Monthly Archives: September 2004

While leaving Home Depot today with my buggy of mulch, I thought I heard a duck. I turned to look and saw it was just a man laughing, laughing exactly the way a duck quacks. I am so jealous.

I’ve got to give props to Joe in his most recent efforts to get us back to Georgia. When we were in town last, while one of the hurricanes poured on us–I can’t remember which–he went to dinner with some … Continue reading →

Excused from jury duty!!!! Yay!!!!! That’s a relief. Now I can stay up late goofing off. Why is it I am called to jury duty always and forever? Even with all this moving, they find me within the first year. … Continue reading →

Okay, this may be a really dumb question, but I was just thinking about years, how arbitrary the numbers are really, well, to me, a non-Christian. And I started to wonder about how years work in other cultures. For instance, … Continue reading →

Very homey day. I was supposed to have work when I got back in California but it was delayed. It’s nice to have a break though. Trimmed the thorny bougainvillea, made plans for the fall garden, bought some organic lettuce … Continue reading →

I’m back in town. Flew in last night. God it is good to smell the wet air and hear the tree frogs and see the rolling hills filled with things growing lush. It’s all crepuscular and iambic, to borrow from … Continue reading →

Joe and I took our Labor Day vacation yesterday since we could and to avoid crowds. We went up to San Jose to the Winchester Mystery House, which was more interesting than the web site would suggest. The heiress of … Continue reading →

Wow, it feels good to blog again. Thanks, Chip, for getting Spynotebook up and running again. Nothing in particular to blog right now, but here’s an entry that never posted to the old Spynotebook due to technical difficulties: I just … Continue reading →