Lucked out with clear skies last night…

Saw the moon rise like Mars—red and large in the sky, with the Earth’s shadow on it. And two shooting stars close in both time and origin, but in opposite directions…the Perseid meteor group. We caught it later, white and high, with the shadow only a...

Back into the poundage battle…

Decided to apply some exercise for our general good as well as letting us eat a little more freely. Yesterday we hiked 3/4 mile to a local eatery for lunch, had lunch, walked back. Today we drove the car over to a fair-sized park, hiked the circumference of same, had...

The uu key fell off… just fell off.

I abuse keyboards for a living. I’ve never had one fold quite as completely. So the guy should have come today—but didn’t. Didn’t call. Nada. The situation has been ‘escalated’ in the Dell shop to reach ‘management’, and...

Eye exam yesterday—getting driving glasses.

It’s not just ‘which line can you read’ on the chart. It’s being able to resolve items in the far distance quickly and without thought, so that you can devote attention to the speed with which you’re closing. Got a little trace of...

Ex-hausted.

The lung ailment that followed the fires took its toll on both of us…we’re trying to recover. But the air is clearing and colder, which will help the firefighters. Even our local News station and Dish Network have suspended their contract feud to bring the...

From my working chair, I can always see the pond bubble…

And while Jane and I have been too under the weather to go out and fuss with it, putting food in to bait it, the koi have gone over it. It moves, from hour to hour, mostly along the bridge, and at least once or twice a day one of the koi gets into it just for the heck...

Well, Jane and I have been down sick since Worldcon…

But by golly, I was determined to get well for my birthday. Which it is. We’re celebrating a quiet one, and going out for the free steak you get on birthdays at Swinging Door, and that will do nicely. Feeling well enough today we went out to breakfast at Waffles...