So JUST when I have completely given up hope that there is anything viable in the hummingbird nest, I look this morning and Anna is perched on the edge, sticking her beak down vertically into it. And when she flew away again, I saw wiggles. Teeny little beaklet wiggles, just visible over the edge. I think there are two of them there. Happy ( Read more... )

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There is something about an overnight business trip that leaves me simultaneously feeling invigorated and ***blort***. I feel invigorated because these trips usually mean hours of close negotiation in a conference room with a big table and a lot of people with different points of view trying hard to come to some agreement on some very tricky ( Read more... )

Went to see The Blond One at the PCI finals yesterday. It's been raining off and on all week, but we were prepared with rain pants, etc. The field was a mud pit fit for piggies, all sloppy sloppy. Got the obligatory band snack and sat down at 4:30, just as the first band was playing. Odd -- no movement in that show at all. They just huddled on ( Read more... )

De'neese says I should update occasionally myself, so here goes ( Read more... )

Just back from a weekend in Seattle where we went to a Mariners game and stayed in a tiny little hotel room across the street from the library. All the other guests spoke Japanese, so we were right at home. "No, ma'am. The reason why the air conditioning isn't on in your room (even though it's about 90 degrees outside and hotter than that in ( Read more... )