the day that was
We had a doggie setback this a.m. I let him in from his morning constitutional and when I went to pet him, I somehow knocked him off balance and he sat down. It hurt him. A lot. He wouldn’t put…
Oddities and ends
First, I want to do what American Pickers do.I want to go places and rifle through cool junk and find treasures. I watched a documentary on Ketamine. I didn’t realize it was such a growing street drug. I wonder how…
where oh where has the time gone?
The new class started Monday and time seems to have evaporated into the ether. Barf boy was back today. I’m beginning to think sometimes he eats way too fast and gives himself indigestion and he barfs. In other news, the…
Catching up
Waking up from a few days of silence. I’ve had some sort of stomach bug and no real time to give in to it. The puppy has had his surgery and is now home. We now have 8-12 weeks of…
Blindsides
I’ve got a post up on Magical Words today on getting blindsided while writing. Come have a look. And a snippet: Alexander kicked aside snow until he found dirt and lowered Gregory down. Instantly he turned to Max. She was…
A worldcon pic
I know I haven’t loaded pics from just about anywhere, and that has to do a issue on the site, but this is from Worldcon in August of 2011. It is of the Fabulous Carol Berg and the Brilliant Lucienne…
swimming in Montana in the winter and other musings
Yes I did. I went to the Y today and went swimming. It’s not that cold out. Something like 35 or 40, so not insta-freeze. And they are keeping the water in the big pool warmer than usual. There’s a…
Bucket lists
Do you have a bucket list? I was thinking about this the other day. The things I’d like to do before I die. I’m not going to say achieve, because I was thinking in terms of things I’d like to…
The funnies
Okay, these are flipping funny. Stephen Colbert is interviewing Maurice Sendak in a two part interview. OMG. I was weeping, it was so funny. You must watch. really. Part the first Part the second
Dog Update
The ligament is definitely torn/ruptured or whatever they want to call it. Dog is not supposed to run, jump, climb stairs, or otherwise be active. Poor guy. All his favorite things. And his brother can’t figure out why he’s not…