by CJ | Mar 24, 2014 | Journal
Woke up this morning to the big waterfall doing the surge and stop it does when water level is low… ran out to see that the little filter is leaking bigtime…clogged. Ah, me, first filter-pass of the season. I’ll add more water and haul out the filter...
by CJ | Mar 23, 2014 | Journal
it was great. 80 mile round trip, with beautiful scenery (Priest Lake is still frozen and there is snow along the roadsides) and one of the best hamburgers I’ve ever had up there in the town. Ardy’s Cafe, if you’re in the neighborhood. Bacon...
by CJ | Mar 23, 2014 | Journal
it was great. 80 mile round trip, with beautiful scenery (Priest Lake is still frozen and there is snow along the roadsides) and one of the best hamburgers I’ve ever had up there in the town. Ardy’s Cafe, if you’re in the neighborhood. Bacon...
by CJ | Mar 21, 2014 | Journal
This is when it’s raining styrofoam. Or snowing little cubes of very light spongy stuff. This is what we had, when we’ve been mid-50’s. We will be again this weekend, but the pond skinned over with ice in great wrinkles this morning, and we had a...
by CJ | Mar 19, 2014 | Journal
Jane really can’t take loud shrill noises. Me, I was lead flute in a marching band and briefly, while our piccolo player was out of commission, I also played piccolo. Stars and Stripes Forever, anyone? So when it comes to leaf blowers, Jane can’t be around...
by CJ | Mar 19, 2014 | Journal
Of course what comes out when I do get to writing that short story or three will be whatever happens to trigger one of the bits and bobs bubbling along in the tidepools of a writer’s brain, or whether some unguessed monster will rise out of the deeper...
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 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.
