by CJ | Nov 18, 2011 | Journal
…but don’t trust it. I have every confidence it’s coming. There’s some potent cold air up in those hills. Mostly we’re just kind of nothing today. I want to go back to bed, and may for a while. I haven’t got two functioning brain...
by CJ | Nov 18, 2011 | Journal
…but don’t trust it. I have every confidence it’s coming. There’s some potent cold air up in those hills. Mostly we’re just kind of nothing today. I want to go back to bed, and may for a while. I haven’t got two functioning brain...
by CJ | Nov 17, 2011 | Journal
we’ve got the snowblower by the back door. Jane is baking an apple pie with a recipe that involves whiskey. We could accumulate 8″ over the next few days, and OSG could get more than that, living a couple of hundred feet higher. For those of you in the...
by CJ | Nov 16, 2011 | Journal
I’ve been in such awful pain from that old shoulder injury—I mean, if I stub my toe on the sidewalk, the inertial jolt of that shoulder has been so bad it makes your mouth water and the sky change colors—and the thought of falling on the rink has...
by CJ | Nov 16, 2011 | Journal
The link follows: the Star of India, launched originally as the Euterpe, (Muse of Song and Dance), under full sail. This is the oldest working ship afloat. These old ships, made generally of oak, have gotten quite fragile and are rarely risked except on a calm day....
by CJ | Nov 14, 2011 | Journal
I wonder if some kind people who have time and can lay hands on certain books would scan in some maps from the various series: these are a reasonable thing to have as a feature on Wave, so people have access to the maps, since Kindle doesn’t render graphics. If...
by CJ | Nov 13, 2011 | Journal
Jane and I live on a diet…and we do miss chips. Now and again we just have to splurge. We’ve found two that aren’t as bad for you as some: first, Pirate’s Booty corn-rice puffs, white cheddar. Like Cheetos but without as much fat; and secondly,...
by CJ | Nov 12, 2011 | Journal
That arctic front hit us with strong winds that toppled a 100 year old tree onto a big house on the North Hill (we live on the South Hill) and really trashed several rooms. Evergreens grow up about 90 feet and are limber at the top and long-fibered with big, heavily...
by CJ | Nov 11, 2011 | Journal
THE BALLAD OF FINITY’S END Lyrics and music (c) 1984 by C.J. Cherryh 1. (Em) Finity’s End is a (Am) far-trav’lin’ ship and wide (Em) space is the (D) deep that she (Em) knows. Infinity’s black is the (Am) emblem she bears, and (D) never a...
by CJ | Nov 11, 2011 | Journal
THE BALLAD OF FINITY’S END Lyrics and music (c) 1984 by C.J. Cherryh 1. (Em) Finity’s End is a (Am) far-trav’lin’ ship and wide (Em) space is the (D) deep that she (Em) knows. Infinity’s black is the (Am) emblem she bears, and (D) never a...
by CJ | Nov 9, 2011 | Journal
A little slideshow: OSG’s camera’s missing, last we heard, but she’s doing ok with the phone.
by CJ | Nov 9, 2011 | Journal
A little slideshow: OSG’s camera’s missing, last we heard, but she’s doing ok with the phone.
