by CJ | Oct 31, 2021 | Journal
Haven’t got much decor up this year—and the pix thing is still bollixed, so it wouldn’t help anyway. The church across the street is putting on a Trunk or Treat event in their parking lot tonight—we may stroll over and have a look. This is...
by CJ | Oct 26, 2021 | Journal
ust as a ‘where I got my ideas’ note….What really inspired Faded Sun was twofold: during my teens my family did a lot of vacationing in or near the SW deserts and most importantly, I had had a disaster of an early try at a marine fish tank. The thing...
by CJ | Oct 23, 2021 | Journal
Our Giant Sequoia bonsai. Because we’re a little crazy. Can grow a quarter inch a night. The wire corrects a sudden lurch sideways at an angle. It has more than doubled its height since we got it, but for some reason it decided to leave its natural...
by CJ | Oct 19, 2021 | Journal
That wall at the end is new: it hides a small closet for mixer, toaster, bowls, Dustbuster, and other counter-sitters as well as brooms and cleaning supplies. And our aim is to get the dining nook behind it clear of ‘stuff’ so that it all looks...
by CJ | Oct 18, 2021 | Journal
Which is really good news. I’m feeling good, generally, recovering slowly where it comes to the hands and feet, but I can type, and I’m working. I will say the whole cancer experience has been a trial—I went into it able to pass for late 40’s...
by CJ | Oct 8, 2021 | Journal
Implanted lenses had gotten a haze due to cells (unwanted ones) overgrowing the ‘capsule’ in which the lens sits. So I got the first one treated (laser) Tuesday and was fairly well wiped—not the surgery, which consists of staring into a test-like...
by CJ | Oct 4, 2021 | Journal
Not quite as painfree or instant as the first, but I think they used a larger dose—they waited 20 minutes instead of 5 on the lidocaine taking effect, and I think there was a reason. The raised swelling on the knee was pronounced and remained so for the next...
