Machigi and his deal with the dowager

I know there is a sea link in the deal, and I know that there is a deal to allow some of the guilds in the Taisigin Marid—but is there mention of a railroad? What IS in the agreement?

Picking out stuff for the kitchen

We have picked the cabinets—kind of redwood stained; we have, after 3 samples, picked the flooring, a charcoal slate with colored bits, like metal stain; black countertop with copper bits; we have our carpenter; and we have saved for this for the last several...

Yesterday…

…was one of those days. Living on a corner has its moments: we face a cross street and there is a major city arterial running past our west side that never stops: it serves the Maple Street Bridge; and of bridges that cross the river, there is the Monroe Street,...

The kitchen

The carpenter talk went well. We like this guy, and he can do big jobs or little jobs, which is a good thing. Jane and I have skills, but we have reached that stage in life that makes crawling under cabinets and hefting heavy objects up at awkward angles involving...

Generally doing a lot better.

Wearing astigmatic correction glasses has helped a lot. Been gardening—time for the iris to be whacked down to 6″, so we can see other nice things in the gardens, and I pretty well filled the big green recycling bin all by myself. Jane’s been...

Love is—

We have lousy hot water delivery. I frequently turn on the bathroom sink hot water to get hot water in the kitchen (we are going to install an auxiliary water heater in the coming kitchen revision)—and sometimes if you want a hot bath. I most always shower. But...

We have, btw, gotten two more fishes…

Sanzo, who is a lot like Goku—there are pix, but we’ll have to get more organized. And, officially, Maddy ii, a platinum butterfly fin. We’ve been worried because the fishes are so spooky and don’t seem to be eating much, though we’ve had...

Went to the doc…

ENT guy swears it’s not the ears, or if it is, it’s probably neurological…etc. OTOH on the way home, after thinking about a statement he made that the bilateral brain does rely on having input from senses in some sort of agreement…I began...