Identity
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
You know what I find amazing? If we post on Facebook or My Space, we use our real names and data and think nothing of it. Here, I use my real name once in a particular group and get castigated for "revealing" my identity. I decided long ago that I...
Ladakh
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
Ladakh means Land of Mountain Passes. It used to be on the old Silk Road through the mountains. The Himalayas are young, still growing mountains. They outdo the Rockies in immensity. They're also dry, high desert. Sure, there's snow on them but ra...
musings
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I should probably rethink blogging, journaling, etc. I get so frustrated by not being able to express what I actually experience in mere words. I need to act out. Well, there's a Freudian for you!
I came back from Ladakh, India (up between China a...
I came back from Ladakh, India (up between China a...
Reconstruction
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I think I covered this part - all except the part about that plastic thingy they stuck over the graft. It looks like the holey plastic stuff that camp couselors give the kids to run yarn thru and give to mom at the close of session. But they've se...
Fillet of nose
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
I have squamous cell cancer (had?) on my nose and went in for surgery today to get it all. It's called a Moh's Procedure (where are Curly and Larry when you really need them?), named for the guy who invented it. They numb you up, carve out a piece...
Tornado Warning
posted over 3 years ago, updated 15 minutes later | 1 comment
The west side of the mountains in NM *never* gets tornadoes. Ha! We just did. As soon as I can, I'll get pics up. Quarter sized hail, three trees down in front of the house, leaves ripped off trees and shrubs, roof a probable mess but still under ...
remiss
posted over 3 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 0 comments
I've not been writing like I should. Besides working like a dog, I've been out backpacking, built erosion control dams out at one of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation sites, and found out that I have an invasive, erosive skin cancer on the side of...
Being a Mom
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I grew up back East and, having been cheek by jowl with Poles, Italians, Jews and other ethnic groups, I have evidently internalized many of their cultural norms. Yesterday, I went to visit a friend and we were talking about our kids when she ment...
Thelma & Louise
posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 1 comment
I have a hiking buddy about 10 years older than myself. We talk of hiking the AT, the Great Wall and other adventures but she won't sleep on the ground and she hates foreign cuisine. Hmmmm. Anyway, her one daughter recognizes that, together, we ma...
40th high school reunion - continued
posted over 3 years ago, updated 17 minutes later | 1 comment
Oh, Lord! I just saw a picture of me and I look like my mother. I remember her getting dressed up for her own 40th and I thought she looked good for an old lady. Now *I'm* that "old lady". I'd said that I was surprised by how many people I still k...
