Caitlan has let us know that she and Kyle arrived safely in Oxford. Thanks be to God. I hope they have a wonderful time during his visit there. Then she will be studying day and night for her final exams (I think they are called collections) before coming home on June 17th. I am so […]

Busy day full of errands. We headed to town at about 11 and made the trip to the tax man (I didn’t have to pay—YAY!), got the oil changed, went to dinner with Deb at Red Lobster (Cajun grouper—yum!), talked to the bank and the finance man about IRA’s, stopped at the library and the […]

Part Three (Many people let me know how they have learned lessons from things that have happened in my life. People have told me that after Wayne died, they realized how important a network of friends, family and church community support can be during a time of tragedy. I agree. When Joe died suddenly, I […]

Heh, that’s me. What is it about dragging seasoned old logs with bugs under the bark into your house that is so satisfying? It’s gotten cold, and it is going to get colder, and I have three days to spend in my very own house (I’m not always here), and I’ve just got to burn […]

Brendan had sent me an email that he got from a past acquaintance of Joe’s. Upon hearing of his death, she Googled him and found Brendan’s blog. I reread both Brendan’s blog entries and Anacrusis about him. It was a fine way to commemorate our anniversary, Brendan. Thanks for the gift. If he had been […]

After Joe died I must have some form of grief induced a.d.d. Anyway, I couldn’t read anything longer than a short magazine or newspaper article. A novel? Forget it. So I started subscribing to magazines–usually they had to be a dollar an issue or less. Also Joe had frequent flyer miles that he did not […]

It is so wonderful to have Caitlan home. Unfortunately, she caught a bug somewhere along the line (maybe on the plane), so her first week home wasn’t the most pleasant. She and Kyle were able to eat dinner here in Campbellsville with Janet and me before she got sick. Janet made delicious taco soup. I […]

Commonwealth of Kentucky Garrard District Court Case No. 05-P-0004 In Re: THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH BENJAMIN WOOD, DECEASED Order Confirming Final Settlement: This cause having come on to be heard, and the court being duly advised that the Final Settlement herein has lain over for thirty (30) days without any exceptions having been filed thereto, […]

Today I took my adventurous daughter to the airport to once again cross the pond and pursue her Oxford education. I decided I wanted to have adventures in 2007. I was just as hard as it always is—seeing her go through security and trying to wave to her when she is almost out of sight […]

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 […]