Tales from FAR Manor

Image source: openclipart.org Of course, I’m riffing on the classic M*A*S*H episode Five O'Clock Charlie  here, but it’s not terribl...

… is out. This is a quick bug-fix release, the PageUp and PageDown keys should now work properly (on Macs, use Fn-up-arrow and Fn-down-arr...

I haven’t blogged much about Grandkid #2, mainly because I haven’t seen much of her, mainly because The Boy lives about 120 miles from FAR M...

Get the shot, Granddad, I’m about to pull it off! Somewhere along the line, I’ve  become Charlie’s favorite. It might be because, most d...

It happened on eclipse day, but it took me a while to process. Then I keep putting off the post. Still in denial, I guess. Big V in bett...

Since I was Mason’s age, I’ve always wanted to see a total eclipse in person. So when I learned that it was going to pass only an hour’s dri...

Sunday morning, I went to get something from the kitchen, when I realized I was walking my like old, pre-knee-issues self—long, brisk stride...

It was bound to happen sooner or later. June and July (so far) have featured thunderstorms pretty much every day. It finally happened Wednes...

Charlie can’t quite reach him… for now. School’s out, and that means Mason’s around a lot more. Charlie definitely approves of that , an...

Pulse watched in the rear view mirror as the bus pulled up behind his blue truck. He had removed the Harr Electric signage, easy to do when ...

While Daughter Dearest is now married, she still lives in the free-range insane asylum, in the same trailer she had rented with a roomie bac...

Skyscraper City’s newest superhero(?) is ready to teleport into your eReaders! You can get it from all the major eBook outlets right now...

Ah, to heal like Wolverine… because I never would have had to do this in the first place! But a week later, I’m making visible progress. ...

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Chainsaw go ning-ning-ning-ning… The deed was done Wednesday morning, and Friday afternoon I was back at the manor. I only got four hour...

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Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 Image source: Wikimedia Commons “First thing,” said Liana...

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 Image source: Wikimedia Commons Chakan led the two men to the barn,...

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 Image source: Wikimedia Commons Brinla was indeed loose of tongue, and she wa...

Charlie’s first beach sunset While Charlie's development has been slow, due to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, I haven’t given up hope for h...