Sophia Exeunt Sophie died five years ago today. We’d been on our morning walk. Back at the house she died. She lay in state for the day in her nest next to the window. Friends came to visit, say one last goodbye. Tears were shed. Sophie went the distance, she was almost 16. We buried her at sunset, planted a quercus robur on top her grave. This photo was taken November 17, 2015, the last made while she was alive.
I’m Fine Really. I am fine. Knock on wood. So far. 30 pack-years. Used to remove asbestos with bare hands, snack on lead paint, eat oranges covered with molybendum grease. Fine today.
Lies and Statistics One can’t help but wonder about the reliability of numbers from China and Iran. How many people left via the back door?
Mercy buried in the graveyard behind the Westport Friends Meeting. The tradition of listing years and months of life sometime included days as well.
winter is coming but first Hurricane Florence and a lot of rain? April, snow dog, direlab… on a hillside above the Rivanna