animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

back in business

Brian and I drove out to Middleburg today to pick up my motorcycle at Freedom Sidecars. I’m so glad to have it back. With less than two months left in the riding season, I have a lot of riding to make up for. The owner of the place was kind …

fowl play

In June, something ate all of the goldfish in my pond. I put off purchasing new goldfish until yesterday. At the store, I mentioned that something ate all of my goldfish and the clerk responded that a blue heron was spotted in the area and has eaten goldfish from a …

jeff, who lives at home

Boy, it’s been a while since we’ve watched a movie. My Netflix queue was getting a little low, so I backed it down to two movies a month (plus streaming, but there are hardly any movies on streaming that I want to watch). In the interim, I’ve been watching some …

the kill clause

This is the first novel in Gregg Hurwitz’s “Tim Rackley” series. I read it (and a host of non-fiction) while we were on vacation last week. Unfortunately, I happened to read the 2nd book in the series first, but this did not put a damper on things. The plot was …

forest county 2013

This afternoon, we returned from our (now) annual trip to Forest County. And, what a relaxing trip it was! This year, we stayed at River Forest Lodge, along the Allegheny River in East Hickory, PA. There were some things I liked better about our location last year, and some things …