Tales from FAR Manor

Dialing in the Fuji’s front derailleur has proven harder than expected. I put it on the stand, tweak the cable tension, and it shifts. Take ...

I had a few posts written up for our brush with Zeta, and never published them. I back-dated them to the dates they should  have appeared, s...

I felt pretty decent in the morning, despite all the drama. Still, the house was dark and still (no electricity). Fortunately, by the time I...

Still no power this morning. We decided to hit the retail district to: Get breakfast Look for a generator Pick up some other odds and ends A...

This one didn’t seem as scary as Opal in 1994. Just like Opal, Zeta passed by overnight (or very early Thursday morning). The heavy rain cam...

When I last mentioned it, the county was stripping the pavement off our road in sections, and widening the roadbed. Now, they’ve finished r...

One of the advantages of having a DITA-based workflow for technical writing is for translation. During the acquisition binge that ended with...

When I last talked about my remote workspace, I was adding a 40" monitor . So I got rhythm, I got music  I have good lighting, lots (bu...

I’ve been thinking for a while that the county should either rename our road to Pothole Parkway, or stop playing whack-a-mole with the deter...

Mason turned 11 on Tuesday after Labor Day, and the wife planned a bash down at the pond (where there are a couple of pavilions, a swing set...

A store-brand box of penne suggested tossing its (cooked) insides in butter sauce, so I had to have a look. I can’t imagine a recipe easie...

Ever since we put the gazebo up in the front yard, the old backyard retreat has languished. The fire bowl in the table rotted out, and I’v...

Somehow, we as a family have been fortunate when it comes to deer encounters. This one marks the third occasion that a deer and one of our c...

I’ve been plugging along in my new work space for a couple of months, now. A couple weekends ago, while taking some time off, I did turn the...

I was tempted to file this one as pandemic-related, but it was more of a “last straw” thing than a completely isolation-related incident. ...

Planet Georgia's sorry excuse for a governor partially lifted the shelter-in-place, starting today. That’s going to have consequences in...

We’re on spring break this week… like I said in the last post , we were supposed to be at the beach, but having to cancel a vacation falls i...

We were supposed  to be in Florida this week, hanging out with Mom and hitting the beach. Instead, we’re at FAR Manor. Over the weekend, I...

Coronavirus (image credit: CDC, public domain) Our “online learning” was extended through Spring Break, the first full week of April her...

Coronavirus (image credit: CDC, public domain) Local schools are on “online learning” this week (and I’m sure that will be extended). I ...