It was something that had to be done. I did not want to do it. I don’t like doing it. I can do it. I did it. The old iBook died suddenly, not giving me a chance to wipe the drive securely enough to let someone else have access to it. With the hard drive… Continue reading Hardware
Category: Journal
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Wind Storm
Friday, November 1, 2013 November has swept in with a great flourish of energy! The wind arrived just after 7:00 a.m. this morning, just after Attila left for work. Immediately, within seconds of the first serious gust, the power flickered off, long enough to power down all appliances and clocks in the house. It will… Continue reading Wind Storm
Sam Larkin
Sad news in my world, a dear friend has passed away. There is a hole in my universe. Sam Larkin was a wonderful individual, talented, funny, quixotic, complex, intelligent… but what comes to me, when I think about him, is his gentleness and kindness. From my perspective those are the qualities that lit up his… Continue reading Sam Larkin
Lumpen Mass
Yesterday Attila left work an hour early, having gone in an hour early, allowing us an early start on our most recent journey to the little house in the city. After driving for an hour we hit an ice storm. It began as rain and quickly evolved into a downpour of ice pellets. Luckily the… Continue reading Lumpen Mass
Just Like An Arrow
When I arose at 5:00 a.m. this morning it was still dark outside. The neighbour was up though, and there were a few lights on at their house. Standing in the dark, the kitchen window became a portal into a fairy land. The distant lights in the windows beamed through the branches of the white… Continue reading Just Like An Arrow