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Wave Without A Shore

...and in its way it was more trouble than the bulkhead on the 'up' line. This one was full of calcium carbonate from the time we had a calcium or alkalinity test go bad (can't remember which, but either will do it)---so we over-added, in our first year in this house,...

The Sack of the Gods STRANGERS drawn from the ends of the earth, jewelled and plumed were we; I was Lord of the Inca race, and she was Queen of the Sea. Under the stars beyond our stars where the new-forged meteors glow, Hotly we stormed Valhalla, a million years ago!...

at the bulkhead, which is a hole drilled through the bottom glass, inside a 'caisson-like' containment called the 'downflow box': there is an open hole on the watery side, and a screw-on tap that goes to a hose on the 'air' side of the arrangement. Salt water was...

at the bulkhead, which is a hole drilled through the bottom glass, inside a 'caisson-like' containment called the 'downflow box': there is an open hole on the watery side, and a screw-on tap that goes to a hose on the 'air' side of the arrangement. Salt water was...

I wish comfort to everyone sad today.

Let me share a little something that is, however crazy, at least true in the way I look at the universe. Jane and I have always said that our kittehs' having nine lives---and I'm sure doggies have something the same---is their way of keeping up with our long human...

Jane's reacted yesterday: aches, sleepiness for a few hours. Mine got me today: aches, really horrid aches, and drowsiness. Lasted about 4 hours. It's really, as Jane pointed out, amusing: it's the Fast H1N1 Flu. It comes on a few days after the flu shot, and runs you...

The trees are still green, but starting to turn, the waterlily is blooming, but our fishes have grown lethargic, so I risked an icy bath and went in quest of the pond thermometer, which registered, yes, 54 degrees. Fishy digestion, of course dependent on chemistry,...

We live within a mile or so walking distance of Garland District, a quaint little 1930's strip of shops, a movie theater which shows movies that are already on DVD, but on the big screen, a little live theater, clock repair, fish store, vet, second hand stores...

“Somebody to love Two neutered male cats, about 7 years old. Both loving, well-tempered, and litter-box compliant (no spraying). Feral rescues as kittens, they are probably half-siblings. They have lived together their whole lives, and I’d like to place them together....

Jane and I decided to reward ourselves for our walking with a visit to the new sandwich shop in Garland district---but they weren't open on weekends. The only thing left was a couple of fast-food no-ways and the Pancakes R Us, aka Waffles Plus. WHich is really good, a...

Our old telly was of a vintage that just wasn't coping well with the changes in broadcasting...so...back before Jane got sick, and in a kind of a Christmas moment, we had gotten a modern system, a nice modern system that has some wireless built in, so it links the...