Month: November 2015
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trashed
I don’t completely understand the concept of global warming because I haven’t spent my whole life studying how climates work and, at this point, I wouldn’t want to start trying. But I get the basic idea. We’ve been dumping so much crap into the air for so long that it’s come time to pay the… Read.
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DLI R584
The class I graduated with from the Defense Language Institute in 1985. One of the best bunch of people I’ve been privileged to know. Read.
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to the grindstone
And just like that, our November staycation is over. We didn’t do anything super-special. We just hung out for a couple of days and did whatever we felt like doing. Mostly just sat around and watched television, or read. Took a nap every day. It was glorious. Welp. Back to the grindstone, I guess. Read.
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wanderers
We went out for biscuits and gravy at Crema Cafe Sunday morning. When we got there, every table in the dining room was full, and we got into line with a dozen or so people. “Should we stay or go?” I asked B. “What do you think?” she asked right back at me. “Jane’s,” I… Read.
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tyranena
After living in the Madison area for a little more than ten years, we finally made the thirty-minute drive to Lake Mills to visit the Tyranena brewery. We’ve loved their beer since our first taste and today got to sample several brews we’ve never tried before. And we’ve got a new favorite: a delicious porter… Read.
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sloppy joe
Tim sent an email message to My Darling B to tell us he wouldn’t be able to come for dinner tonight. “Oh, that’s too bad,” My Darling B answered, “we were looking forward to the Sloppy Joes you said you were going to make for us tonight.” Turned out he’d forgotten about that. Guess it… Read.
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not work
Let me tell you what I did yesterday. Don’t skip ahead to the end. There’s a surprise twist. I got up a little earlier than I had planned. It was either that, or lie in bed wondering how much longer my indigestion was going to bother me. I made myself a pot of very dark… Read.
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weather change
There was a bright, warm sun in the sky on Monday when I took my noontime walk through the park. The trees had all shed their leaves, so they already looked like winter had come, but the warm breeze blowing across the grass felt like summer. As I left the office, one of my coworkers… Read.
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power cycle
I thought my tablet became an expensive brick the other day when the browser stopped working. I twiddled with the settings, but nothing I could think of would unlock it. “I can’t get this to work,” I said to My Darling B as I twiddled with it, thinking she might have hidden reserves of sophisticated… Read.
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stuck in the past
Awake at three-thirty this morning. I’m not sure which transition is more difficult: spring ahead, where the alarm clock wakes me up while I’m in a deep sleep so that I remain groggy through most of the morning, or falling back, where I wake up in the wee small hours of the morning and lie… Read.
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