24,000 steps today. Part of this total was spent up on the roof unclogging the pumps and clearing the water away. July was dry, but so far A...

I predicted this would happen. We had a brief heavy rain this morning and the roof is wet again. After weeks of pleading, the roofer still h...

The September issue of Spaceflight Magazine has finally arrived. Since I doubt if many of you subscribe to this British publication, I thoug...

The carpenter came over again to look at the greenhouse this morning. He asked me what I was trying to accomplish. Did I want a second offic...

We're going to McDonald Observatory. I finally became confident enough about the weather to make a reservation to spend the night on the...

I see some strange things when I'm walking in the park. Today I saw a guy riding a bicycle with his arm in a cast. You might not need bo...

It's nice to have Janet back again. Nine days is a long time to to go without talking to anyone. Actually I did talk to a few people dur...

The Internet is working again. I wasn't imagining things. There really was a problem. It turns out that the last time the fiber optic ca...

I did more grocery shopping than usual today. First I got the things I usually get on Saturdays and then I went to the stores where Janet sh...

Maybe I'm getting too much sleep. I woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep. Since I wasn't tired, I took this as a sign th...

The Internet keeps going out. It's on for a while and then it's off for a while. After spending an hour on the phone with tech suppo...

It's weird to go this long without talking to anyone. I don't spend a huge amount of time talking with Janet but I rarely talk to an...

I noticed a big brown blotch on my arm today that wasn't there yesterday. It didn't hurt and it didn't look like a bite or infec...

I think Jenga is going to get a very good home. I went up to the boarding kennel today and met the young couple who wants to adopt him. I li...

I think I've reached my limit. It basically takes me all day to take 20,000 steps. I'm certainly not walking all day, but I don'...

There have been so many documentaries about Apollo 11 this week that I feel I know more about the space program now than I did when all this...

After breakfast this morning, I went and got groceries for the week. Usually Janet cooks on the weekends and I eat leftovers during the week...