• Today

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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…

  • Helloooo!

    Bet you’re wondering where I’ve been. Well, been packing a trailer and cleaning a house. Not yet unloaded the trailer, but I’m still alive and haven’t broken or bruised more of myself. I also don’t have spinal meningitis or encephalitis…

  • The Day That Was

    Well, I fell. I was up on a step stool and I went to step to the next step down and missed and hit the floor instead. Landed on my shoulder, whacked my head on a cabinet and banged my…

  • Bread dough theory of writing

    I’ve often thought that some stories are made like bread dough, one made with a starter. First you stir in the ingredients to make the starter and feed it for awhile and let it bubble and ferment. Then eventually it’s…