Monthly Archives: July 2024

Who made it home? Why is it worth mentioning? “Who” is Torben, and it’s worth mentioning because he was in the San Francisco Bay area with a flight back to Massachusetts yesterday. Because of the massive CloudStrike outage it wasn’t … Continue reading →

Kaitlin sent me this video her iPhone made for her yesterday. Some of the pictures are a bit dark, but they bring back memories. Thanks, Kaitlin! Clever iPhone! July 20, 2024

We had another thunderstorm and brief downpour yesterday afternoon. It even got our sheltered porch wet. And made some puddles in the dog park. This is what July used to be like before the rainy seasons stopped. It brought back … Continue reading →

Click on picture for higher resolution. We have gotten some rains. Tuesday afternoon: Notice the lack of parked cars. They’re repaving the parking lot and started with our section. They were about to start painting the stripes when the rain … Continue reading →

I’ve posted this post several times in the past, but it’s refreshing to read it again. If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about … Continue reading →

Summer (June, July, August) is half over now. How do you feel about that? (For Catherine in New Zealand it’s winter, of course.) July 16, 2024

It rained a bit yesterday afternoon. Enough to wet the basketball court. But not enough to make a mud puddle. And, this being in the arid Southwest, it was already drying an hour later. July 15, 2024

is not necessarily the message received. Yesterday’s post is a good reminder. I just finished a memorial piece for my coworker’s cat. The recipient is an avid night sky photographer, so I hope it will suit his style nicely. —Bored … Continue reading →

I just finished a memorial piece for my coworker’s cat. The recipient is an avid night sky photographer, so I hope it will suit his style nicely. —Bored Panda July 13, 2024

A woman wrote, I had to say my final goodbye to my kitty earlier this week and took a last-minute day off during a really busy time. I was worried my coworkers would be annoyed that I was out. When … Continue reading →