgot to mention in my post yesterday about local news that the ferry food service did indeed end on December 31. Back in November, I posted about this possibility. Today’s Bainbridge Review has a front page story about the food galleys closure and complicated contract talks (this article is not on-line yet but probably will […]
Entries from January 2004
Pack a picnic
January 3rd, 2004 · Comments Off on Pack a picnic
Tags: island
What I am
January 2nd, 2004 · 3 Comments
For some reason, if I think about Edie Brickell and her song “What I am”, all of a sudden, as the tune and her voice – even her lyrics, what I remember of them – return to my head, I also begin to see myself walking across my college campus from my first dorm room, […]
Tags: motherhood
Socksicle
January 2nd, 2004 · 1 Comment
Frosty and icy outside this morning. Crystal balls like ornaments hanging from bare branches. Frozen dots on the plastic newspaper sleeve. A thin layer of ice on the street and sidewalk too. Not enough to make me slip but enough to make me cautious as I jogged. I went around the loop three times this […]
Tags: journal
Local news in the New Year
January 2nd, 2004 · Comments Off on Local news in the New Year
One of the top news stories this week for our region occurred not too far from our home. The big headline across yesterday’s Seattle Times described the oil spill in the Sound that has damaged a marine estuary and beach area owned by the Suquamish tribe, just north of our island. On the radio today […]
Blog orphans
January 1st, 2004 · 1 Comment
Lisa Williams posted today about blog widows (or widowers). I spied her entry early this morning and I’ve been thinking about it through the day… … I have to say that is not the case for Ted and me. Blogging has brought us closer together. Sounds strange or sappy but it’s true. It’s a hobby […]
Tags: geek
