I think I'm dealing with chronic depression these days -- Colleen's been ( Read more... )

It seems that the last nummbered episode of the COVID-19 saga was mdlbear | COVID-19: Episode 13: randomness, planning, accountability, back on May 22nd. It, in turn, referred back to my New Year's Day post. So in the interest of accountability...
Of the New Years' goals, #2 (Mom's 100th birthday party) has of course ( Read more... )

In view of this article in praise of clutter, on NYTimes.com, it seems like a good idea to post "Bigger On the Inside" as today's Song for Saturday, a tradition that has been sadly lacking of late. Note especially the lines ""It's all the friendly clutter here / That makes it feel like home." Yeah, that.

I don't seem to have a ( Read more... )

Actually a pretty good week, modulo dysthymia, stress, and back pain. Productive. We found a great garden sculpture company at the home show, and I did a lot of ( Read more... )

Well, our anniversary weekend passed without a party -- somehow I'd had ( Read more... )

Lots of puttering. In part because we're getting ready for Heather Dale's house concert this coming Sunday (contact me or Naomi if you're interested in attending), and in part because it's a way of feeling that I'm doing something useful while avoiding the taxes.

I was on tap for jury duty Wednesday and Thursday -- had to go in, but ( Read more... )

The main event this week was the arrival of the storage towers and lamp I ordered from Best Buy. There were also health worries, and my stuff is being moved into a new cubical over the weekend. I think about half the people in the Seattle office are getting shuffled around.

I get two nice things out of the move. First was having ( Read more... )

We had eight people for Thanksgiving -- the three residents, Naomi and her ( Read more... )

I guess the main event from the weekend was lunch with our old friends Alan and Jeanne Rognlie, who moved out of the Bay Area some 32 years ago. We met for lunch at the AFK Tavern, although no gaming ensued. Good visit.

We decided to have Thanksgiving dinner here; the fridge is now full of ( Read more... )

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