by CJ | Mar 17, 2014 | Journal
…for my bedroom. I’ve only lived here since 2007—and for the first time in, oh, since 2000, I actually have bedroom curtains. This is epic. If you recall, I got a double rod, put a severely tailored glass valance on the back one, and table runners...
by CJ | Mar 13, 2014 | Journal
An Ilisidi story. I can’t do it immediately. Right now I’m at a delicate spot near the end of the current book! But one of these weeks! So we will get this done!
by CJ | Mar 11, 2014 | Journal
Fence is mostly what I see from my workstation window. Jane sees a lot too. Jane’s eyes are really sensitive to brightness, and I think she has a strong point—if that fence is too light, we’ll be sorry. So—that’s the story. It’s not...
by CJ | Mar 11, 2014 | Journal
Fence is mostly what I see from my workstation window. Jane sees a lot too. Jane’s eyes are really sensitive to brightness, and I think she has a strong point—if that fence is too light, we’ll be sorry. So—that’s the story. It’s not...
by CJ | Mar 9, 2014 | Journal
I have never tried harder to spend too much money… But we are promised he will be there.
by CJ | Mar 7, 2014 | Journal
I am prepared for indigestion.
by CJ | Mar 6, 2014 | Journal
She was fat and in good health. That is what we know. Punxatawney has Phil. We have Ari. She did not see her shadow.
by CJ | Mar 6, 2014 | Journal
From 6 inches of snow two days ago—to bare earth. The fence, which is falling down, has several posts gone, and we are trying to keep it upright until the guy from Home Depot can get back from the Caribbean and fix it. We are having the darndest time. Home Depot...
by CJ | Mar 5, 2014 | Journal
Joe. And Sweetbo. I am puzzled. But the posts are now swimming in the common pool.
by CJ | Mar 3, 2014 | Journal
We have striped weather—and this is the stripiest. We got six inches of snow yesterday and last night, and today it will start to rain and melt it all. Our river will rise, no question. And people, from timid, have gotten way cavalier about speed on our arterial...
by CJ | Mar 1, 2014 | Journal
It’s 15 degrees and spitting snow. This is our forecast, which has been pretty well typical of February. We get a snow coat. Then it leaves. A 40 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 18. Northeast wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph....
by CJ | Mar 1, 2014 | Journal
It’s 15 degrees and spitting snow. This is our forecast, which has been pretty well typical of February. We get a snow coat. Then it leaves. A 40 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 18. Northeast wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph....