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Rob is much improved

Rob is much improved today, so clearly my strategy of leaving him with a quiet house while I went to drink medicinal whiskey was the appropriate choice.  He’s still horribly congested but is starting to be able to breathe through his nose. Although he says he doesn’t get quite enough oxygen that way. I mostly […]

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Finally back in Portland

I got home shortly after midnight with much relief. My flight out of Minneapolis boarded about ten minutes late, delayed first because we had no flight attendants. Their flight out of Atlanta had been delayed due to weather so they were racing to get to us. Since this flight was also very full they offered

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Returning to Portland, finally

I’m sitting in the airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan waiting for my flight home. I’ve been on the road for a month and last night Rob said the sweetest words to me. “I’ll see you tomorrow.” I’ve been gone longer than this before, but we usually know that I’ll be gone for months and you

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Happy New Year!

I hope your day was relaxing and pleasant.  Rob and I dealt with some apartment stuff but largely had a quiet day. I made black-eyed peas and collards, with Grandma’s pear relish. Rob made ozoni soup so we had a very traditional meal, albeit from two different traditions. Also, I just have to point out

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On being Mrs. Kowal

I spent the day teaching puppetry up in Fremont at James Leitch Elementary. One of the interesting things about schools is that they all have different name structures for the teachers. In some I’m Mary, usually Miss Mary, and sometimes Mrs. Kowal. I always use the married version of the honorific when I’m filling out

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