Tales from FAR Manor

One of the reasons I didn’t want to buy the house that became FAR Manor, I thought the roof was pretty sketchy-looking. It was obviously une...

King for a day Charlie turned 5 late last week, but of course we waited until Saturday to celebrate. After all, his bio-brother Skylar has h...

Steak is better than sizzle. It’s winter, it was 39°F out late this afternoon, but it was partly sunny with a little breeze. What else to do...

They're lookin' back (they're lookin' back) They're lookin' back (they're lookin' back) Too many people look...

Winter #2 arrived at FAR Manor on Christmas Eve, with heavy rain changing over to mixed sleet and snow in late afternoon. We had a break in ...

Wednesday, 5:30pm: I set up my auto-reply message for work email, shut down the laptop, turned out the lights, and headed downstairs. My end...

We finally got going with the decorations last night. Once again, Mason went under the stairs to eject boxes (and wish he could turn that sp...

I really should post this to my writing blog (and my mailing list), and will when I get a chance, but it’s easier to do from here right now....

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...