Just back from Seattle area…hard trip…

by | Nov 9, 2013 | Journal

We went for a wedding of a couple of friends at the house of another friend from back-when, had a good evening, thank you, GPS! and went with 3 friends to the Seattle Aquarium the next day—I was really flagging at the end of that outing. And at the end of one...

Jane's doing much better, and has an appointment tomorrow…

by | Nov 4, 2013 | Journal

The antibiotic is really helping. She thinks she may have had a low grade infection for a while. So what does she do? The City delivered us a notice to lower our bushes by a certain amount at the corner and 75 feet along the roadway, and they’re old junipers...

Jane’s doing much better, and has an appointment tomorrow…

by | Nov 4, 2013 | Journal

The antibiotic is really helping. She thinks she may have had a low grade infection for a while. So what does she do? The City delivered us a notice to lower our bushes by a certain amount at the corner and 75 feet along the roadway, and they’re old junipers...

It's snowing!

by | Nov 3, 2013 | Journal

Woke up with the sunlight, on this ‘fall-back’ day—for those of you overseas, we say ‘spring-forward, fall-back’ to remember which direction to reset the clocks for daylight savings time… And though it’s starting to be slush...

It’s snowing!

by | Nov 3, 2013 | Journal

Woke up with the sunlight, on this ‘fall-back’ day—for those of you overseas, we say ‘spring-forward, fall-back’ to remember which direction to reset the clocks for daylight savings time… And though it’s starting to be slush...

Remember that flu shot?

by | Nov 2, 2013 | Journal

I almost opted for the shingles shot as well—had the world’s worst case of chicken pox as a child—lost a week out of my life, semi-conscious; and the druggist at Safeway said it was ok, no contraindications; but I always read the literature: and it...

Our aching backs…

by | Nov 1, 2013 | Journal

Jane’s in having a hot soaky bath. I went off today at 10 am to go to Costco to get more pillows, the most wonderful pillows ever spawned. I let Jane borrow mine last night, and she agrees with me: best thing since sheep dip. So that was job one, quick before...

Found: a Roman eagle (statue) in a London dig.

by | Oct 30, 2013 | Journal

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/30/world/europe/uk-london-roman-eagle/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 picture I hoped when I read the headline that they had found an actual legion eagle, but it’s a representation. I disagree with the museum’s interpretation: the snake did...