Geez, it's nice to feel happy!
Woke up late and went to Water Street Cafe for lunch. Yummy curried carrot soup - so fresh! and a spinach salad. Ate out on the deck by the river with an umbrella for shade. Wind kicked up and we had coffee and treats inside. Lovely, leisurely time.
Home to do a quick change and leave for Sebastopol, where we saw a documentary on a Polish woman who hid 15 Jews in her home right under the noses of the Nazis and neighbors who might have turned her in for the rewards. A courageous yet unassuming person. She just did it.
After the movie, party at Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Good music, too.
A delicious day. And I can do the garden tomorrow!
;)
Sunday, March 7, 2010
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Rats!
I think this is working out to be the year of the rat here - although it will actually be the year of the Tiger, come Chinese New Year's Day.
We heard noise in the walls and attic. We put a Rat Zapper and baited it with dog treats in the attic. It kills rats with an electric shock using D-cells. It works!
(We had hunted for a humane way to deal with them, but the Zapper seems to be the closest we could get. We investigated using a Havahart/? trap, but we would have to let them go somewhere, and NO ONE wants rats. They are almost as popular as the plague...probably because they carry diseases like bubonic plague.)
January 1 - Rat #1
January 2 - Rat #2
January 3 - Rat #3
Now I'm beginning to wonder if we need to buy a bigger aluminum ladder. Paul has been bringing up one of his old heavy wooden ladders that he used to use for painting. Our ceilings are so high that the 6 foot aluminum ones are too short.
We heard noise in the walls and attic. We put a Rat Zapper and baited it with dog treats in the attic. It kills rats with an electric shock using D-cells. It works!
(We had hunted for a humane way to deal with them, but the Zapper seems to be the closest we could get. We investigated using a Havahart/? trap, but we would have to let them go somewhere, and NO ONE wants rats. They are almost as popular as the plague...probably because they carry diseases like bubonic plague.)
January 1 - Rat #1
January 2 - Rat #2
January 3 - Rat #3
Now I'm beginning to wonder if we need to buy a bigger aluminum ladder. Paul has been bringing up one of his old heavy wooden ladders that he used to use for painting. Our ceilings are so high that the 6 foot aluminum ones are too short.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Farewell?
It's another one of those days when 15 year old Sati-dog is looking like she is leaving this world. She was perky yesterday; up a few times last night. Every time she went down into the yard, she would stay there, staring at things, and I would have to call her back in.
The last time she went out, it was clearly a bit of a struggle for her to come up the steps. She hasn't eaten at all today - not even turkey broth or fresh turkey breast. She would just stand on the back porch staring out into the yard, her legs slowly slipping out from under her. Finally she lay down on the porch in the sun. I came out and moved her pillow, and moved her onto it so she would be more comfortable.
She's not interested in much of anything. There have been similar times in the past - going back a year! There have been times when I thought she was going to die any minute - but then she has made a miraculous recovery more than once.
I feel very sad today. It seems to me that she is finally giving up for real. I'm just glad that it seems like she is not suffering. For a cantankerous, possessive, unpredictable dog, I'm going to miss her a lot.
The last time she went out, it was clearly a bit of a struggle for her to come up the steps. She hasn't eaten at all today - not even turkey broth or fresh turkey breast. She would just stand on the back porch staring out into the yard, her legs slowly slipping out from under her. Finally she lay down on the porch in the sun. I came out and moved her pillow, and moved her onto it so she would be more comfortable.
She's not interested in much of anything. There have been similar times in the past - going back a year! There have been times when I thought she was going to die any minute - but then she has made a miraculous recovery more than once.
I feel very sad today. It seems to me that she is finally giving up for real. I'm just glad that it seems like she is not suffering. For a cantankerous, possessive, unpredictable dog, I'm going to miss her a lot.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Drowning in stuff
How is that you can be miserable your whole life about something and not be able to fix it?
How can you be hospitable when your house is a giant mess?
How can you be respected when everything is a mess?
How can you enjoy your life when your surroundings are chaotic?
How can you satisfy your love of beauty when you are drowning in stuff?
How can you be hospitable when your house is a giant mess?
How can you be respected when everything is a mess?
How can you enjoy your life when your surroundings are chaotic?
How can you satisfy your love of beauty when you are drowning in stuff?
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
What does it mean to have faith?
I was just cruising blogs and saw one by someone who had just moved to Alaska with her husband, kid, and dogs. She said "We are lovers of the Lord, each other, music, coffee, The Office (what is that?) and so much more."
I was touched by that. There is a sense of a commitment to faith and love. In our funny cynical way, I think that we have that below the surface - but why not above the surface?
This is not what I expected to come of blogging.
I have discovered that I want to live my days with more of a sense of dedication to something, a sense of love, and a sense of awareness of the magic of life.
I was touched by that. There is a sense of a commitment to faith and love. In our funny cynical way, I think that we have that below the surface - but why not above the surface?
This is not what I expected to come of blogging.
I have discovered that I want to live my days with more of a sense of dedication to something, a sense of love, and a sense of awareness of the magic of life.
Sati Girl
Over the past year or more, Sati has had many episodes where she looked like she was about to give up the ghost - in a minute or an hour or a day... and yet, maybe an hour later, she'd be trotting around, looking for something to eat...
Sati, a mixed breed, is at least 15 years old. She can only eat canned food and is just skin and bones. When you look at her, you wonder how she can be alive.
Now, she needs to urinate frequently. The past few nights we have been getting up 4 times to let her out. She had started peeing on the floor every night - she doesn't whine to be let out. After experimenting with a belled cat collar, which didn't work because it was not loud enough to be heard from the bedroom, I attached a dinner bell to her collar at night. So far it is working pretty well - except for the fact that we have to wake up every hour or two.
Last night, around midnight, when I laid her down (she has a hard time lying down by herself), she was shivering. I had covered her with her blanket and it wasn't very cold, so I thought that maybe she was in pain or scared...maybe dying. Her eyes did not look good. I sat with her, thinking, any minute - this could be it. And then something changed, and she looked like she was just going to sleep. And now, it is morning. We've let her out the usual 4 times, and she is snoozing again.
Sati, a mixed breed, is at least 15 years old. She can only eat canned food and is just skin and bones. When you look at her, you wonder how she can be alive.
Now, she needs to urinate frequently. The past few nights we have been getting up 4 times to let her out. She had started peeing on the floor every night - she doesn't whine to be let out. After experimenting with a belled cat collar, which didn't work because it was not loud enough to be heard from the bedroom, I attached a dinner bell to her collar at night. So far it is working pretty well - except for the fact that we have to wake up every hour or two.
Last night, around midnight, when I laid her down (she has a hard time lying down by herself), she was shivering. I had covered her with her blanket and it wasn't very cold, so I thought that maybe she was in pain or scared...maybe dying. Her eyes did not look good. I sat with her, thinking, any minute - this could be it. And then something changed, and she looked like she was just going to sleep. And now, it is morning. We've let her out the usual 4 times, and she is snoozing again.
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