The new laptop arrives Monday… :)

by | Jun 23, 2018 | Journal

When I told them fast, they believed me. It’ll be an i7—this is an i5. Win 10, which I will, well, see about. And I have gotten Carbonite straightened out. It took me 2 days to locate the phone number to reach a live person, but when I did he was...

The old workhorse Latitude Win 7 machine is on its way out…

by | Jun 21, 2018 | Journal

New machine is coming. I get to go through all the hassle of reloading all the software. Ugh. Oh joy, oh rapture. But I’m going to be a little slow communicating through this mess. Current computer state: up and running, but I’m not going to shut her down...

The tree is getting planted even as I write…

by | Jun 5, 2018 | Journal

Poor thing had been delayed: the anniversary for which we bought it for each other was the 17th May, and then life intervened again and the lad who plants got sick and then we had to be in Seattle—today, the stars all came together. The beautiful lilac we bought...

Being home…what a nice thing.

by | Jun 3, 2018 | Journal

I’m outlining both the new Bren book and the second Alliance Rising book, after story-conferencing with Jane on the trip. Jane is finishing up the kitchen painting and a little wall-repair where we had some electrical revisions. I’ve cleaned the pond...

On the road again, back again

by | Jun 2, 2018 | Journal

Road trip. And road debris. Came on a truck tread coiled up in bridge shadow, and had a split second to decide not to try to avoid it—could have wrapped around a tire and taken a fender out. But then I think “OMG! Prius!” because we are low. Wham! We...

Leeches. Man-killing leeches….

by | May 25, 2018 | Journal

5000 gallon pond. 25′ x 15′. Ordinarily spring start-up involves closing a drain, inserting a few filter pads, flipping a switch, pulling the cover off the winter-pit (deep spot), and adding 3 cups of pond balance pink stuff. The fish, sleeping through the...