What else can happen? The pond caught fire…

…well, the UV filter did. It’s a long UV bulb that fits in a slot in the skimmer, and I’d changed the bulb a week ago and had it running. We’ve had a lot of algae, which means cleaning the filter every 3 hours or so, so we’d left the...

everybody in Oklahoma—are you ok?

Scary stuff. A Love’s station we used to visit got hit. Various places we’re real familiar with are on the news. People in hospital, etc. Tulrose said she was battening down. Norman, Oklahoma’s lost water, due to damage at Lake Thunderbird, and...

Feeling much better today…

I’ve got to go out there in the back and figure out why our UV filter light is blinking on and off, whether it’s badly seated or its the ballast. And I’ve got to haul out the pond vac again and get the algae out. Sigh. Yesterday no matter what I did,...

Neither Jane nor I can move, we’re so sore…

She was on muscle relaxant yesterday and slept nearly 12 hours; I got out and attempted—well, DID move the two trash bins that she’d filled, killing her back; I exhausted myself getting them to the curb, and I threw MY back out. She slept all day. Got up...

Neither Jane nor I can move, we're so sore…

She was on muscle relaxant yesterday and slept nearly 12 hours; I got out and attempted—well, DID move the two trash bins that she’d filled, killing her back; I exhausted myself getting them to the curb, and I threw MY back out. She slept all day. Got up...

Thank you.

You know who you are. Thank you for buying books, making donations, and supporting us in so many ways. We appreciate it very, very much. The software on Closed Circle doesn’t let us say it individually, but thank you ever so much. Your messages of encouragement...

well, I’m caught in a war…and it’s gotten nasty.

If you wonder what the deal is on the pricing of the new book on Amazon—it’s this. Penguin, which distributes DAW, wants to set the price of its e-book offerings. Penguin apparently pulled its e-titles from Amazon. Now Amazon has retaliated by selling...

well, I'm caught in a war…and it's gotten nasty.

If you wonder what the deal is on the pricing of the new book on Amazon—it’s this. Penguin, which distributes DAW, wants to set the price of its e-book offerings. Penguin apparently pulled its e-titles from Amazon. Now Amazon has retaliated by selling...

OSGuy kidnapped our bridge arch boards…

…well, actually they’d been in his possession, and when he heard of plans for chiseling, he decided that wouldn’t do, no. So he and OSG spent all yesterday afternoon figuring out a bandsaw which OSGuy had tracked down, calling in a massive lot of...