Last week when I reached under the kitchen sink to grab a cleaning product, my unsuspecting hands sunk into a stinky, slimy lake. I have no idea how long there’s been a leak, but it’s a big one. Little by little I removed the dripping contents (amazing how much I’d crammed under there) and blasted the area with a fan for a few days. I’ve asked the contractor who’s doing my upcoming quake retrofit to […]
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Budding Composer
I must now dig into my rapidly dwindling savings to unearth nearly $10K for an earthquake retrofit. I did one twenty years ago but recently learned that it’s not complete or up to today’s standards. Since I don’t have quake insurance, this is crucial. Over the past few months I’ve met twice with a structural engineer, name of Scott, and last week had an appointment with him and his contractor, Mario, to figure out exactly […]
Read moreThe Darkest Nights
I’m seriously not liking the early evenings and long nights. I feel claustrophobic as dark descends and then proceeds to overstay its welcome. Yesterday when dusk arrived I closed my blinds as usual, and then noticed it was only 4:45. That just ain’t right. Luckily, in a few weeks we begin to trudge our way back toward light. I do, however, think I’d prefer living at this latitude than in an equatorial place like Costa […]
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Man, are these scary times in this old U.S. of A. Every day the outrages dreamed up by the right keep compounding and getting ever more shocking and dangerous. All my life I’ve been naïve in my delusion that this couldn’t happen here. I’m stunned. I remain grateful to Ellen D. for introducing me to the historical perspective and insight of Heather Cox Richardson. On the radiantly bright side, Ember and Jesse finally got their […]
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