animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

gwendy’s magic feather

Several years ago, Stephen King and Richard Chizmar co-authored the novel Gwendy’s Button Box. Richard Chizmar then wrote Gwendy’s Magic Feather in 2019, I wasn’t in a super hurry to read it since Stephen King wasn’t involved, but a couple of years ago Stephen King wrote the third and final …

laundry room: phase 1

The first phase of the laundry room is complete. It was supposed to consist of painting the walls and ceiling, but I did more than that. I took out the retractable clothesline and added a wall-mounted drying rack in its place. I also replaced the wall-mounted storage rack (for the …

pamela: a love story

Since I’m on a Pamela Anderson roll, I watched her documentary last night. It was pretty interesting. Having lived through the Pammy and Tommy thing, I was surprised to learn that they were only together a few years. It seemed like forever at the time. She seems to be having …

a guide to the good life

I’ve never documented the nonfiction books I have read, but that’s about to change. I’ve been reading a lot of nonfiction in the past couple of years and would like to keep track of them, so this seems like the best place to do that. This was a decent book …

cabinet project

I think I mentioned I was working on a project over Christmas. It’s been in use for a while, but I didn’t completely finish it until this evening. My inspiration came from this video. Obviously, I did a few things differently. The main thing was the top. It looked too …