Buttoning Down Loscon
Part of the Loscon blood drive has always been buttons. This goes back to our dealers’ room days with the U.S.S. Alliance when we first got the button maker. Sometimes I’ve done the artwork when it’s of a more graphic …
Getting Ready for Loscon
Kris and I used to have a dealer’s table, both of us were in the art show and working the blood drive. And once at Phil and Ed’s Excellent Convention I also did camerawork at the masquerade. Now, without the …
Enchanted Loscon
Yesterday was the final on-site meeting of the Loscon 49 committee. This is where we make the final preparations and make sure everything is running smoothly. Most of the department heads were in attendance. There was also a Zoom link …
Back At It
Personally, I don’t do writing prompts because I already have enough ideas I want to write. I’m working on my steampunk trilogy, which if it’s successful, I want to expand to about a dozen books. I got some stories I …
Costco Life
As the one who does all the cooking in the household, I also do all the shopping. It’s been a challenge this year, especially with inflation as high as 8.5%. That’s why I’m grateful for Costco and buying everything I …
SPOON!!!!!
This is Yogurtland in Chatsworth on Nordhoff near DeSoto. Kris is getting more mobile, so we went there for frozen yogurt yesterday. It is one of Kris’s favorite hangouts. She loves to go there during the week, get some yogurt, …
Kris Continues to Improve, and… GOALS!!!!!
As of Thursday, Kris was back on solid food. She celebrated her newfound food freedom with Kraft Deluxe Mac & Cheese for lunch. The next day, a new recipe: Taco Bell Enchiritos (Improved) – see Vincent’s review at the bottom. …
Out and About
While it’s been over a week since she left L.A. County Jail Olive View/UCLA County Hospital, Kris has not been getting out since her surgery. She can’t even get out of our apartment complex alone because the fire doors are …
That Which Holds the Image of a Caretaker Becomes a Caretaker
Hello everyone, Vincent Reinhart here. Dennis has been busy taking care of Kris this week, so I’m filling in for him. Kris came home from the hospital this past Monday, and Dennis took the week off from work to take …
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What Did She do?
What she did was have a hiatal hernia that needed repair. That’s a hernia (reminds me of this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Ow1nlafOg ) in her diaphragm. Her stomach and pancreas were already pushing their way up into her left lung area. The …