Monthly Archives: July 2006

It’s been a month

It’s been a month since His Orangeness left us.  Sherry still wakes up missing his heft on her head in the morning, and I still miss his insistence on having his belly rubbed.  Emma has slowly come around and is chasing things again although it’s clear that she is lonely.  Our trip to Chicago was

CSA Wednesday

Yesterday morning, I spent three hours working in our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) garden.  It was my fourth of five sessions this season.  Unlike the previous three, this time I was working with a good-sized group.  We spent the first hour pulling onions, which was kind of fun; it was the first time I’d been able to

Back in the saddle

So, it looks like my goal of posting something daily has already taken several severe hits. As we were returning from Chicago on Sunday, I started coming down with some kind of summer cold: chest congestion, times of feverishness, coughing, sneezing.  Ack.  On Monday, Sherry had gum graft surgery, which sounds ghoulish and needed attention

Back home, Chicago

On Thursday, Sherry and I presented ourselves at the Enterprise rental service–the only rental car company in Tiffin–and found ourselves presented with another Dodge Charger.  Instead of the screaming red Charger we took to North Carolina, this one was a stately steel. Tooling down the Indiana turnpike, we were amused by a sign for the

Damp, mold, bleach, and totes

You may remember that in late June, severe storms rocked northwestern Ohio.  During the downpours, Sherry and I simply did not want to look in the basement.  We knew that there was a possibility of some water down there, but there wasn’t anything we could do about it if water did come in.  There was

We’re cookin’ with gas

Well folks, it looks like I’ve got this crazy thing goin’ and there’s no stopping it now. For them’s that care, here is what’s happened over the last few days: Moved truffin.com content from IVChosting to BlueHost. Totally severed my relationship with IVChosting by making BlueHost my new domain registrar as well. Installed WordPress on