As of a few days ago, all six books in the Boone Series are available on Audible, in addition to ebook and print versions. They can be accessed through Amazon or your Audible account directly. Tim Tidball's work as producer/narrator was outstanding, and I hope those...
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Today is the 1-year anniversary of my granddaughter McKinley’s bone marrow transplant, made necessary because the chemo she had to treat her leukemia was ineffective. Now that it’s been a year, she will no longer be under the care of a BMT specialist and will now be...
Mmr: Jake Xerxes Fussell
My morning ritual for December 4: A cup of Irish Breakfast tea, a random verse from the Tao te Ching, and a little music: Side A of Out of Sight. The verse is #24; here’s an excerpt: A man who justifies his actions isn’t respected. A man who boasts of his achievements...
Junk
We’re doing a lot to the house right now. New deck, mostly because the last time I replaced the decking the pressure-treated wood I used was treated with the new formula (no formaldehyde, which is good, but 75-80% drop in useful life, not so good). Some new siding,...
Evening Post #24
At the end of our driveway sits a green box. I built it a few years ago for deliveries from Amazon, UPS, FedEx, and other delivery companies. Our neighbors up the hill asked if they could have their packages delivered there as well, since their house is difficult if...
Evening Post #23
I’m still negotiating and renegotiating a more or less peaceful co-existence with the various critters that share this space with us. Since bringing a live trap back from the family farm, putting it in our garden, and baiting it with marshmallows (on the advice of my...
Evening Post #22
Today was a record breaking day. I got out of a building supply store having spent less than ten dollars (record number one - it’s usually hundreds for even a small project). I completed a plumbing repair after only one trip to the store (record number two - it...
Evening Post #21
I was reminded this week about the power of the media and how susceptible I am to it. I don’t watch the news, have no social media presence, and don’t discuss politics if I can help it. This stems from my experience of surviving an attack by a political...
Evening Post #20
Kintsugi, like sonder, is one of those words that has no direct equivalent in English. As a practice it stands in direct opposition to our society’s conventional wisdom. It’s a method of repair of items, like ceramic pots or dishes, that have been broken into several...
Evening Post #19
I’ve been watching the Olympics, as I usually do. It’s always interesting, if sometimes a little unsettling (breakdancing as an Olympic sport?), watching people who work for years honing and refining their natural abilities, culminating in one five minute or two...