Author Archives: Susy

This has been a week I’d just as soon not repeat. Monday, Bob left for Bakersfield, not to return until Friday morning. I took the VW bus down to the Shell station for a tune up. Was on the phone … Continue reading

The call with regard to the water board came Monday. Jean Auer was going to interview me on the 24th or 26th. She said the position requires about 10 hours of study a month plus the meetings. I picked all … Continue reading

This morning Bob got up early to go down to the creek to meet Scoot Miller. Scoot worked 1 ½ hours hauling shale to backfill the cribbing and raise the road level. Florence Miller came in to get him. He … Continue reading

August 19th 9:30 p.m. Just got Rebecca and Jeffrey to bed after reading three days worth of “Survive the Savage Sea”. The previous day had been partly cloudy with a few showers and at one point there was a lovely … Continue reading

My new camera arrived and I was so excited. I was a little scared by it just because it was so expensive, around $300. It had a macro-lens, which meant I could take close-ups as well as distance shots. Friday … Continue reading

Killed a little rattlesnake near the mint patch when I went out to get a sprig for my iced tea. Looked for a shovel and couldn’t find one so whacked off its head with a splitting mall. It was rather … Continue reading

Life continued to have daily living events: Rebecca had a 10th birthday; Jeff stayed overnight at Florence and Leonard’s to play with Kent; Jeannie Meyer gave us three- dozen eggs from their chickens. She and Robin went on a backpack … Continue reading

May 28th Got bread started. Bob was home sick in bed. Wrote a letter to my parents. Clarke and I went to the library to run off a copy of an article to send to my parents. I took some … Continue reading

Clarke rode on the tractor with Bob down almost to where we cut the tree yesterday. Then Jeff rode for about ¼ mile, doing most of the steering. Later, Rebecca had a ride. Bob dragged the root and stump down … Continue reading

On a Saturday, Florence and Leonard got back from Mexico looking tanned and relaxed, bringing hats for the boys and a necklace and bracelet for Rebecca. They ran into snow coming over Buckhorn Summit. Friday I had met with Bob … Continue reading