Things That Make...Life Worth Living

Lots o' Work Ahead

We finally got the keys on Thursday last week and have been trying very hard to create order out of chaos ever since. Next time you...
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Of course I haven't forgot about you! It's just been an interesting time of late, some great (new grandchildren!), some not so gre...
2012 Sacramento Color Run

Before I left for England I posted a pissy little post about how much I hate ruffles, remember? And I said that I'd post photos of the...
So, Long, Summer 2014

This is the last day of my summer holidays. Granted, they mostly sucked, but I'm still not even close to ready to go back to school tom...
It's Doctor Who Weekend!

I'm not a Doctor Who fan, myself, but my daughters are, boyhowdy. They've paid an unknown number of pounds to be able to stream the ...
Entropy is Not Always Our Friend

My daughter Elizabeth is a librarian. Even if she never again works professionally as one in an actual library setting, she is a librarian,...
How we Make the Magic...

...and it ain't easy. Yesterday was Faire day at Modesto, the first time Elizabeth and I have been to this event. It was much smaller...
Summer, 1957

We are still unloading boxes and boxes and boxes, but this photo jumped out at me from one of them and I had to immediately scan it and p...
At Last! It's Mine!

Well, after years of waiting and weeks of anxiety whether I'd get it or not, it seems to be mine. Mine, I tell you, mine! Well, mi...
Still waiting...

This whole house-buying thing has taken longer than it should and cost much more money than it should. I had budgeted to have some moolah t...