CAREGIVING: Christmas Eve. Well I managed to get Kathy into her Christmas pajamas and into bed, but once again it was touch and go. I guess touch and stumble is more like it. She didn’t fall but it takes all of our collective strength to keep her upright and somewhat mobile. She does better when she gets plenty of resting… Read more →
Tag: Hampden Massacusetts
If it’s Tuesday…
CAREGIVING: That was the title of a movie about travelling. Schedules and routines can either be your friend or your enemy, I guess. My google calendar has a lot of repeat events on there. They are labeled in green for healthcare. It is the only way I can keep track of crap. Sometimes it isn’t so much that there is… Read more →
Saturday: Lists of Lists
LIFE: Today started out pretty normal. Saturday is my work-around-the-house day. I have lists of lists of tasks I have no hope of finishing. Today’s list included: Go to the Dump / transfer station. Bring two weeks worth of trash and recycling to the town transfer station Do the laundry and change the sheets on the bed. Water the plants (on… Read more →
Music Growing Up
LIFE: I am the curator of the Lehndorff family’s photographs. I’ve been scanning and trying to organize them. We were a pretty musical bunch, the Lehndorffs. Dad came over from Austria in 1938 with his cello. We had a string quartet that used to meet at our house in Fitchburg, MA. My dad loved it although he was the first… Read more →
Welcome
This isn’t my first blog. Kathy and I started one that was supposed to be a mixture of serious stuff plugging my graphic design and greeting card business; life in a small town; my folk music interests; and reports about our basset hound, Marty. But I get cold feet about mixing business with sarcasm and parody. The business blog has some humor… Read more →
Favorite Things
Originally posted at OpenSalon.com: MARCH 1, 2011 10:11PM LIFE: I really planned to do this as a little music video, playing guitar. I started working on an arrangement but it would have taken forever for me to post it. So try to imagine the Von Trapp kids singing this behind an old guy: My Favorite Things: I like my house. It’s older… Read more →