New ceiling fan…

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Fanimation-Studio-Collection-Eastview-23-in-Dark-bronze-Indoor-Downrod-Mount-Ceiling-Fan-with-Light-Kit-and-Remote-3-Blade/1000002314 Not a ceiling hugger, but a light and fan combo that is going into the living room to save us some cooling...

Had the dental surgery Wednesday, had to go in again today.

The seal and cushion they installed started to ‘float’ within hours after I got home and began to come apart last night. On liquids-only. So today being the last day before the weekend I called the dentist for a lookover. Not right, they said, and revised...

New round of dental work, oh, joy.

Wednesday. This one will be another graft, and limits on eating while it ‘takes’, which is about 3 months. Talk about a way to go on a diet. Not that I can’t stand to drop more pounds. I’m down 12 since January, on the regime we’re...

How I cooked 3 complete dinners in 45 minutes.

Not servings. Dinners. Dinner a, lovingly prepared—elaborate cheeseburgers. The ground beef was slightly ‘off’—too long in the fridge. I gathered up both plates and tossed both. Then the fast route: taco chicken packet with a side of riced...

Map woes….

The new Foreigner book which I am finishing is going to need maps—because we refer to places and we move. There’s a lot of old history raked up. And more recent troubles. So I am trying to work with the maps. One of the problems is scale. The maps have to...