The Winter Wind 2007 |
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Magn -- fair winds and following seas
Magn (my mother) died April 5th in the nursing home. She had been
getting gradually weaker for about a month and then one afternoon just
passed on without warning. Cause? ... essentially old age ... she was
98 years old. She had been wanting to die since she got
into the nursing home ... and I don't blame her ... not because the care in
the nursing home was insufficient but rather at that point her capabilities
and options were just too limited. Even so there were things Magn
enjoyed:
Magn with LARGE cinnamon bun
Paula and I took Magn in her casket in the van down to the New Swedish
Cemetery (now called All Faiths) in Worcester Mass to be laid to rest
beside her husband Arthur and to be within 20 feet of all her old best
friends that predeceased her. Her intent was to resume their card
games ... and now she is in position to do that.
Grave in New Swedish Cemetery
Here are extra links:
Magn Obituary
Magn's 90th birthday party
Magn enroute
Recipes
Paul -- beautiful weather and bountiful harvests
Doc Paul Greenlee (Paula's father and a surgeon and a
farmer) died in 2005 at the age of
102. As he requested his body has since been at his Alma Mater, the
University of Pittsburgh Medical School. His remains were returned this
year and the Greater Greenlee family gathered under the Catalpa trees on top
of the highest hill of his Pennsylvania farm on a clear July day to spread his ashes
and say a final farewell ... a lovely place with long views.
Spreading of Doc Greenlee's ashes
Island Cottage
As usual I spent what time I could on the island ... mostly working on THE
COTTAGE. This year I put the windows in, trimmed, and shingled the
West and most of the South sides. I also built a deck linking the
South side of the cottage to the shed and stairs down into the gulch and
bolted the cottage to rock. Of course I never finish as much as I hope
the year before ... and age is slowing me down. Next year I hope to
finish the outside. Many thanks to all that helped.
West side done
South side and deck
A little bird told me ...
The little bird
The bird flew inside the cottage through the open door and roosted,
seemingly pooped from flying ... I gathered him up to put him outside and he
just sat on my finger for a
while, resting ... and in a few minutes flew on his way.
Come help with the cottage if you can !
Again the site has a 270 degree view with
great sunrises / sunsets.
Click here to see the view from the deck only if you
have a FAST internet connection pic= 665 KB.
For more info on the cottage work (including thanks to the helpers and
sunrises and sunsets) and the
island ... use these links:
cottage 2007
Island visitor information
Merry
Christmas
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Adventures
For a different kind of adventure we drove to Paula's home in Pennsylvania for Christmas ... the visit was good, the people many and friendly, the food plentiful, the chores minimal, and the drive was long (13 hours). The drive also let me have a good visit with my old hiking buddy Roger Coco (Daniel Boone incarnate) and his partner Nancy. See Paula to the right in Roger's hat.
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