bad news

Bad things are happening to a good person - my mom has just been diagnosed with an aggressive rare form of sinus cancer. She is going to the cancer center in Tampa tomorrow. We are praying that it is operable. She has never smoked, drank or even said a bad thing about anyone. She is the most loving and non judgemental person I have ever known.

William is flying home on Thursday and I am staying in Florida for as long as I need to. I am so thankful that we were here.

I would love to hear from you, my friends. I do not have my computer with me and do not have your e-mail address. Mine is ddmichel@charter.net

I would love to talk to you Seiza and I will call you soon. And Susan, I guess I am now in the "Sinus Wars". I am grateful to both of you for your strength and honesty through your cancer experiences and I know that I am better prepared because of it.

Love and cherish those close to you, life can change in a moment.

Thank-you.

Florida - the sunshine state

Hi, we are in sunny Florida visiting my parents. I am at the library computer so this will be short. I just wanted to let you know why I have not been blogging.

Of course we are having a wonderful time. Blue skies and beaches, mi favorita! We have already seen an amazing amount of birds, turtles and other wildlife. We have been swimming in the gulf and the pool in my parent's yard, a great treat in November. I will post photos when we return.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

flocking together

Our yard has been full of Quail lately. They are awesome to watch, I love the head feather thing.



Sometimes there are at least 30 of them, all sizes under the bird feeder in the apple tree.
Magnificent.

I finally got a movie to load on this site! Yea!

woman in black

I stood on the street in Roseburg today with the Woman In Black. They have been standing in front of the BLM office on a main street in Roseburg every Friday since the war started, 6 years ago now. They stand, in quiet and solidarity against violence.

This is a very powerful thing to see, a long line of woman standing solemnly stretching down the street. And an even more powerful thing to be a part of. We had one sign that said, "End the Circle of Violence", and one that said, "Woman in Mourning". There were of course several people who gave us a strong thumbs down, most people just looked uncomfortable, like we reminded them of something they didn't want to be reminded of. One person kept mouthing "circle of violence" like he didn't understand it. There were several cars of supporters, giving us the peace sign. Most people just ignored us though, like when someone's dog takes a dump and they pretend not to see it so they don't have to do anything about it.

And of course on the opposite corner there were several pro war ralliers, holding two huge American flags and "support our troops" signs, dressed in red, white and blue, and yelling to passing cars, which were honking in support. Honk Honk Honk. All the big trucks honked and then laughed at us. Yea, Honk if you love war. Honk if you love cheap oil. Honk if you want to see this country bankrupt.

I don't understand what it is about peace that scares people. Peace is patriotic too.