We lost Hershey in a driveway accident this afternoon. He got too close to the wheel as hubby was backing out. No external injuries, but Dr. Valerie diagnosed a broken pelvis (fixable) and a severed spinal cord just above the base of the tail (not fixable). She hoped the break … Continue reading →
Oh, joy of joys. I was pulling vines off the back wall of the new building yesterday. Guess what I have today? Yep. I wore long sleeves, a jacket, gloves, and a hood, but my face was exposed. I brushed hair from my face several times. Today, I have the … Continue reading →
I found some curious books during our flea market wanderings today. I found three geography books published between 1901 and 1920. While browsing the geography books, I spotted another book, copyrighted 1920,1911 with no discernible publisher. It’s title? Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or War on the White Slave … Continue reading →
And no, we’ve done nothing to Hershey the dog as EJ was initially concerned about when I posted that news on Facebook. As far as we know, he’s safely enjoying his time at the resort in Texas (where they seem to be getting a lot of rain, but the enclosures … Continue reading →
Something. I’m going to be scarce for the next few weeks. I’ll be playing chauffeur on the Great Northeast Adventure. No. No. It’s not that bad. Hubby is programming things I want to do as well. I’m going to try to catch up with a few friends — old and … Continue reading →
Sometimes things turn up in the darnedest places. Late last fall, I purchased a fancy digital voice recorder in anticipation of perhaps dictating into it and allowing voice recognition software to translate my eloquent mutterings drivel into text. I haven’t had much chance to use it, but part of the … Continue reading →
Don’t worry, it won’t be before December. I need to clear the mercuryranch.org domain for other things. I have decided it will move to the PolarBear60.org domain. I use that as my Twitter name, and I’m known as PolarBear in several places on the web, so I think it’s a … Continue reading →
I’m still working on laying out plans for the NaNo novel — the category romance. I’ve placed the other novel in the background and will begin looking at it. Hubby and I are pondering some changes in the household — good ones, don’t worry. You may or may not hear … Continue reading →
While in San Antonio, I fired up QuickPlot on the laptop (WinXP, so no Scrivener). After doing the story arc math from Jennifer Crusie’s RWA Handout posted over at Argh Ink and plugging it in, I began transferring my notes I’d printed from Scrivener before leaving Central Texas. The first … Continue reading →
We ran a yard sale today (garage sale, tag sale, whatever you call them in your neck of the woods). I didn’t meet the deadline to get an ad in the paper, so we put out two signs this morning after we were set up (one at a strategic corner … Continue reading →