Annoyance

Now it’s getting on my nerves.

Thanksgiving With A Guest

So it turns out that I’m not spending the holiday weekend alone after all. A small brown mouse has decided to make his presence known around the house, no doubt looking for a small holiday handout.
He first showed up Monday night, rousing me from my sleep in the bedroom. I moved to the [...]

Thanksgiving Eve

Over the weekend I talked to the Parentage and the “formal” decision was made: unlike last year they won’t be coming down, electing instead to stay up north near my Grandmother.

A Crazy Idea

It’s a twofer: a crazy idea AND a chance to play with WordPress’s “stick this post to the front page” feature. Score!)

Protected: Searching For The Reset Button

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Finally Responding

After I posted It’s Worse a week or so ago, I decided to wait a bit before responding. Just to let things in my head sort of settle a little. Then I mentally started working on a post in my head. And responses to all your thoughtful comments. And the [...]

Seeing The Light

Chatting today with a female co-worker…

Eerie

Eerie.
The fires are miles away from me, but it rendered the whole world a bit eerie today.
I woke up this morning to a deep orange sun in the east. Throughout the day it got a bit brighter and more yellow, but never truly the daylight you’d get on a clear day.

The World…

…smells smoky tonight.
(Sorry I’ve been off the blogosphere for a bit.  Things are in my mind, it’s simply a matter of sitting down and writing them…)

In Between

Sunday night I went to a group outing at a restaurant. It’s one of the online groups that I’ve done activities with before, though I hadn’t been out with them in several months.
Odd, isn’t it, how things like backpack trips and family health and falling for a girl only to have her blow you [...]