The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: expectations

  • Best Laid Plans

    ‘Twas a rainy Seattle morning, and I was looking forward to a nice quiet shift on the bridge. Most boaters would not be out in this muck. I planned to drink my green tea, write my blog, and just relax. Then a maintenance crew showed up. I had forgotten they were coming. No big deal.…

  • The Omelet that is My Life

    Anyone who knows me well knows that I hate to cook. If it weren’t for the fact that I love to eat, you’d never see me in the kitchen at all. It’s just not one of my things. But today I had top quality ingredients in the fridge, and I decided to use them to…

  • When Things Go Wrong

    When your job requires that you open and close a drawbridge and something happens that causes it to malfunction, that’s a bad day. That’s a stressful, paperwork-generating, workmen-crawling-all-over-your-territory type of day. I don’t like those days. I’m having one of those days. But really, since I didn’t do anything to break one of the most…

  • Why are Dogs Man’s Best Friend?

    As I write this, snuggled up beside me is my best friend, Devo. As he snores gently, I contemplate the things we have in common. Neither of us is pure bred by any stretch of the imagination. We’re always happy to see each other. We both struggle with our weight. We love to take naps…

  • Pomegranate Surprise

    No, this is not going to be a recipe. Sorry. When I was little, sometimes my mother would say, “I have a surprise for you!” And she’d get me so excited that by the time she was through I’d have it built up in my mind to pony proportions. Then she’d hand me a pomegranate,…