Beetle Eyes

For Charles

admin55 — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:10:31 +0000

What is Death?
Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away into the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
that we still are.

Call me by my old familiar name.
Speak to me in the easy way
which you always used.
Put no difference in your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without affect,
without the trace of a shadow on it.

Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same that it ever was.
There is absolutely unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you,
for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just around the corner.

All is well.
~ Henry Scott Holland

Leap Day

admin55 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:45:15 +0000

We’re having a Leap Day date night. The day was made more special by a customer sending me a nice surprise. I’m very lucky! I have a great guy and I get to work with the nicest people in the world.

January Snow

admin55 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:33:56 +0000

We’ve been snowed in for several days. It’s been quiet and peaceful.

Port Townsend Commercial

admin55 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:30:47 +0000

We live near Port Townsend, Washington. Check out the commercial that the state lottery filmed in our little home town.

2011 In Photos

admin55 — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:01:46 +0000

We had a lovely Thanksgiving yesterday and I hope you did as well.

Before the big feast we drove into Port Townsend for a walk. We found high winds, high tides and wild waves.

By the time we got home things had settled down.

This morning I realized that these two photos really capture 2011 for us. It’s been a rough year. Death of family members. Illness. Personal struggles. Friends and family dealing with tough challenges.

2011 is almost over and we’re relieved to have made it through. We miss those that we’ve lost, but we try to honor their memory. We’re grateful for those that are still with us and vow to never take that for granted. A hard-won lesson of 2011 is that we need to enjoy the journey and not focus so much on the destination.

We’re a little scraped and bruised but we’re looking toward that rainbow, knowing that everything will all work out for the best.