i haven;t mailed out my letters yet. i am a delinquent ( Read more... )

I have a beautiful fur hat. It's warm, and I've had it since as long as I can remember. I think it was once my father's. It's made of beaver and what I believe is harp seal fur, though it could be some other kind of seal. I found some links to similar hats for your viewing pleasure, but more importantly, so you have an idea of what my hat looks ( Read more... )

I have decided to transcribe the first Tennessee Williams story ever, "The Vengeance of Nitocris", onto my computer.

There is other news too but it will have to wait.

walking outside in this city in winter for prolonged periods is definitely an unpleasant experience.
details on why that is to follow.

moose are big. this is relative, of course, but becomes more apparent and convincing when you see them up close-like in your garden, or in your windshield ( Read more... )

I thought that maybe I'd get another tattoo. Well, actually, I thought I'd get an ironic tattoo, mainly because I saw someone with (魚) on her upper arm, and I figured it for silly. Anyway, imagined inked: 陳(chin) 國雄. [Oh, that's pretty. How did you pick that out? - I saw it and thought it was pretty special. - Wow, so it must mean something to you ( Read more... )

I am getting restless here in Carpinteria.
As much as the Macias clan is getting used to me, I can tell that certain of my interactions are riling some. Linda is put out that I am spending time with her son, her brother, her sister. She reminds me rather testily that I'm first of all working for her. Had I more work to do, I would, but Linda doesn' ( Read more... )

Monday.

I'm here in SB Cottage Hospital with Linda. She's watching patient education videos that people can select from their hospital beds. She's supposed to evaluate the videos - the hospital will either keep them, or replace them with more up-to-date and accessible videos. Since Linda works on the maternity ward, she's reviewing ( the videos in the Women and Children category )

On Tuesday, on the way to SB to drop my laptop off for repairs, I observed a wheeled crane choking traffic to a two-way/one-lane crawl at Linden & Carpinteria. A palm tree hung from the crane. I thought it looked a bit like a treble jig with green hooks. As it made a right turn south onto Linden, I wondered by what plan the crane would get past the ( Read more... )

I can hear the croaking of many many frogs. It's so calming.
the weather is nice, too. I am not uncomfortably hot! Yaaaay!