back in Brookings!

Happy Mardi Gras! Mom and I had Bunco today and brought a huge pot of Gumbo for the potluck. Recipe here: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/gumbo-recipe-1916887

The ladies at Bunco are so nice. I got to play last month when I was here, too, and really enjoy it.

if they don't have enough players, a "dummy" is used--this one "honks" and I love her

Tonight gave us a nice sunset, but we got to the beach a little late to get a really good photo.

Mondays are gardening days at the Manley Art Center. Mom unknowingly brought home a hitchhiker this week.

trees and bushes are starting to bloom everywhere!

part of the Art Center's gardening area

mom's hitchhiker

mom setting the hitchhiker free

I take a walk down to the harbor just about every morning and walk by a giant cement retaining wall that people love to use for chalk drawings. Every once in a while, they use the firehose to clean the wall, and then the art starts again. I got here just after they had cleaned the wall and were starting fresh.

Love it!

I have seen the sun much more this trip than last, but there still has been a foggy morning or two.

one lonely daffodil

Heather's fiddling and I'm not into spicy food

Congratulations to Heather! She recently competed in the Ajo Old Time Fiddle Contest in Ajo, Arizona. She placed 1st in her age division and 3rd in the "trick and fancy" division! Good job, Heather! She has also recently started teaching piano and violin again.

Yesterday, to celebrate our 31st anniversary and Valentine's Day, Glen and I went out to a buffet lunch at a new East Indian restaurant that recently opened in Fallon. We thought it was funny--I asked the waiter about the spiciness of the food. He assured me it wasn't spicy. Let me tell you, his definition of spicy is different from mine. Several of the dishes made our mouths burn. But it was fun, and there were a few dishes we really liked--but mostly the ones Glen liked and the ones I liked weren't the same ones. Maybe we'll go there again, but I think I'd prefer Oriental or Mexican food.

I'll be heading back to Brookings this week to help my mom out with a few more things. That means I'll be there for Mardi Gras (the 25th), so I'm bringing my gumbo recipe and my "Let the good times roll" t-shirt. Plus maybe a few beads.

Still unreal to think that dad won't be there.

"Grief, I've learned, is really just love. It's all the love you want to give, but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers in the corner of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in the hollow part in your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go." Jamie Anderson


I like posting pictures, but I don't have any from this week. However, as I was playing around and put Glen's name into google images search, I found a photo from the homecoming parade from October 2018 that the local newspaper had. So, here's our picture for the week.

Have a great week, everyone.

one month

Today marks one month since my father passed away. It's so hard to believe.

I love this photo of me and my dad

I love this photo, too 

One of the projects he had been working on recently was an updated list of his favorite songs and they are all on a flash drive. In no particular order (though the top three are his top three):

Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers
MacArthur's Park by Richard Harris
Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley

12 Moments to Remember by the Four Lads

Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio
Sloop "John B" by the Kingston Trio

The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) by Harry Belafonte
Jamaica Farewell by Harry Belafonte

Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.

Send in the Clowns by Judy Collins

Galway Girl by Jake Cassidy

Didn't We by Glen Campbell
Galveston by Glen Campbell
Where's the Playground Susie by Glen Campbell
By the Time I Get to Phoenix by Glen Campbell

Don't Think Twice, It's Alright by Peter, Paul, and Mary

For the Good Times by Kris Kristofferson
Help Me Make It Through the Night by Kris Kristofferson

It Doesn't Matter Anymore by Linda Ronstadt

A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum

Memories by Andre Rieu and Suzan Erens

Fare Thee Well Love by The Rankins

The Winner Takes It All by ABBA

Fire and Rain by James Taylor

Time to Say Good-bye by Andrea Bocelli

If I Ever Leave This World Alive by Flogging Molly

Only Time by Enya

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel

Yesterday by the Beatles
Something by the Beatles

Bye Bye Blackbird by Joe Cocker

When I Need You by Leo Sayer

In the Year 2525 by Zanger and Evans

Those Were the Days by the Clancy Brothers

Brand New Key by Melanie

If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot

Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond

Everybody's Talkin' by Harry Nilsson
Without You by Harry Nilsson

Greenfields by the Brothers Four

Today by the New Christy Minstrels

The Lion Sleeps Tonight by the Tokins

Joy to the World by 3 Dog Night

The Tide is High by Blondie

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack

California Dreaming by the Mamas and the Papas
Monday, Monday by the Mamas and the Papas

I Can't Stop Loving You by Ray Charles

The Way You Look Tonight by the Lettermen

500 Miles by the Journeymen

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues by Danny O'Keefe

You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin' by the Righteous Brothers

Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues

Again by Dinah Washington

I'm Walking to New Orleans by Fats Domino

Color My World by Chicago

These Arms of Mine by LeAnn Rimes

Jersey Girl by Bruce Springsteen

It Ain't Me Babe by the Turtles

We've Got Tonight by Bob Seger

Piano Man by Billy Joel

Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson

Hang On Sloopy by the McCoys

Earth Angel by the Penguins

Catch the Wind by Donovan

My Way by Frank Sinatra

All My Trials by Joan Baez

And When I Die by Blood, Sweat, and Tears

Brown-Eyed Girl by Van Morrison

Turn Around by John McCutcheon

Turn, Turn, Turn! by the Byrds

House of the Rising Sun by the Animals

Lonely Days by the Bee Gees
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by the Bee Gees

At Last by Etta James

Foggy, Foggy Dew by Liam Clancy

Stir It Up by Bob Marley and the Wailers

Red Rubber Ball by Cyrkle

Jean by Rod McKuen


So glad you put this list together and made the flash drive so we can listen to your music. Love you and miss you, dad!