Posts Tagged ‘Milton-Freewater
Never fair enough
On my way to work this morning, I was reminded that it’s fair time for the region. The gates don’t open until tomorrow, but the traffic is already showing the signs. Today I waited until two multi-horse-holding trailers excruciatingly inched around the corner, onto Orchard Street from Ninth Avenue. I was already later than I [...]
Asking for a paper life preserver
“We don’t do that.” Honestly? What I was asking for didn’t seem out of the realm of possible, but this city employee me was assuring me her department doesn’t do that. And “that,” dear readers, was stick an old-fashioned paper receipt into the mail for me. For money. Which I transferred from my bank into [...]
Bus angel, even when I am anything but
It’s nearly the end of the school year in Milton-Freewater. Despite starting the year under sweltering summer heat made worse by a heavy blanket of grief, my kids have had an exceptional year. There are a lot of people to thank for that, from teachers to food service staff and secretaries to some folks I [...]
A grandmother’s loss
Today I am introducing a young Milton-Freewater mom, photographer, hairstylist and blogger. I’ve known Jamie Brown since she was Jamie Billings, a shy little teen who seemed to barely say “boo.” She has a lot to say, now — and I found this post well worth hearing. Jamie and her family are on a hard [...]
Dear “neighbor”
You walked by my house again this past week. Right in front of my house, where children skate and ride their bikes. Where elderly folks take a daily stroll and joggers whisper past in the pre-dawn dark…right there, you pulled out a big bottle of whiskey and took a deep drink. For all to see. [...]
On the way to the trash
This was written by Kathy Winn of Milton-Freewater just before Christmas. I didn’t post it in time for the actual day, but I hope we all still have a “hangover” from being soaked in the spirit of the season. The Christmas Chair “Hey, I’ll take that chair for Christmas.”“OK, you can have it.”“Oh, no, I [...]
Phone fantasy
when I wonder how much physical impact a thrown cell phone might have… I was in a meeting recently. No one was very excited about it, including the facilitator. But we were there and largely awake. One guy, however, was that and then some. He fiddled with his phone like he was sending out air [...]
Hecka lotta wasps
I figured when I got rid of most of the overgrown shrubs around the perimeter of my house, we’d see way less wasps this summer. How could I have known the evil buggers would decide to move into the black metal rim of the trampoline, all nice and heated and hollow…and protected from my sight. [...]
Muffins with Mom
This morning was “Muffins with Mom” at my youngest daughter’s school. This event is new to me, but it’s designed to promote reading with your kid. Again, let me laud the school’s librarian for innovation and a positive attitude, given that she can’t even be sure there will be a school library next year. We [...]
Color me “eggnog”
WOOT! The painting of my house has begun. What was once an argument between “peach” and “pink” is becoming “Wyndham Cream.” My fifth-grader calls it “French vanilla ice cream that melted,” but I think the easiest way to describe it is “eggnog.” We’ve needed to do this for awhile, and the plan was to get [...]
