I began preparing for this eventuality years ago, when Mom first went into assissted living and I moved back to Florida. When she slipped deeper into senile dementia a part of me gave up and started grieving for a loss I hadn’t really suffered yet.
Shocked, not by the suddeness of it, but that it [...]

I totally forgot it was Thanksgiving, what with the cold and all. I should say “what with the NyQuil and Robitussin”. I like to sleep through my illnesses, which accounts for that gap of time in the 70’s.
Anyhoo, happy turkey and pumpkin pie day to everyone! I’m thankful for many things today, [...]

Just an FYI: I’ve had it with gmail; I’m blowing that box out and from now on I’m at pamibe [at] bellsouth [dot] net. Again.
Thanks to the Bartender for pointing out its latest antics.
Grrrrr…..

Genesis Properties ceased plans to develop a new housing community in St Fillans, Perthshire, because the locals believe they may be disturbing a small colony of fairies living under a rock.
Marcus Salter, head of Genesis: “A neighbour came over shouting, ‘Don’t move that rock. You’ll kill the fairies’. Then we got a series of [...]

I can’t say that it’s good to be back in Florida, but it sure is nice to be home again.
Mom is holding her own and I flew back yesterday. Returned to the nursing home, she still just lies in the same state of unkowing that has plagued her for the last 8 [...]

My gallery is dead. I tried upgrading, but it didn’t work, so I uninstalled… everything. I’ll worry about that when I return. In the meantime, various images:
Getting ready for a trip, even a short one, is a mission when you have IBS:

I went right out this morning and snapped shots of the [...]