Just a quick summary. Friday night I went to Kelley Ridge and fixed tomato bisque soup, heart-shaped grilled pimento cheese sandwiches, and “janet salads” for the groupies. It turned out to be only Beth, Martha, and me, but it was very intimate and nice. We toasted each other with Valentine champagne flutes and peach sparkling […]

In dixonese, lazo-butt is a derogatory term, a slur. But I feel that is what I’ve been for the past two days. I had Thursday and Friday off due to illness in my school district. I thought I could get monumental amounts of work done. Well, I started by staying in bed at Yorkshire Estates […]

Two years ago today, I woke to find my dear, precious Joe Wood dead in the bed beside me. Aunt Betty, my model true believer, would call this Joe’s Glory Day. KK and I decided that today should be a party since we decorated Kelley Ridge for Christmas for the first time this year. So […]

Now I have taken the Yorkshire Estate dogs for a very high tech walk. At first, if I came home before Jerome and Janet, they would hide under the bed (the dogs). Now they know me, and Winston even expects me to play ROOSTER or MONKEY with him ( that’s when I chase him around […]

My Uncle Joe has died. My godmother, Aunt Dede, and I have both lost our “Joes,” and it is very sad. I wish I could have gone to California to the funeral last Saturday, but Uncle Bobby and Dan flew out and represented us. I am glad. Uncle Joe was a part of my formation. […]

I can’t believe it! Today with the help of Jerome, Janet, and Alice, I actually got Kelley Ridge liveable again. After I moved all the stuff out of 4th Street, I had no idea where to put everything and still make room to have some semblance of order. Jerome and Janet have “the eye,” and […]

Now before you think how trite that is, Mondays don’t usually get me down because I am coming off a weekend where I’ve had a break from my work and I am energized. And I was going to complain about the rain until I remembered that it was not freezing rain and that I should […]