I’m reading three books at once right now: Unhinged by Sarah Graves, which is just a pleasant mystery for reading on the porch after the doings of the day, the newest edition of Guerilla Marketing for work, and What to […]
I might have mentioned that I have vacation next week. I believe that I was dithering about what to do with said vacation — visit one or other of my daughters, hike the 187-mile trail here in the neighborhood, clean […]
Here are the results of my PSD. The tank is B3383 in a cotton sateen. It called for purchased bias binding at the neck and arms, and I had already done the neck when it struck me that it would […]
I came back to share my walk with you. This is not the park I usually walk in, but the larger park a few miles further from my house. The Empress was telling us recently about when they lived […]
Yesterday began with church, with delivery of Pampered Chef items, so I got to feel like the Good Fairy or Santa Claus or something, flitting about with my parcels for everyone. Then we had lunch with my parents and caught […]
I worked with JJ yesterday. I hadn’t seen her in quite a while, and was looking forward to it, since she is very funny and different from anyone else I know. However, she had just learned that she owes $8000 […]
I should clarify that my quarrel with the guys in my house is not about what they eat. Sure, I would like my sons to choose healthy food all the time. I would also like them to go to church, […]
Yesterday I spent the day preparing for the upcoming workshops, with various plumber and insurance adjuster interruptions. Today and tomorrow I will be at the store. I will be nurturing a fantasy involving coming home to find that the blowers […]
If you ever find yourself in some predicament involving plumbing or other home repair issues, you may find it cheering to read the novels of Sarah Graves. Her heroine not only has worse plumbing problems than I or anyone else […]