The Six Million Dollar Novel
When we left my saga of a dead computer and a dead backup drive, I was without a current copy of my Steampunk novel. I did have a backup copy, but it was lacking some major edits as was about …
Kristine Cherry: The Voyage Home
Yesterday, Kris finally came home from the hospital. Yes, I did spend several days visiting her. She was in the hospital from last Saturday night at 11:00pm to yesterday (Saturday) at 11:00 am. Just twelve hours short of a whole …
Back in the Hospital Again
Friday afternoon, Kris strained her hernia buy lifting something heaver that she should have. She didn’t feel anything at first, but by 3:00am she was in a lot of pain. She was in pain throughout Saturday, and at 10:30 pm, …
Predators, sheezzz!
Kris and I often go for walks around our apartment. And when we do, we like to say “hi” to our Guardians of the garden. These are the predators that protect our plants – while having breakfast, lunch and dinner. …
The Bad, the Worse and the Frustrating
Things have been a bit crazy, stressful and frustrating for me for a while, now, both at work and at home. I’ve been feeling that I have had too much to do at both. That’s the bad. I wrote about …
The Farmers Market
Last weekend, we went back to The Grove to see “Minions and Monsters”. Funny movie with a lot of homages to silent movies. But that’s not what I’m here to talk about. Afterwards, we went next door to the The …
Happy 250th!
My fourth of July celebration started the day before. On July 3rd, I went down to the American Red Cross in Woodland Hill, CA to give my third donation of the year. They often have special promos and this month …
2026 Goals, End of 2nd Quarter
Having my computer crash and being without one for a month did set me back. But this is what I was able to accomplish. Get published: These are the steps that have been a challenge for me. 1) Save up …
Three, two. One, BOOM!
Gumball and Darwin (our two habanero plants) have been pulling the pins on their flavor bombs (aka Nature’s Taste Grenades). As soon as we harvested the last four… Five more started ripening. The three in the featured picture, from Gumball, …
Anime Café
Last Saturday, I had to go to work and work five hours. Yeah overtime! When I got home, Kris wanted to surprise me with something special. She took me to a new Anime Café in Tarzana. It’s a small place; …