88498 words. It’s a beautiful day…

We’ve discovered the pond area is a good 10  degrees cooler than the front yard. Amazing. Jane had bought a bunch of sale plants from Wayside Gardens end-of-season sale. They arrived looking pretty sad, but should perk up a bit with sunlight and TLC. Hostas,...

88498 words. It's a beautiful day…

We’ve discovered the pond area is a good 10  degrees cooler than the front yard. Amazing. Jane had bought a bunch of sale plants from Wayside Gardens end-of-season sale. They arrived looking pretty sad, but should perk up a bit with sunlight and TLC. Hostas,...

A day for MY room…the Augean Stables, part III

I never really have moved in since we came to the house. My lighting hasn’t worked, never did get my pirate hat hung up, I’m using a child’s coathanging rig on the back of my door to hang adult clothing (it drags on the carpet) and the walls have...

85,000 words and gaining on it. Thank goodness.

Mr Lector notwithstanding, I am making progress now! I spent the day glued to the working chair. I got blisters on my hand yesterday wielding a broom, trying to help Jane clean up the gutter mess, which shows you in what sad shape my hands are. They caught the...

And here comes the chopper again…(11 pm)

Some brilliant functionary decided that it would be nice to give our local prison inmates a holiday at the fair. At the end of the day, they’re missing one, sort of a Hannibal Lecter type, far out of touch with reality, to hear the local news guys, and probably...