Monthly Archives: October 2014

The new batteries are about four times bigger than the old ones, both physically and in storage capacity. Greg and Bernie worked late Wednesday evening and were able to put all of the new ones where they belong in the … Continue reading →

Andy was late coming home yesterday evening because Greg and Bernie had started installing our new batteries. The new batteries weigh about 200 pounds each, and there were six of them in each green container, so the guys needed heavy … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s Mallard Fillmore cartoon shows the duck reading the newspaper and looking frightened. The headlines are about Ebola, the Islamic State, the economy, etc., etc. Mallard says, Halloween seems a little superfluous this year. Do you think he has a … Continue reading →

Now that trees are beginning to fall, Andy decided this one should be taken out before it fell on the fence and crushed it. So he had the contractor’s crew come up to deal with it. They first took down … Continue reading →

I’m pretty sure Andy Borowitz would say the states trying to quarantine anyone who has interacted with Ebola patients in Africa are overreacting. In his latest report, Study: Fear of Ebola Highest Among People Who Did Not Pay Attention During … Continue reading →

Andy just received a computerized notice of Tuesday’s follow-up appointment with his surgeon. The computer had the date and time correct, but for the address it had the address of the billing and scheduling department in Santa Fe. We already … Continue reading →

When we had the house built in 2012, we requested a brown screen/storm door. The contractor couldn’t get one right away, so he installed a “temporary” white glass one. This weekend, almost two years later, he installed the one we … Continue reading →

I was amused by this description of the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) coverage of the shootings in Ottowa: Canada Just Showed the US the Exact Right Way to Cover a Shooting. Given the seriousness of the situation — Canadian MP … Continue reading →

Before the operation Andy’s surgeon said Andy would have less trouble recovering than a 21-year-old — older people are more used to aches and pains. Andy laughed when he told me that. October 23, 2014  

The book of children’s poems I mentioned yesterday burned in the fire, but Andy and I still remember two of the poems. (I needed to look up the exact wording, of course). The first poem is Hiding by Dorothy Keeley … Continue reading →