Category Archives: Generic Thoughts

Squeaking in under the wire

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Frog

This may be short but it counts as an entry for February. It seems impossible to have sunshine on the weekend. What’s up with that, February? A friend of the better-half stopped by today to show us his new car. … Continue reading →

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Long Weekend

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Frog

We arrived in NYC on Friday afternoon. Saturday morning we heard from our pet sitter, who had just brushed Lucy, and we have been replaced. She is a ho for a brushing. Lucy, not the pet sitter. We saw our … Continue reading →

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Not missing this month

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Frog

I’m not missing this month for posting. Ha! There will be at least one post in January. Actually, I already know there will be another one. Is the suspense killing you? This isn’t exactly January news, but we learned how … Continue reading →

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Rounded Up

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Frog

This year the content has been pretty light. What do you say about 2017 other than don’t let the doorknob hit you on the way out? We saw some shows: We visited other places: The rest of the year? We … Continue reading →

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Finally Fall

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Frog

Even though the calendar has declared it to be fall, the temperatures have been well into the 80s. That is ridiculous. This weekend the weather broke and while we still need rain (it’s been weeks), the be outside factor has … Continue reading →

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Bliss

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Frog

I worked on July 3rd and had a less than 5 minute conversation with one person. Otherwise I didn’t say more than Hi to anyone. It was bliss. I cranked out 8 hours of work with no interruption and am … Continue reading →

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Catching Up

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Frog

My friend from Germany was here with her kids. We haven’t seen each other since 1997, before she had kids. We spent a day and a half with them in Washington, DC. It was a good trip because we visited … Continue reading →

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Flying Home

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Frog

When we originally planned our trip, friends were meant to go with us. Our friends had a death in the family and we scrambled to cancel their plans the night before we left. It’s pretty remarkable how much you can … Continue reading →

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Iceland, part one

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Frog

We walked around to the other side of the Reykjavik harbor and were greeted by this: The Harpa concert hall was beautiful and immense. Coincidentally, someone from my hometown was headlining a show there that night. A short walk led … Continue reading →

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V. Day

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Frog

We celebrated Valentine’s in pretty typical fashion at least for around here. This year we didn’t buy cards. I made one that was basically a fancy PowerPoint slide and the better-half’s card to me was a dozen oysters and some … Continue reading →

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