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Jilda Blog Posts

Life 101 · 23:47 23 Mar 2017
Jilda and I first met when she was in eighth grade. She had on an antique dress and playing the pump organ at a history fair. She must have been 13 years old. She had long blonde hair a… Read More
Life 101 · 02:27 23 Mar 2019
Tomorrow is my lovely spouse's birthday. I could tell you her age, but that might cut my life short.I first met her when she was in junior high school. She was dressed as a pilgrim and… Read More
Life 101 · 23:38 27 Mar 2020
Today was convert our greenhouse back into a screen porch. We needed muscle, so I hired a helper. Our great nephew Jordan showed up after lunch, and we dove in.Not only did we have to remove… Read More
Life 101 · 00:59 29 Mar 2020
The thermometer crept past 80 degrees (F) today. It's been beautiful. I needed a few pieces of lumber today, so I called our local hardware store and asked if I could order and pay for our o… Read More
Life 101 · 01:24 01 Apr 2020
When the rain moved out during the early hours of the morning, it left a cold front in its wake. It was over 80 degrees f one day last week, but today a warm sweatshirt felt good.Jilda walke… Read More
Life 101 · 22:45 04 Apr 2020
Jilda and I worked outside for most of the day. I've tried to order potting soil from our local provider because I can pay with a credit card over the phone, and the crew will load it in the… Read More
Life 101 · 00:22 06 Apr 2020
When our niece Samantha was about five years old, the coal company that owns the property down behind the barn decided to cut timber.We had no right to that property, but we'd treated it as… Read More
Life 101 · 23:51 07 Apr 2020
I had to cover a city council meeting today. It was closed to the public, and all the people that attended were spaced at least six feet apart. I wore gloves and a mask. It looked as if I wa… Read More
Life 101 · 22:56 08 Apr 2020
It's been an old gray day today. The rain moved out in the early morning hours, but it didn't take the clouds with it.Even though it's been cloudy, the air was heavy with humidity making it… Read More
Life 101 · 01:33 14 Apr 2020
My Army bunk the first week I was in Panama in early 1972 seemed like the loneliest place on the planet. It felt as if I were a million miles from home. Thankfully, a pair of headphones teth… Read More
Life 101 · 00:29 12 Apr 2020
I've lost count of the days. My blog, buddy Joy has been keeping a daily journal. Since I write here each day, it's kind of a journal, but there are things I don't write here.Pulling my priv… Read More
Life 101 · 01:10 11 Apr 2020
Jilda and I walked early this morning. It was chilly, so the kids next door opted out to spend a little more time under their warm quilts.On the first lap, I noticed the trees that line both… Read More
Life 101 · 01:39 15 Apr 2020
This weekend, I was looking for senior portraits for Jilda and me. The idea was to post them on Facebook. I started to ignore it, but the idea was to share things that lifted spirits. T… Read More
Life 101 · 01:16 17 Apr 2020
I plucked another photo from the archives. This one is from the day after Thanksgiving, 1968. Jilda and I had been dating for about six months.Her daddy didn't trust me as far as he could th… Read More
Life 101 · 22:37 18 Apr 2020
Jilda and I made a run to the coop today to get feed for the chickens. I donned my masks and headed in. There were only a few people there, so keeping a safe distance was easy.Once home, Jil… Read More
Life 101 · 02:14 22 Apr 2020
Today was a workday here. I had a webinar on writing this morning and two interviews with high school seniors after lunch. All these assignments left me hopeful.When I got home from the inte… Read More
Life 101 · 02:15 26 Apr 2020
It's been an exciting week at HomeFolk Honey. Back in December, we had four healthy hives. At the end of March, we had three. I ordered a new package of bees, but the delivery date wasn't fo… Read More
Life 101 · 00:01 28 Apr 2020
I wrote three stories for the paper today. I'd done the interviews over the last several days, so today I tapped keys.Mid-morning, I took a break and went to the bee yard to put the swarm I… Read More
