by CJ | Jul 27, 2010 | Journal
Rain is possible, about 30% change of four or five drops, on average. The temperature is headed for 97 and will stay there for a number of days, including this weekend, which is Spokon, so attendees will be baked. Fortunately the venue is dependably air conditioned....
by CJ | Jul 17, 2010 | Journal
It takes me a while to recover my stride after a diversion. Thank goodness for outlines. We were, for one thing, diverted by a spate of really cool weather, making it foolish to wait to do certain outdoor jobs which would have to be done in potential 100 degree...
by CJ | Jul 15, 2010 | Journal
…unlike the journey of 10,000 miles, does not begin with one step, but with a List. One of those hanging-fire for months lists where, when the weather is too hot and nasty to do anything else, means you’ve got to get 1. wire staples for weedcloth (sold out...
by CJ | Jul 13, 2010 | Journal
Has been a poser, but the internet can solve anything. Step one: if the sash won’t lift easily, oil the track. We tried graphite. No go. What works: Peanut oil. Machine oil. Any fine oil. Lifts like a charm. Treat both upper and lower sash tracks. Move them...
by CJ | Jun 8, 2010 | Journal
People are pointing at the sky and asking what that object is. It’s still supposed to rain…but the sun is out. I got Jane to the chiropractor Monday, —our favorite latte stand had a new employee who had to be told to put a hot-holder on the cups; and...
by CJ | Jun 6, 2010 | Journal
I’m not a great believer in ‘cold-prevention’ potions like Emergen-C and Airborne, but what could I lose? I wrapped my throat in elegant-looking Bengay pain patch bandage, took the Emergen-C and dosed myself with sake, and the sore throat has...
by CJ | Jun 5, 2010 | Journal
It’s a case of animals starting to pair up in Spokane. If anybody’s building an ark, I have yet to hear it, but we’re more than soggy. I don’t think I’ve seen such a spate of rainy weather since we’ve been here. And our stripped...
by CJ | May 23, 2010 | Journal
I sat down with one of those WebMD diet calculation programs and ran what Jane and I eat, daily. It throws a snit fit if you don’t admit to a snack: wrong. We don’t. Period. So it made me say we have a fruit snack when we, in fact, have nada, zip, NOTHING....
by CJ | May 23, 2010 | Journal
I sat down with one of those WebMD diet calculation programs and ran what Jane and I eat, daily. It throws a snit fit if you don’t admit to a snack: wrong. We don’t. Period. So it made me say we have a fruit snack when we, in fact, have nada, zip, NOTHING....
by CJ | May 7, 2010 | Journal
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...
by CJ | May 7, 2010 | Journal
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...
by CJ | Apr 25, 2010 | Journal
Jane’s beautiful little espaliered apple tree is in: it looks like one of Tolkien’s elvish trees, three branches on a side, and centered on the back (barn red) fence. It has a Gravenstein graft, a Fuji, a Gala, Yellow Delicious, Yellow Transparent, and a...
