will try again--darn storm issues ( Read more... )

I'm leaving what is currently miserable humidity here for even more and hotter temperatures. Can't wait ( Read more... )

Bless our business manager, who got my email message, tracked down where my paycheck had gone astray, and walked it over to the bank and deposited it for me. I owe her a nice gift. Suggestions?

FACT OF THE DAY

Young wizard Harry Potter is born today in 1980. Coincidentally a writer called Joanne Rowling was also born on the same day in 1965. Although born in England, Rowling lives and works in Edinburgh and has been adopted by Scotland as one of our own.

(From The Scotsman)

apparently there is a sailboat race around the island today.

Today was supposed to be 95 degrees and 95 percent humidity. Well, we got the humidity, which means we also have the fog. It's just cleared enough that I can see the back bushes and the church across the street--almost. So we have a high of 75 instead since the sun can't make it through, and it's so soggy that I'm having trouble printing. The ( Read more... )

The lighthouse has returned as mysteriously as it disappeared in the neighbor's yard. But now it's sited right on the edge of our property, so that if she turns it on at night it will shine directly into the living room and my bedroom every 8 seconds.

It may be time to invest in a BB gun up here.

Semester at Sea captain dies; is replaced as ship docks in Russia ( Read more... )

So for 2 months now, I've been missing a zip disk. Since my desktop died, I hadn't worried too much about files since I had them all on zips. But one of my crucial zips was missing--the one with all my former research on it. (This is the yellow disk I was asking you to keep an eye out for, Bakubreath ( Read more... )

From the Semester at Sea web site ( Read more... )