• 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…

  • Of little news

    June 30, 2013 /

    I’ll say it again: I am a heat wimp. We’re having a significant heatwave here and apparently it’s unusual to get so hot. Got to around 95 or 97 and muggy. For many this is not so hot. For me,…

  • Going a little bit nuts

    June 27, 2013 /

    I knew it was going to happen–that moment when I really really really want to find something and I can’t. No one else has seen them either. We did set up some shelves in the garage so I can get…

  • clunky writing

    June 26, 2013 /

    Watching a CSI Miami because nothing much is on. I stopped watching the show fairly early on in the series. I would still watch CSI NY and CSI LV. There are two major reasons for that. First, in the Miami…

  • the boxes they stack up

    June 25, 2013 /

    So. Very. Tired. My wrists are so sore I can’t tell you. But the fish are in their tank instead of the kitty litter bucket, our bed is now put together and we can actually sleep in our room rather…