Summer Waxing Summer Moon Al Franken wins election to the US Senate. Boy, these election returns took a really, really long time to come in. The election was in November of last year and today is the last day of … Continue reading
Summer Waxing Summer Moon Grandpas Bill Schmidt, Scott Simpson and Frank Broderick (Woolly Mammoths all) prepared me for the wonder of grandchildren. They were spot on. Ruth came in last night and said, “Hi, Grandpop!” She had me at coming … Continue reading
Summer Waxing Summer Moon Grandchildren. Those living links to the future who know us and whom we know. In my case Ruth and Gabe. Three years old and one year old. They are on their way here right now, probably … Continue reading
Summer Waxing Summer Moon Geez. 63 this morning. I like it, but moving from peak BTU’s per square inch of flesh to late September makes the neck whiplash a bit. The grandkids arrive today. Sometime this afternoon or evening. We’ve … Continue reading
Summer Waxing Summer Moon I’m a sucker for sci-fi catastrophe movies. Well, ok, for a lot of other kinds of movies, too, but the sci-fi catastrophe so often get made for tv. The scenario is pretty straightforward: an unsolvable problem … Continue reading
Summer Waxing Summer Moon This morning the temperature has fallen back to 65. Good garden weather for moving mulch and repairing netaphim. Electronic gremlins have given me fits for weeks now. Not strong fits, but sure annoying. A while ago … Continue reading
Summer Waxing Summer Moon “We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.” – William Hazlitt What do you do well? No false modesty, please, just a clear honest look at yourself with … Continue reading
Summer Waxing Summer Moon “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”- Bertrand Russell Hmmm. I wonder if that’s true? Laid down some more … Continue reading
Summer Waxing Summer Moon So I spent a couple of hours this morning lining the base of the chain link fence with used wooden fence railing, then wiring those rails to the bottom of the chain link. This is in … Continue reading
Summer Waxing Summer Moon The escape artists of our local pen had to remain outside when I drove into the Sierra Club meeting. They did not break out again. In this case they need an incentive to escape. That usually … Continue reading