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All families probably balance the joys of the Christmas season with sorrow and grief because of the passing of loved ones, and ours is no exception. The months of December and January are marked with grim and painful anniversaries in the Ford and Gorman families. Today, for instance, is the anniversary of the death of my husband Gene’s grandfather, Henry Patrick Ford. ...

98. Henry Patrick Ford #2 All families probably balance the joys of the Christmas season with sorrow and grief because of the passing of loved ones, and ours is no exception. The months of December and January are marked wi…

You may have noticed that I’ve been goofing off too much lately to keep up with the posting of my weekly “blobs”. I’m chalking it up to my advancing senility, too much partying, and to my overall shiftlessness. But just in time for the holidays, daughter Susy wrote something that reminded me of how much I like words. Written or spoken, some are treasures, especially when they can be shared....

540. Susy’s “Imperfect” holiday decorating You may have noticed that I’ve been goofing off too much lately to keep up with the posting of my weekly “blobs”. I’m chalking it up to my advancing senility, too much partying, and to my overall s…

Was just reading on the internet that a warm and cozy way to entertain your holiday guests is by roasting chestnuts on an open fire, and I would, but - lacking a fireplace - a bonfire in the middle of the living room could put the carpeting in real jeopardy. Actually, we don’t have any carpeting, or any chestnuts. We DO have matches and smoke alarms, however, and they hate each other....

539. Nativity labor room revisited Was just reading on the internet that a warm and cozy way to entertain your holiday guests is by roasting chestnuts on an open fire, and I would, but – lacking a fireplace – a bonfire i…

I’m happy to let you know that my great great nephew AJ Fitzpatrick DID IT! Last Saturday, he won the Gold Medal at the Parapan Games in Santiago, Chile. And the rest of his USA Wheelchair Basketball team did nicely, too! Congratulations to every one of those 12 USA champion athletes and their support team. Here they are receiving the gold medals....

538. Daze of Glory! I’m happy to let you know that my great great nephew AJ Fitzpatrick DID IT! Last Saturday, he won the Gold Medal at the Parapan Games in Santiago, Chile. And the rest of his USA Wheelchair Basketba…

I don’t have time to write much today because I’m too busy tearing my hair out trying to teach the folks in Santiago, Chile how to tell time. They don’t seem to understand that their clocks are running 5 hours faster than they should be. I can’t understand why they can’t fix such a simple-to-correct problem. As an example, right now, my clock clearly says that the correct Pacific Standard Time is 2:15 AM Sunday, November 19, 2023....

537. Time to hit some baskets I don’t have time to write much today because I’m too busy tearing my hair out trying to teach the folks in Santiago, Chile how to tell time. They don’t seem to understand that their clocks are run…

It was all carefully planned: the perfect hostess gift we can present to any guests who visit us during the holidays. A lovely basket or bag of our delicious English walnuts. Martha Stewart, eatcherheartout! In one of the pastures here on Kartar Ridge Ranch, there dwells what may be the world’s most beautiful and graceful English Walnut tree (Juglans regia…...

536. When plans go awry It was all carefully planned: the perfect hostess gift we can present to any guests who visit us during the holidays. A lovely basket or bag of our delicious English walnuts. Martha Stewart, eatche…

Just like having a social security number, or a DNA, or fingerprints, or the stain of original sin, is everybody required to be the author of one of those “bucket lists”? Octo-woman has been reading about it and has learned that such a list is supposed to be a compilation of exciting or challenging activities that one hopes to experience before one kicks one’s proverbial “bucket”....

535. Bucket list Just like having a social security number, or a DNA, or fingerprints, or the stain of original sin, is everybody required to be the author of one of those “bucket lists”? Octo-woman has been readin…

Our dahlias had a kind of Halloween party this weekend. Till Thursday, all our dahlias were bursting with good health and blooms of every color. This is how a few of them looked on Thursday afternoon. Susy was still bringing in armfuls of their blossoms every day. On the evening news, we heard that we’d be having our first frost that night....

534. Trick or treat, dahlia-style. Our dahlias had a kind of Halloween party this weekend. Till Thursday, all our dahlias were bursting with good health and blooms of every color. This is how a few of them looked on Thursday afterno…

It’s been quiet here at Kartar Ridge Ranch as we are settling back to our normal routine following our recent upheavals with son Matthew’s health, and my untimely Covid affliction. Maybe things will be getting back to normal, now, Only one problem. Now that I have won a missing pink stripe on the Covid test signifying that I am no longer infectious, I did the cooking tonight....

533. Cooking adventures It’s been quiet here at Kartar Ridge Ranch as we are settling back to our normal routine following our recent upheavals with son Matthew’s health, and my untimely Covid affliction. Maybe things wil…

I became a Covid victim this week. The timing was exceedingly unfriendly. And if anybody ever qualified for a guilt trip, it’d have to be me. Last week, son Matthew’s peritoneal dialysis failed. After urgent phone calls, medical tests, exams, corrective surgery, and a total of four days without effective dialysis, we spent the weekend agonizing - while waiting to learn what the doctors would decide....

532. Covid guilt I became a Covid victim this week. The timing was exceedingly unfriendly. And if anybody ever qualified for a guilt trip, it’d have to be me. Last week, son Matthew’s peritoneal dialysis failed. Af…