Monthly Archives: October 2025

Hurray for October and falling leaves! The past few days have been glorious here, and this cover of The New Yorker expresses that joy and exuberance. About accessing a higher resolution of yesterday’s Calvin and Hobbes cartoon — I accidentally … Continue reading →

(For higher resolution, click on the picture.) Hurray for autumn! That’s where Andy and I are in our lives, and we don’t take anything for granted. We try to savor what we have while we still have it. October 20, … Continue reading →

After all these years a few of the lines from Kipling’s poem If have suddenly popped up and have been going through my head. Here’s the poem: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs … Continue reading →

First some commenters said the crane should have parked somewhere else Wednesday night so people could have parked in those spaces. Actually, they needed room to work Thursday. I watched as they parked the crane and extended it to keep … Continue reading →

Old: New: Yes, it’s a big improvement! We had no way of getting down while they were working, so Andy got up at 6 a.m. so he could be out before 8 and go up to the land. He made … Continue reading →

I’ve decided to start celebrating every 25 days now because it makes me happy and energized. I’m still speaking ten sentences a day on Duolingo, reading a few comics in Spanish, and doing the daily word that Spanish Dictionary sends … Continue reading →

They told us yesterday that they will be installing our new stairs in today. So goodbye old ones? I will let you know how it turns out. October 15, 2025

Most of us remember it was in 1492. Unfortunately my husband taught Kaitlin the line, In fourteen hundred and ninety three Columbus sailed the bright blue sea. It was a joke about the line, In fourteen hundred and ninety two … Continue reading →

That brings back wonderful memories. October 13, 2025

Rose posted this on her blog so I’m posting it here in case you haven’t seen it. October 12, 2025/span>