• I found shoes

    July 15, 2013 /

    I found my shoes today. It was an exciting moment. I also unpacked some more boxes, and yet there are always more. More more more. We are trying to decide whether or not to a) get updated phones, b) if…

  • Home

    July 14, 2013 /

    We are back home. That has a very odd ring to it to me. We lived in Montana for 14 years and both our kids were born there. We have a number of friends there and a lot of memories.…

  • Moving on up, moving on out

    July 10, 2013 /

    I can now officially announce that I am not longer a professor at the University of Montana Western. Today I resigned, turned in all my keys and equipment, and left. We also signed on our house, so we have officially…

  • ugly toe

    July 8, 2013 /

    this is my ugly toe: Not sure you can see the bruises that well, but it’s quite purpley blue. I am so talented. Tomorrow we drive to MT to close on the house. That will happen Weds. God willing and…

  • A snippet

    July 7, 2013 /

    In liu of talking about crappy days, I give you this, a snippet of the WIP: On either side, flat stone had been mortared into solid square pillars designed to hold a majestic iron gate. The majesty was all gone…

  • No aliens here

    July 5, 2013 /

    No aliens came and blew up Salem during the fourth. It was a good day and good to be together as a family. We took an enormous load of cardboard to the recycler today. it was nice to clear space…

  • Today

    July 3, 2013 /

    I discovered that this is the last year that there’s a performance of Star Trek in the park in Portland this summer. Trouble with Tribbles. Totally going to go if it kills me. Can’t find shoes. I know they are…

  • Damn and Damn Again

    July 2, 2013 /

    The news worsens with my friend with spinal meningitis/encephalitis. She has a blood clot in her leg and has been sent to Salt Lake City. Because she also has a brain bleed, treatment is tricky. Praying hard for her. On…