Lung transplant
Remember me showing you that article about my nephew’s friend? We just got word that he’s had a successful lung transplant. He’s still not out of the woods, but at least he’s got a path to get there now.
friends
Portland in NY
Our friends Don and Yan are in town for business and birthday. We just got back from an outing with them. First at Flute, because Don is one of Rob’s wine buddies, and then at La Bonne Soup. It was so nice to see them. We have plans to get together this weekend again and–lord
Schticker discount
Schtickers.com, the place where I had my laptop skin printed, has offered to give the readers of my blog a 10% discount. So if you want to do your own mod, enter KOWAL at the checkout. In other news, I’m doing a test run with another friend’s laptop and if it goes well, I’ll be
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In Salt Lake City
Move to NYC–Day 1 We have arrived safely in Salt Lake City. Alas, we had to cancel the dinner with friends because, even getting up at dawn, we still didn’t arrive at Beth’s until after eleven pm. Meanwhile, you can click on the photo above to look at an album–unlabled–of the past two days. Things
Loading day.
In a half an hour, Rob and I are biking off to pick up the moving van. I’m puttering around, packing all of the random things that somehow didn’t get into boxes. But, really, we’re pretty much ready for our wonderful friends to descend on the house and help us load the truck. I think
Higgins
We just returned from dinner out with Bob Bates, one of Rob’s friends from Hawaii, and our friends Don and Yan. The meal was wonderful, as always, and it was great to catch up with them. However, at this rate, I will be exhausted before we hit the road. So, in the interests of self-preservation,
Beeper to signal new life
My nephew just sent me this article from the local paper about one of his friends. They’ve known each other since my nephew was five. Asher McGirt and his mother, Janet, have unusual summer plans: They’re waiting for the sound of a beeper. The beeper, when it vibrates and bleats, will signal that a set
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Farewell Iron Chefs
Is that right? Why isn’t the plural Iron Cheves? Last night we went down to the Celsi’s for an Iron Chef reprise potluck. We’d all wanted to do another Iron Chef battle, but it just wasn’t in the cards. Eve reprised her Potato battle samosa dumplings in cardomon carrot sauce. Don brought his amazing, amazing
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Would you like to see my beaver?
I just came home and my next door neighbor was sitting on the front porch with two of his buddies. He’s a nice guy and has helped us schlep things before so I went over to tell him about the yard sale tomorrow. He asked what we’re selling. I mentioned the kitchen things, the tools,
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Free!
I invited a whole bunch of puppeteer, theater and crafty friends over to help clear out the basement of ten years of puppet making supplies. It was so much fun; I felt like Santa Claus and a saleswoman at the same time. My favorite moment was when I pointed out the cape from Beauty and
You can see where I live.
Thanks to Google Maps new street view feature, you can see the front door of the apartment we are moving to. As a friend of mine said, “It’s like living in the future.” On the one hand, keen! On the other hand, it’s a little creepy. I mean, is that a neighbor walking past the
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Spinning wheels
Today was one of those odd days where I did a lot, but felt like my wheels were just spinning. I did novel revisions, had lunch with Ken Scholes, ran errands, went to the coffee shop and actually wrote, and cleaned the basement. Yet somehow, I feel like I got nothing accomplished. Why is that?
Our route to NYC
If you are curious about the route that we are taking to get to NYC, I’ve plotted it out. It meanders like that because we are stopping to visit friends and family on the way to NY. The only night we have to pay for lodging is the night we stop to visit Mt. Rushmore.
Finished recording
We recorded the last of the chapters for the Subterranean project today. Rob still has to finish editing it, but my end is mostly done. I’m a little worried that we may have to go back and re-record some of the Spaniard’s lines in the pre-Ricardo Montalban chapters for consistency, but hopefully not. I am,
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Our motorcycle trip
I confess, this mess with Audrey II is making my head spin enough that I don’t have the energy to give you a blow by blow of the motorcycle trip. But I did promise a picture, so ta-da! The short version is that I enjoyed the trip. We have nice friends. The passenger seat of
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