Life 101 · 23:46 28 Apr 2020
Lasts week, while driving back from an assignment, I got behind a pickup truck pulling a trailer. I saw something small on the edge of the road, and the next few seconds played out in what s… Read More
Life 101 · 00:56 03 May 2020
It's been beautiful here today. These last several weeks, it has been remarkable. By mid-afternoon, the temperature was in the low 80s.The back deck is our starter garden. We have tomatoes… Read More
Life 101 · 00:01 05 May 2020
The indigo treasure hunt begins.Last week, Jilda and I bothplucked ripe berries as big as our thumbs from our bushes.They were harbingers.Today, Jilda picked a handful, the birds picked more… Read More
Life 101 · 01:12 06 May 2020
One year ago today, Jilda and I were sitting on the bench pictured below. It was our 45th anniversary. As we sat the listening to the eternal whispering surf, we decided where we would for o… Read More
Life 101 · 01:26 07 May 2020
I've been reading in the news for the last few weeks about an insect from Asia that somehow made its way to the state of Washington, and it's causing concerns among beekeepers. It's called a… Read More
Life 101 · 00:34 09 May 2020
Walking yesterday, I heard Kodak barking. He seemed to be really interested in something in the tall grass. When I walked over, I saw that he was trying to get a Box Turtle to play with him… Read More
Life 101 · 01:50 10 May 2020
I've walked over 13,000 steps today. The garden got tilled, beehive boxes were built, the grass was mowed, at so forth. Kodak made every step I made and more.I wish I had a Fitbit on him bec… Read More
Life 101 · 01:03 14 May 2020
I've interviewed a half dozen high school seniors within the last few weeks. They all feel cheated by the coronavirus. The final weeks of the senior year are iconic. The prom, signing yearbo… Read More
Life 101 · 02:13 15 May 2020
Jilda and I walked down and picked blueberries this evening when the sun dipped below the tree line to the west. A cool breeze came up as I picked. I could smell the freshly mown grass from… Read More
Life 101 · 23:38 15 May 2020
I don't have much to say today except that the oak leaf hydrangeas are blooming. Some people call them seven bark. I've always called them wild hydrangeas. It's a beautiful pl… Read More
Life 101 · 01:46 17 May 2020
As Jilda and I drank our coffee this morning, the sun peeked through the canopy and cast a golden light on the citrus trees just outside our great room windows.  Jilda was telling me ab… Read More
Life 101 · 00:55 19 May 2020
The weather today has been tropical. I'll never forget the day I stepped off the plane in Panama. I remember thinking, I have to get out of this jetwash. The weather was like that for almost… Read More
Life 101 · 00:16 20 May 2020
When Jilda and I first moved here in 1980, the bank next to the road had gnarly weeds that grew on it. I spent hours using a weed eater clearing that bank.Apparently, my efforts only annoyed… Read More
Life 101 · 03:00 23 May 2020
Our nephew Haven surprised me today with a great gift. He was working at his dad's house next door and called me to come over. I was cutting grass, but a break sounded good.Call me lazy, but… Read More
Life 101 · 02:07 25 May 2020
Our garden is doing great. The last few nights, it has rained. When I went outside early this morning, you could almost hear stuff growing.This evening, Jilda and I walked over to her brothe… Read More
Life 101 · 00:34 26 May 2020
I usually work on Monday, but I took the holiday off. I don't feel comfortable saying happy Memorial Day, because it's a solemn holiday. I've spent time thinking about family and friends who… Read More
Life 101 · 01:09 28 May 2020
It has rained on and off for most of the day. After coffee, I moved the laptop to the screened porch to write my column for this weekend. When the clouds moved off to the north, the sun… Read More
Life 101 · 22:52 28 May 2020
My walking view today. One of the elderberry bushes we planted several weeks ago bloomed today. I had no idea we'd have berries our first year, but Jilda says the blossom is a good sign that… Read More
