"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
Our other children
I thought I’d given up on Jack Reacher novels. Lee Child quit writing them four installments back, passing the torch to his younger brother Andrew. Andrew is not Lee, and some of the oomph went out of the stories, which began to feel like an artificial intelligence was cranking them out. But I couldn’t resist […]
There are three high (and sorta scary) bridges between Tucson and Las Vegas.
We’re hitting the road in the morning, driving to Las Vegas for a weekend with our son and his family. Polly will be in charge of the house and Mister B while we’re away. We thought we’d booked a pet-friendly hotel at Lake Las Vegas but the fine print on the confirmation email says “no […]
The dogs have been walked, the bird feeders replenished, the bird bath cleaned and refilled. It’s time to blog!
Sorry for the TMI.
I’ll take a dead Democrat over any living Republican, thank you, and as for voting for … god, I can’t even type it.
It’ll be Valentine’s Day soon and even though Donna pooh-poohs Hallmark holidays I know she doesn’t really mean it.
We get dry kibble for the dogs from Chewy.com, delivered in a 20-pound bag every five weeks. We store the bag in the garage, periodically scooping kibble from it into a smaller container we keep in the kitchen. While refilling the small container yesterday, I found a dead mouse inside the bag. What was left […]