Hi, Literary Update (not much to add): My novella is a little over 40,000 words now. I hope to have the first draft of it finished fairly soon. [Note (11-7-2025): I was apparently kidding myself. For reasons I will cover later in the year, I still haven’t finished it.] I’ve already spotted a few structural …
Newsletter 61 – April 26, 2024 Hi, Grass grows. Unfortunately. Mowing season started early for me this year (on February 28th, to be specific). In 2021 my first mowing was on May 8th, In 2022 on April 15th, and in 2023 it was on March 20th. It’s been getting earlier every year. Global warming? Yes, …
Newsletter 053 – December 29, 2023 Hi, Yes, “Sticks and stones [and stone floors] can break my bones, but words shall never harm me.” In the previous newsletter I led you up to an incident I had (on November 14th, 2023), but didn’t describe the incident or the aftermath. This is another long one. Sorry. …
Newsletter 052 – December 8, 2023 Hi, “Old age isn’t for sissies,” as the saying goes. In the last newsletter I mentioned a major incident that may affect my working conditions for several months. Let me preface this by saying I’m okay, but temporarily limited in my ability to ambulate. This will be a two-parter …
Newsletter 047 – September 22, 2023 Hi, About the Image Above: A few things I’ll cover in this newsletter (top to bottom — charging my Chevy Bolt, one of our new faucets, and a few of Minay’s quilts suspended on our new back fence). Disclaimer: This newsletter is spliced between the sixth and the seventh …