Monthly Archives: June 2007

No Blog

Sorry, there will be no blog this week, June 25 to June 29, due to technical difficulties with my computer.

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Repairs Complete

The workmen finished with the basement.  Everything’s all brand spanking new.  They replaced the corner from the first floor level down about five feet.  They put in new cement and new pipes, since it was one of the pipes having … Continue reading

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Other People Work and I Laze About

Yesterday’s trip to the dentist was a snap as always, though I did have something done that was apparently due after four or five years of it being all right as it was.  In the top of one of my … Continue reading

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Tomorrow, the Dentist

It’s that time of year again.  Off to the dentist I go.  To be poked, prodded, cleaned, flossed, and if I will it perhaps a bit of drilling and a light filling… though my hope could maybe be just the … Continue reading

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Besieged!

The vicious man eating beetles are back in my basement.  I was attacked last night.  I was just sitting here minding my own business when I felt something trying to pinch the bottom of one of my toes.  The nasty … Continue reading

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Dating Stories

It seems like now is a poor time to be writing.  It’s perhaps harder than ever to write a story set in the present without including something that will quickly leave the story feeling dated.  Technology of different stripes can … Continue reading

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The Excitement was Non-Electric

No I haven’t forgotten to blog again.  There was too much excitement, what with the electricity being off for four hours.  A lot of good it does to live ten minutes or so away from a power plant if wires … Continue reading

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I’m Being Invaded!

Something dangerous, insidious, horrifying, all powerful is invading my basement!  Or maybe it’s just a tree root…  A spot on the wall back near the water pipes has just suddenly grown like a pregnant lady and is now so distended … Continue reading

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What Is It with This Country

I don’t think I’ll ever understand the mail system.  It used to be, and I’d almost bet money still is, that mailing something all the way from one end of the country to another takes less time than mailing something … Continue reading

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I’ve Got the Heated Blues

Can we go back to winter now?  I mean sure I put on my light sweater a few minutes for here in the basement.  It’s a bit much, but that draft from the de-humidifier is pretty chilly on my bare … Continue reading

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