Life 101 · 01:32 31 May 2020
We have a yoga friend we haven't seen since early March. She and her husband love fresh eggs. This morning we had to deliver eggs to the produce stand and pick up some fresh veggies. Our yog… Read More
Life 101 · 00:20 01 Jun 2020
I've always loved stained glass. When I was in Panama, there was a small shop tucked between a place that sold cameras and electronics, and rug emporium was a tiny shop that sold intricate s… Read More
Life 101 · 01:13 03 Jun 2020
Driving home this evening, I rolled down the window.  There is something hypnotic about the sound of the wind as it rushes by my window.Pulling into my drive, I knew the gardenias were… Read More
Life 101 · 01:24 06 Jun 2020
Today was busy. Jilda and I walked early, but when we returned, we got the baskets and went back out to pick blueberries. After about an hour, we drank all the water we'd taken with us… Read More
Life 101 · 03:09 13 Jun 2020
It was still as a photograph outside this evening as we ate dinner. We did a trial subscription to Netflix and were watching a program when the power went off.I have the power company on spe… Read More
Life 101 · 00:29 17 Jun 2020
After lunch, Jilda and I stepped out onto the deck for an analog weather report. I leaned back in the wrought iron chair, closed my eyes, and turned my face to the sun.A shadow flitted… Read More
Life 101 · 01:33 18 Jun 2020
We sat on the deck before sunrise this morning and drank coffee. Jilda lit some incense to keep the skeeters at bay.When the sun came up, it painted the clouds to the south, subtle hues of p… Read More
Life 101 · 23:57 19 Jun 2020
I sometimes think that Jilda and I should have saved and bought a place by the water. When I was a teenager, my dad bought a small lot on the river. My older brother and I helped my dad buil… Read More
Life 101 · 22:40 22 Jun 2020
Last night I wrote my blog entry on my phone. It's always a little wonky, but manageable. At 11:30 p.m., the light blinked on. The AC began cooling the house down immediately.This morning, I… Read More
Life 101 · 23:15 27 Jun 2020
The canopy over the road to our barn is so dense that very little light finds its way through to the floor.A Google search had this to say about ferns - The ferns constitute an ancient… Read More
Life 101 · 00:01 29 Jun 2020
A few years ago, Jilda and I spent our anniversary in Fairhope, Alabama. Don't you just love that name? Fairhope is less than an hour from the Gulf of Mexico, but it's nestled on the sh… Read More
Life 101 · 01:10 02 Jul 2020
We woke up this morning to the falling rain. After starting the coffee, I stepped over to the garden door and looked across the garden toward the barn. A light mist hovered just above the gr… Read More
Life 101 · 01:33 03 Jul 2020
I spent most of the day writing stories for the paper. After coffee and a short walk, I was on the screen porch under a whispering ceiling fan tapping keys. After several hours, I was brain… Read More
Life 101 · 01:16 04 Jul 2020
When our elderly neighbor across the road began having health issues a few years ago, I started keeping a closer check on him. His only daughter was an attorney and lived out west. When I wo… Read More
Life 101 · 23:58 04 Jul 2020
While the coffee dripped in the carafe this morning I stepped down to the garden to check on things.Everything is showing out, except for the sunflowers. The picture below, I took a few year… Read More
Life 101 · 01:49 10 Jul 2020
Jilda and I walked over to our niece Samantha's house yesterday evening as the sun was setting. She'd never grown a garden in her life until this year. The virus put her out of work, so rath… Read More
Life 101 · 23:29 10 Jul 2020
Jilda pointed out in her blog last night that the limoncello sunflowers had bloomed. We have sunflowers that are ten feet tall with blossoms as big as volleyballs, but they are slow to… Read More
Life 101 · 23:17 12 Jul 2020
In year's past, summer was my favorite month. I worked and played hard. In the last several years, that philosophy caught up with me.Yesterday, I did several projects. I thought I'd spread t… Read More
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