Category Archives: Itse

Personal stuff, some private & some not.

Candle

Posted on Fri, 31 March 2006 by Mel Green

Because I’m thinking a lot about my mom today. This is one of a whole bunch of candles we lit right after I got back from Spokane, two weeks after her death.

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Candles

Posted on Fri, 31 March 2006 by Mel Green

Because I’m thinking a lot about my mom today….

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Excavating

Posted on Wed, 29 March 2006 by Mel Green

Well, it really got impossible to drive in and out of our driveway, so we spent a couple of hours with shovels & a borrowed ice-pick to do some major excavation work, try to hurry the opening of our driveway … Continue reading →

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Drainage ditches

Posted on Tue, 28 March 2006 by Mel Green

Workers from the Municipality came to cut lines in the ice to provide drainage for meltwater into the storm drain right in front of our driveway. This was welcome, because otherwise we live on lake-front property during break-up. But a … Continue reading →

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Meltwater lake

Posted on Sat, 25 March 2006 by Mel Green

We took a walk up to Bosco’s, the comic book place, to see if if they had V for Vendetta comics, since we’d just seen the movie. Since we brought Sweetheart along we had to take turns hanging out with … Continue reading →

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Time to remind myself

Posted on Fri, 24 March 2006 by Mel Green

I wear this pin on my hat. My brother & sister-in-law got me one of these pins for Christmas, or maybe it was my birthday, several years ago — maybe back in ’97 or ’98, because I remember telling people … Continue reading →

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Break-up

Posted on Thu, 23 March 2006 by Mel Green

First day of spring. Last Sunday night/Monday morning, we got about 4 inches of snow. Not quite enough to shut down my workplace the next day. ;( But since then — ah, warmth! Dare I venture to say, break-up? In … Continue reading →

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More lack of signs of spring

Posted on Mon, 20 March 2006 by Mel Green

One day to spring. This was our car this morning, before I drove to work. No complaints really: this is Alaska, after all, & we usually have snow this late. Besides, I hear they’re getting big snowstorms in the Lower … Continue reading →

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One day to spring

Posted on Mon, 20 March 2006 by Mel Green

Sweetheart in snow. Just because it’s March 20 is no guarantee that spring is just around the corner. We got a big buncha snow, maybe three or four inches, yesterday & this morning. But Sweetheart took it well when I … Continue reading →

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This is what you get if you're willing to set your alarm clock for 5:00 AM

Posted on Fri, 10 February 2006 by Mel Green

A tasty lunch. Now tell me I’m not eating a lot better than before. Before: sleep in to the last possible moment that still leaves enough time to pee, dress, & get to work — no time for eating breakfast … Continue reading →

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