We lost Efanor today.

by | Apr 27, 2011 | Journal

Beautiful, beautiful kitty.  He’s asleep beside the koi pond, near the waterfall and pond he used to watch for hours. His passing was peaceful, without fear or discomfort, and OSG very kindly was there for us. He was born in Oklahoma, traveled the Great Move to...

Very bad news on Jane's kitty Efanor…

by | Apr 25, 2011 | Journal

He’s dropped a little weight over the past couple of weeks, then yesterday afternoon refused a favorite  treat. We took him to the vet. Blood tests are very bad. You have to wonder how he looks so good. There’s not much can be done except buy a little...

Very bad news on Jane’s kitty Efanor…

by | Apr 25, 2011 | Journal

He’s dropped a little weight over the past couple of weeks, then yesterday afternoon refused a favorite  treat. We took him to the vet. Blood tests are very bad. You have to wonder how he looks so good. There’s not much can be done except buy a little...

The focus on day two is getting clearer.

by | Apr 24, 2011 | Journal

There is a classic experiment in which a guy put on prism glasses that inverted the image, and he wore them daily. Eventually his brain reinterpreted the image and ‘flipped it. When he took the glasses off, the world was inverted. It took time for his vision to...

Can you say ecstatic? The lenses are working.

by | Apr 23, 2011 | Journal

I’ve had them on half an hour, and the distance-vision sparkles again! I can read the instructional buttons on the microwave. Reading the computer is still iffy, but there’s an adjustment curve on this, and you may just have to put up with my misspelling...

Headed to the optometrist today.

by | Apr 22, 2011 | Journal

Figuring after the great play debacle, I’d better get something done. I think I’m going to get contacts for far-vision and reading glasses for up-close use with the same contacts. My astigmatism isn’t much of an issue in far-vision, but really is...

Snowing again. 21st April, and it's coming down thick.

by | Apr 21, 2011 | Journal

Last night we went to a high school play—St. George’s was doing Fiddler on the Roof and our good friend Terry is wardrobe mistress (and creator) for most of the school’s annual plays. She showed us her lairs at intermission, and we tiptoed about the...

Snowing again. 21st April, and it’s coming down thick.

by | Apr 21, 2011 | Journal

Last night we went to a high school play—St. George’s was doing Fiddler on the Roof and our good friend Terry is wardrobe mistress (and creator) for most of the school’s annual plays. She showed us her lairs at intermission, and we tiptoed about the...

Want to know how errors get into books?

by | Apr 20, 2011 | Journal

Here’s a sample. I sent Intruder off to my agent in the form he asked for on January 2-?, this year. Last night I got a strange e-mail relayed to me by my publisher/editor from the cover artist asking where the book was and complaining it was going to run him...