The windows are in—not all trimmed, but in, in one day.

by | Apr 12, 2016 | Journal

Gorgeous, but there were some communication breakdowns re what they were going to do and how much time we had to do it…which meant that we expected the front of the house on one day, the back of the house on the next, which they didn’t—so we had to...

Stuff about the Universe…and Victoriana

by | Apr 10, 2016 | Journal

Been having a binge watching of How the Universe Works, and lately Secrets of the Universe, which has some new stuff—on cosmology: estimates of universe age I’ve seen range from 13.7 billion to 13.8. But size… size is something else, because...

Window installation—and not Win10.

by | Apr 9, 2016 | Journal

Our windows (in our near 70 year old house: it’s actually built in 54, so it’s 62 or 63) need replacing. This is being done. They’re here. They’re on the truck—but one of the installers loading the big one on evidently must’ve saved...

Audible has answered and worked a fix:

by | Apr 9, 2016 | Journal

“Dear C.J. I am very sorry for the inconvenience that this has caused you and your fans. After contacting our production team, they were made aware of the error and added the corrected file to the site. Your fans experiencing the errors can certainly remove the...

We live on a corner. We have had a fence…

by | Mar 30, 2016 | Journal

A nice fence, yes. For a year or more. Got it for a wedding gift to each other. And yesterday, a ring of the bell and a nice lady wanted to know where we got it. We told her, told her how much, gave her the tour… Three some hours later, a young man rings the...

Buds are bursting forth, and it's trying to snow.

by | Mar 22, 2016 | Journal

It’s not doing very well at it, but it’s dropping granular stuff that I’m unsure whether to call hail or sleet, and it’s white coming down, but liquid when it hits dirt. I have the feeling there’s a layer of cold air sent to us off the...