Oh brother. I did the unthinkable. I cooked a meal that was only mediocre.
You know, it was a long day anyway, but to top it off with a mediocre meal cooked for guests…well…ugh. Yesterday was Maria’s memorial service. That was mediocre, too. I didn’t like it. I thought I would, but it was one of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Friends’
Two Things that Should have Rocked but Were only Mediocre
Posted in Food, tagged florists, Food, Friends, Greens Workshop, memorial service, pie on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stay for Soup?
Posted in Food, tagged bench, Friends, soup on November 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Gosh, how lucky we are. Really. We’ve had people all around us for the past four days, and though I’ve had to slip away for bike rides and naps, it’s been very nice. Good thing I made a wicked pot of turkey-and-rice soup on Friday. You know, there’s nothing like a big pot of soup [...]
Good-bye to that Toothy Grin
Posted in Friends, Uncategorized, tagged death, Friends, Maria on November 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today is Thanksgiving, and Maria died tonight.
She took her last breath about 10 minutes after we left her, and we are so very very sad. I told you, Reader, that she was unresponsive, and on Monday, after two weeks like that in Neurological Intensive Care, her family removed her from her respirator and all the [...]
Why It’s Important to Share Leftovers with Friends while You Can
Posted in Friends, tagged Arterial Venus Malformation, AVM, Friends, stroke on November 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Our friend, Maria, is unresponsive.
Maria had an MRI a couple of weeks ago, and it showed a congenital weakness in the vessels in her brain…a hemorrhage from that weakness caused her massive stroke in July. Because this small area of weakness remains, she underwent a procedure on Monday to correct it and to try forgoing [...]
I Don’t Suck at Golf
Posted in golf, tagged bicycle, Friends, golf, Maine on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I played a little bit of golf with Deb and Sharon yesterday. Each of them has totally caught the golf bug lately. They are each super competitive and downright devoted to improving their games. There is always a tee time in the works. I think they may play again today. And the weather is perfect, [...]
We Are Open to the Universe of Possibilities. Right Deb?
Posted in The Wild, tagged chanting, Chongtul Rinpoche, Friends, Reiki, Tibetan Lama on August 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Want to know who’s coming to visit us in our home on November 1st? This guy: Chongtul Rinpoche…a Tibetan Lama living and practicing in NYC. And why, you ask, dear reader…why on earth is a Tibetan Lama coming to visit Deb and Liz? Because Deb’s very dear childhood friend, Vicki, loves us. And we are [...]
“Maria, Shut Up and Kiss Me, Stop Shakin’ Stand Up and Hold Me”
Posted in Body, tagged Body, Friends, iPhone, mail, massage, technology, telephone on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The phone is blinking. I think someone called us last night, and we didn’t even check the message. Maybe because we were worn out. It was a busy busy weekend. Or maybe because we use this home phone less and less. I find I use all phones less and less overall. I use email instead. [...]
Sensory Overload
Posted in Findlay Market, tagged Cincinnati's Historic Findlay Market, cooking, Findlay Market, Food, Friends on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a day we had yesterday, yes, Reader? Whew. And how totally sweet that
Mary and Suzanne handled the sales and the growing wad of cash at the Findlay Market book sale and signing (See Mary’s account over at her place);
Mary and Suzanne kept me fed and watered and entertained;
And they kept a whole lot of [...]
No Limits
Posted in Friends, tagged Deweys, Friends, golf, Graeters, pizza, Ryan Korengel, scooters, tenacity on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We had dinner two nights in a row with the nicest families. Last night we met Ryan and his family for pizza. You know, moments before the tree fell on him and before they had a reason to wave, Ryan and Deb waved to one another on the golf course—I guess that sort of signaled [...]
Uncle
Posted in Entertainment, tagged Food, Friends, people, pizza, schedule on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Of course I’m not referring to you when I say this, Reader, but there have been too many people these past few days. I feel as if it has been nonstop. So, I’m stopping it. Deb invited me to play golf with her this afternoon, but I just can’t do it. No more tee times, [...]
