Music and Cats

While I was in Oakland last week, I stayed with my friend Erin, who is both a techie (that’s why she’s in the Bay Area) and a musician (that’s how I know her). Erin recently acquired a new piano. I wish I had been there to watch the piano movers bring it up her steep […]

While I was in California last week, most of “fall” happened on our hill. When I left town last Wednesday, the local deciduous trees were covered in red and gold leaves. Arriving home on Saturday afternoon, I noticed that many of those leaves had fallen.
The two horse chestnuts across the street, enormous old trees […]

As I mentioned, I have a big deadline coming up at work this Thursday. We are submitting drawings for a project to the building department for a building permit. This means that we have to prove that the project, as designed, complies with all of the applicable building codes. I’ve spent most of the past […]

Not content with merely sharing a desk with my computer, Sergei, Lyra and Sasha have each adopted a part of my computer as their very own. The ever curious Sergei wants to know what I’m writing about him and his furry friends (note that Feline Friday V is on the monitor). Lyra, the traditionalist, is […]

Four days without posting is not what I had planned for this week. I was going to write about Sunday’s baby shower for a friend, and Monday’s really strange dreams, and Tuesday’s writing class. I also had some ideas for posts about the political climate that I’ve been contemplating for the past week. (I’ve gotten […]