We at Pat’s Screen Printing have figured out the secret to bringing customers in the door: all it takes is for Fire Marshal Hugo Ferchau to offer an impromptu fire safety training, and the world arrives. Hugo (the third, remember — not his grandfather the college professor nor his father the high school teacher and […]

There were choices to be made, after Oz woke me up way too early barking ferociously at something offending his sense of propriety. I leaped up, expecting to find a bear or mountain lion at the back door, the way he was carrying on, but I saw nothing. I heard something, maybe a racoon, maybe […]

Sorry, I forgot to post this. Dusty arrived to inspect the second microwave, also badly dented, and then Shelf-a-Palozza planning commenced. In all the excitement, I failed in my blog duties. I have less for you than usual today. The third and final bicycle grand tour of the year, La Vuelta a Espana (Tour of […]

I am going to a memorial service today. I have missed the last several I should have gone to, and this instance I’m feeling like this is too little, too late. Many months ago, my friend Narcissa told me she was going to Grand Junction to visit Joanne Williams, a mutual friend who was not […]

Okay, I have found my checkbooks (including one I didn’t even know was lost), all of them together in a place that kind of made sense but wasn’t really where they belonged, and my toenails have been trimmed, so Life is Better. Marrakesh is home but still isn’t doing much more than sleeping on the […]

Usually I do not lose things, and in the rare instances this happens, I end up obsessing over the lost item, because I just don’t lose things. These days, I cannot find a single damn thing in my life, and I am rapidly descending from acceptance to infuriated. It started last week, when I went […]

This morning I have set up shop in the Pumpkin Room, aka the guest room. I am currently wondering why we are trying to make the two smallest rooms in the house the most multi-purpose. The laundry/mud/pet room is full, and unpacking has barely begun. We got our mud bench/closet installed two days ago, and […]

First, an apology: right after ranting about all the mistakes I found in my reading, I sent out a barely-literate post yesterday. I tried to do too many tasks at the house and was once again running horribly late, so I finished my blog entry at work (I’m sure that’s much better than doing it […]

Even when I’m at work I’m not working, because I’m spending my days socializing. I believe I told you a short while back about how lots of people drop in unannounced at Pat’s Screen Printing.  The last two “work” days have been proof of that, in case you needed proof. On Friday evening, Sam (of […]