The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey October 10, 2023

10 October 2023

We've had family visiting in the past few weeks. First Marcia's brother and his wife, then Marcia's niece and her family (hubby and three kids). It was hectic, and fun. We went to the local Common Ground Fair (pricy, crowded ... meh). We went for lobster on the coast (or, in my case, bacon-wrapped scallops), and we did some fishing. Then with the second group: cook outs, a family party, and fishing. A reasonably good time was apparently had by all, including us. Georgia, the rescue mutt, did pretty well with all the hustle and bustle, too. The fishing this…

Brian Bilbrey July 11, 2023

11 July 2023

First, some context: From The Washington Post: Theater is in freefall, and the pandemic isn't the only thing to blame. I place this in light of the woes that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is going through, as mentioned in that article. And indeed, it's not just the pandemic. For OSF, it was the Almeda Fire of 2020, and it was the smoke filled skies in the Pacific Northwest last year that cancelled so many outdoor performances on the Elizabethan Stage. It was the cracked main load beam in the Angus Bowmar a decade ago that had that venue closed for…

Brian Bilbrey June 11, 2023

11 June 2023

It's been gray and raining far more often than not these last few weeks. Nothing ever really dries out. Not me, not the dog. We got the boat out of storage on a Saturday in early May ... immediately followed by 3.6 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. Everything flooded. Bits of docks were floating away. It was two or three weeks before things stabilized and we could put our boat in the water. We've been out a few times, caught a few small bass and a monster of a great northern pike that I got to the…

Brian Bilbrey April 19, 2023

19 April 2023

Nearly three weeks ago, the (perhaps) last snow of the season came and went. (I've doomed us, now.) Friday last, it was in the high 70's (F) hereabouts, shorts and tshirt while walking the dog. This week, we've been back down in the mid-thirties overnight most night, and might approach freezing again a few times. That said, I've arrange for us to pick up the boat from winter storage at the end of the month (I've doomed us, again). The weather doesn't look auspicious for early May fishing yet, but if the boat isn't out, there's no hope at all.

Brian Bilbrey March 19, 2023

19 March 2023

Hunting season is long past, but Georgia Aileen and I stay in orange, me to make us easier for drivers to spot and avoid when we're walking along the road to our trails, and Georgia so that I can find her when she's more than twenty feet away in the snow and shadows... When it's TV time in the late afternoon and early evenings, Georgia continues to watch TV with us. So much more than any other dog we've had. Well, normal-ish - it's also production patch Sunday. So I was up with Georgia at 0630. Got the coffee started,…