by CJ | Jun 15, 2013 | Journal
She’d forgotten. I had an apprehension it might be gruesome. It was gruesome. It was shopping cart gridlock near the free food handouts, which were in the main aisles. I got the requisite broccoli, succumbed to a food sample [smoked salmon and jalapeno cheese: I...
by CJ | Jun 15, 2013 | Journal
She’d forgotten. I had an apprehension it might be gruesome. It was gruesome. It was shopping cart gridlock near the free food handouts, which were in the main aisles. I got the requisite broccoli, succumbed to a food sample [smoked salmon and jalapeno cheese: I...
by CJ | Jun 15, 2013 | Journal
Fast-Growing Tree, online, just delivered us, via truck, two well-grown, healthy trees, each about 4′ high, and cleverly packed. Jane was somewhat lamenting having ordered the Japanese maple, which was pricey, when some 20.00 maples came it at Lowes. OTOH, this...
by CJ | Jun 14, 2013 | Journal
I lopped its branches. I have yet to get the weedeater out, but I will. I recovered the Green Monster after the garbage crews had been by and filled it with iris leaves…yep, that’s one of the BIG rolling city cans, filled, and so heavy I can no longer find...
by CJ | Jun 14, 2013 | Journal
I lopped its branches. I have yet to get the weedeater out, but I will. I recovered the Green Monster after the garbage crews had been by and filled it with iris leaves…yep, that’s one of the BIG rolling city cans, filled, and so heavy I can no longer find...
by CJ | Jun 13, 2013 | Journal
A huge truck showed up today and, by invitation, drove over a gooseberry bush to deliver a full load of basalt chips to our driveway. Now the fun begins. We were smart enough to get a nice little Black & Decker compressor for our wheelbarrow tires: we have 2...
by CJ | Jun 11, 2013 | Journal
Jane’s been working on the editing, then the covers…and now you get to see it… It’s been one of those things that’s been a long, long piece of work, long hours of headwork and concentration…I put food out, try to convince Jane to...
by CJ | Jun 11, 2013 | Journal
Jane’s been working on the editing, then the covers…and now you get to see it… It’s been one of those things that’s been a long, long piece of work, long hours of headwork and concentration…I put food out, try to convince Jane to...
by CJ | Jun 10, 2013 | Journal
scroll down a bit This is what you see when they form way too close to you. Jane and I got this view from our back porch…and when I talk about the ‘curtains’ or ‘skirts’ of a tornado going over the house, when those things decide to move,...
by CJ | Jun 10, 2013 | Journal
You know, sometimes because you read about somebody doing this sort of thing… …it is not a cinch it is going to turn out well. The people who did this sort of thing for religious reasons were years adapted to the area, where they’d lived next to...
by CJ | Jun 10, 2013 | Journal
You know, sometimes because you read about somebody doing this sort of thing… …it is not a cinch it is going to turn out well. The people who did this sort of thing for religious reasons were years adapted to the area, where they’d lived next to...
by CJ | Jun 10, 2013 | Journal
The Project In short, you pick a thermally hot area, like Newberry, Yellowstone, or Mammoth, and you pump water in, and pump water out. Now, a factoid for those not ‘up’ on volcanoes… There’s a reason most volcanos happen about 70 to 90 miles...
