Galleys and pages and endgame and all…

It never fails. I’ve finally hit my stride on this book—which has been a harder-than-usual book, on which I’ve been thinking hard since June (interrupted by having my eyes messed up since late September: still not quite 100%, but gaining on it) and...

It’s snowing! :)

WE luvs it! We have the snowblower ready. The pipes are winter-safe. The hoses are in. The garden figurines are in. The apple is pruned. And we’re ready for it to be a pretty blanket, if only it will.

It's snowing! :)

WE luvs it! We have the snowblower ready. The pipes are winter-safe. The hoses are in. The garden figurines are in. The apple is pruned. And we’re ready for it to be a pretty blanket, if only it will.

You cannot find cedar mulch in Spokane in December…

It WOULD seem logical that at the eve of the first forecast snow, on a day when us last-moment folk are putting covers on the patio chairs and trying to put the roses and Japanese maples to bed—there would be SOME left in town, but nay. Tons (literally) of rock...

Snow is coming…and the delight of frozen apples.

We had some last stuff to do to winterize the yard…namely getting the soggy hawthorne leaves off the drive so they don’t clog the snowblower, removing the obstacles in the snowblower’s path, coiling up all the hoses that are still out, and getting...

We’re starting to take daily walks again…

…spend from 5am until 12pm in the same chair looking for stray commas and periods in masses of code and you can get a little out of shape. Jane’s been working like that. I at least change chairs once a day. And my back had gotten ‘out’ to the...

We're starting to take daily walks again…

…spend from 5am until 12pm in the same chair looking for stray commas and periods in masses of code and you can get a little out of shape. Jane’s been working like that. I at least change chairs once a day. And my back had gotten ‘out’ to the...