Maintenance, Literature & Fall Excitement
Taking apart a dryer at 9:30pm on a Sunday night is not my idea of fun. I mean, yes, I did leave the little door/trap open while I cleaned off…
Read moreCredit Monitoring, Fingerless Gloves & Lottery
Do you monitor your credit? I haven’t for a long time, mostly because I know Experian has my file messed up, and they pretty much refused to fix it last…
Read moreThe Eclipse, More Kitchen Organization & Writing Discipline
Got your glasses, film, or cardboard viewer ready? Or your favorite internet/TV channel for viewing things like, say, a solar eclipse? I’m lucky enough to live in the path of…
Read moreOf Couches & Habits & Things That Are Old
A week ago last Saturday, I ordered a new couch (sofa, whatever). I like couches. Recliners never seem to fit me well, and I like being able to have my…
Read moreConvenience vs. Privacy: Smart Speakers?
Amazon Prime Day was this past week (like the “Black Friday” of summer), and apparently their Echo smart home devices were the best sellers. Other companies took advantage of the…
Read moreThis & That
I’m running late again (imagine that, right?), so just bullet-points for now. I’ll pick one of these for a deeper discussion/exploration next week. Or later this week, maybe. I do…
Read moreHigh-Low Tech
So…busy weekends lately, which is why posting is kind of hit and miss at the moment. The nicer weather has our schedules all wonky, and I’m also trying to find…
Read moreChallenges & Choices
I wasn’t actually sure I was going to survive last week. Everything that could go wrong pretty much did, and not just one or two days, but every day. On…
Read morePost-Concert Late Night Musings
This will be quickish, because as the title says, it’s a late, post-concert (Adelita’s Way) Sunday night (nearly 1am), and this is the last thing I’m doing while drinking a…
Read moreMental Flotsam
Lots of things going on in my head lately – I’m still dealing with the mental “fallout” of that whole midlife crisis thing I’ve recently crawled out of. I’m still…
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