Monthly Archives: October 2014

Poor old Jonathan Bing Went out in his carriage to visit the King, But everyone pointed and said, “Look at that! Jonathan Bing has forgotten his hat!” (He’d forgotten his hat!) Poor old Jonathan Bing Went home and put on … Continue reading →

When I thought we would be without phone service and internet all weekend, I thought at least the situation had a silver lining. I wouldn’t have to deal with the fact that my security service — sucuri.net — said I … Continue reading →

Hmm. No internet or dial tone when I got up this morning. I borrowed a cell phone from our downstairs neighbor (Andy takes ours up to the land on the off chance there’s an emergency in a place where he … Continue reading →

Stephen M. Walt, Professor of International Relations at Harvard University, just wrote a great article entitled, Uncle Sucker to the Rescue — Washington is making all its favorite mistakes in (another) Iraq war. In case you hadn’t noticed, the new … Continue reading →

Yay, laparoscopic surgery! Andy’s incisions didn’t hurt at all yesterday, and even though his innards were uncomfortable, they weren’t intensely painful. He took it easy, took a few little walks, and worked on designing the electronic controllers for the solar … Continue reading →

Andy’s surgery went just fine. We got there around 8 and were out about noon. His throat is sore, which they warned him about, but the incision only hurts when he moves. He’s already walked the equivalent of to the … Continue reading →

Andy has continued to work on getting the trees off the road. And the weather has been glorious, so he came home around 3:30 and we both went up to enjoy the fall colors and have a picnic supper. We … Continue reading →

A few days ago I wrote about receiving an email trying to scare me about an ebola pandemic so I might buy some of the company’s survival products. Because of those tactics I’m much less likely to buy from that … Continue reading →

It’s now been over three years since the fire, and the smaller trees are starting to fall down when it’s windy. Andy encountered them in four places on the way home yesterday. In the first three spots he cut them … Continue reading →

When Andy needed a hernia repaired about 25 years ago, it was fairly simple. He had an appointment with a local surgeon, they talked about it, and they scheduled the surgery at our local hospital. After he woke up from … Continue reading →