http://ignoregon.com/rss/bandon Aggregated Blog Posts From Bandon Mon, 6 Sep 2010 16:08:05 +0000 en http://sixtyfivewhatnow.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-world-thursday.html http://sixtyfivewhatnow.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-world-thursday.html Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:30:00 +0000 Our backyard, in summer.Who needs to go anywhere else?See other bloggers' worlds. Visit Honolulu:Winds of Change: http://phhhst.blogspot.com/Thanks for viewing! Are you retired? Let's Talk about how we're doing. Got smething about Itqaly to share? So do I. http://sixtyfivewhatnow.blogspot.com/2010/08/older-crankier-needier.html http://sixtyfivewhatnow.blogspot.com/2010/08/older-crankier-needier.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:18:00 +0000 I changed . This is ny new profile picture.I 'm older. And not prettier.Cranky at the smallest thing.I miss normal.A little pain in the knee. Rest and heat. Can't stand too long; can't walk too long; can't ride or drive too long. Knees are On my mind, all the time.  Age has krept  in my joints like sand , irritating a bit at the beginning, worse as time moves on.This time last year, I was walking four miles a day and barking at slow movers.Now, I pace myself through the day.I nap.I eat my favorite foods.I watch comedy.I still have my eyes and my fingers!Thanks for viewing! Are you retired? Let's Talk about how we're doing. Got smething about Itqaly to share? So do I. http://sixtyfivewhatnow.blogspot.com/2010/08/signs-o-fllife.html http://sixtyfivewhatnow.blogspot.com/2010/08/signs-o-fllife.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:05:00 +0000 Who lives here besides us?What do we know about their lives?What's our relationship?Will the tide affect us equally?If  the other is sick, will we be sick too?Thanks for viewing! Are you retired? Let's Talk about how we're doing. Got smething about Itqaly to share? So do I. http://sixtyfivewhatnow.blogspot.com/2010/08/back-in-old-days.html http://sixtyfivewhatnow.blogspot.com/2010/08/back-in-old-days.html Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:54:00 +0000 Oregon is a relative young state. Our town, Port Orford, is the oldest township on the coast, founded in 1859 or so, as a fort, a military outpost to protect the lumber that was being cut and shipped to Eureka and San Francisco. Port Orford Cedar became a cash crop for young pioneers with money and resources to set up lumber operations.Oregon Trail, wagons bringing young families to the  West, followed the Lewis and Clark expedition notes, settling down in places that promised riches and sustainability.  The Lewis and Clark expedition got in trouble for months up at the mouth of the Columbia, in present Astoria.  Pacific storms forced them to set up a more permanent settlement until they could resume their exploratory travels.Oregon has these two sides, a stunning summer/fall weather and an incessantly wet winter/spring that can chill the bones. People who visit us in the summer, wonder why the place is still lightly inhabited.  We tell them that most people are chased off by the first winter storms.Here, on the shores of the Great Pacific, my grandchild and her friend rode horses on the beaches for just an hour or so, stopping just long enough for photographs. The next day, they had to rest, as  aches and pains connected them to the pioneers whose mode of transportation was horses.If you come to Oregon, you get this sense of history as you recreate on our rivers, beaches, back roads.Thanks for viewing! Are you retired? Let's Talk about how we're doing. Got smething about Itqaly to share? So do I. http://sixtyfivewhatnow.blogspot.com/2010/08/summer-time-is-reading-time.html http://sixtyfivewhatnow.blogspot.com/2010/08/summer-time-is-reading-time.html Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:14:00 +0000 A friend of mine gave me Delizia, an epic history of italians and their food by John Dickie.And I have been devouring every word."Boisterous, gluttonous stories-some verging on the salacious..." Publishers Weekly"A book that is as much a feast of horrors as delights..."The Sunday Times (London)You don't read this kind of book when you are hungry or on a diet.  You read it when you are sitting down in the shade of a big tree, with trade winds blowing, with a glass of wine in one hand and the book in the other, savoring history one sip at a time.I swear, there is as much history here as there are recipes and how they came about.If you are curious about how Italy came to be a great place for food, read this book.  History was never this much fun for me.If I were not already Italian, I would convert!Buon Appetito!Thanks for viewing! Are you retired? Let's Talk about how we're doing. Got smething about Itqaly to share? So do I.