A Tough Day
Sunday, Blue woke up and her eyes were all red. She was also having trouble seeing. I wasn’t sure if she got sprayed by some creature or what. But she is a tough dog and has weathered tough situations and always bounced back. Now Blue, being a tough Bronx Pittie, didn’t show signs of distress, […]
Claire’s Wee Laire
Well, as you fine, five readers know, I’ve been working on my weekends refitting Geppetto’s Studio into a new, upgraded, and nicer new barn for Claire and Honey. I was originally saving the GS for some sort of writer’s salon. And had collected some suitable furniture for a round table event, as well as some […]
New Barn Is Complete
Yesterday, I laid and taped the rubber matting, built the bed frame (out of very heavy beams) and filled it with 10 bags of wood shavings. It took most of the day, including moving the wall rotating fan from the old barn, but I think it ended up just as I imagined. Blue came by […]
The Scottish Play
Last night Lisa and I made our annual Summer Night pilgrimage to Boulder Colorado to experience this year’s highlight in Colorado University’s Shakespeare Festival – The Scottish Play! https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=Black+Adder+The+Scottish+Play&mid=B5AE07C940CFC3DD04D2B5AE07C940CFC3DD04D2&FORM=VIRE It was a beautiful summer night but this year, for the first time, we experienced the Shakespeare Festival at the University’s indoor Roe Green Theatre, instead […]
A Delightful Day
The last time my grans were altogether in one place was seven years ago. Back then it was only Lucian and Scarlett. The other two were not yet born. That’s Lucian and Scarlett with Claire and Honey, above, together again under The Old Man at Casa Claire. Yesterday, my daughter Jackie flew into Denver with […]
Do Women Really Lie More Than Men?
Okay, I’m not going to lie (yes, I am), I chose this topic because I was fascinated by the headline on the Science website I spotted it on, and, in all honesty, I figured it would be a quick and easy post because I have a ton of other shit to prepare for this morning. […]
Congrats Sarah Respall Rojas – Hi MRT and Anna H – Happy Birthday V.
Sarah Respall Roja, who I will call SRR, is the adult daughter of one of my online author friends, the Cuban writer, Marié Rojas Tamayo. I’ve known Marié, or MRT as I like to call her, for a few years now. MRT is a Cuban writer of speculative fiction in the same mystical vein as […]
First World Problems
“First World problem is an informal term for the issues in First World nations that are complained about in response to the perceived absence of more pressing concerns.[1] It has been called a subset of the fallacy of relative privation and is also used to acknowledge gratefulness for not having worse problems, such as those in the Second or Third Worlds.[2] It has been used […]
Preying (or Praying) Mantis
Found this young lady hanging around inside the new barn while I was shifting some more furniture and sweeping the floor yesterday. Now normally, red blooded males of any species go cold when they come upon a female preying mantis. After all, they don’t treat their male lovers too well. They don’t even wait for […]
Started Out Nice Enough
Yesterday morning was beautiful. Not too hot. Sunny. The grans were all safely ensconced in what used to be my recliners. I went out to check on the troughs and found someone had left a note for the fairies. So, knowing that magic still reigned supreme on Casa Claire, I set about my Saturday business, […]