The back right corner of the Goodwill store is where the books are.  There are shelves against the wall on adjacent sides of the corner and two free-standing shelves.  The books are loosely organized by subject and the prices are pretty darn good.  It's a tempting section of the store.  There is also a big table - maybe 4x8 feet - the top of which ( Read more... )

I inherited lots of photos from my parents.  Boxes and boxes of photos.  There are also stacks of them in frames and many old albums.  Most of the photos are unlabeled.  They have been taking up a lot of shelf space in my guestroom/library for several years now.  This last week I decided to go through them and label the places and people I know.  I ( Read more... )

My New Year's resolution is to Sort.  I began with my sewing room because I thought it would be easy.  Now things are muddled up to what the universe must have looked like at the beginning when chaos reigned.  The sewing table, the cutting table and all the chairs are piled precariously high.  There is nothing on the floor because I have a sheltie ( Read more... )

When I went to bed last night, the screen on my new phone said I'd missed two calls.  I'd walked up to get my mail at one point and also went out to the garden to forage for supper.  It was possible that I had missed two calls even though I had no messages.  Not likely though because I can hear the phone in the kitchen when I'm in the garden.  But ( Read more... )

A while back (months ago) I noticed I had a cricket in my bedroom.  It only made its little chirrup now and again, so I wasn't sure.  Then it dawned on me that the sound was coming from the phone by my bed.  Later I noticed that it tended to happen about 5 in the morning.  The sound was so quiet that I'm sure I wouldn't hear it if I were asleep.  ( Read more... )

May we have your story, Ross?

On my left, as I sit here at my desk, is a land line phone.  It's a big, black phone with a dial.  On my right is beautiful, sleek Samsung Intercept cell phone.  Muggle phone and everyone-else-in-the-world-uses-one-like-this phone.

It's going to be a steep learning curve. 

At coffee hour after church last Sunday, the wife of our priest told some of us that she had just finished a good book.  She said it was so good that everyone should read it.  Someone said, "Okay.  We'll all read it and then we can talk about it."  Ellen asked if I'd like to be first.  I said, "Sure" and she gave it to me.  I just finished it (it's ( Read more... )

Some time back I bought two 100 gram skeins of undyed 100% Peruvian wool.  They were inexpensive and I thought I would try dyeing my own self-striping yarn.  You've all seen pictures of someone holding up their hands, 18-20" apart, with yarn looped around them and another person winding a ball of yarn off off the looped yarn.  These skeins had to ( Read more... )

I'm a fan of Big Bang Theory.  They video chat with each other on their computers sometimes.  I would so like to do that with my children once in a while.  I know nothing about computers.  Obviously, there would need to be a camera on each computer.  What else is involved?  Does it cost a bundle of money other than the cameras?