October 21 – Catching up, Leslie visit, Welcome JT! October 28 – Election anxieties November 4 – Election equanimity November 6 – Election reaction November 17 – Acceptance and getting on with things December 9 – Thanksgiving December 20- History notes October 21 We’ve been back from Ireland and Boston for two weeks now and …
July 16 – General update August 8 – Fredericksburg, general update August 13 – Power outage August 29 – HVAC, update, Allie in Minneapolis September 7 – DC for NSO Declassified show July 16 I had a fine solo trip in early June to Cleveland, Toronto and Pittsburgh, which in turn spawned two lengthy dives …
April 14 – Catching up April 27 – (Not very) Deep thoughts, Westminster, MD May 22 – Lafayette and history May 25 – Memorial Day weekend, Ellicott City April 14 It’s been a busy week for both Barb and me. On Monday we spent a couple of hours monitoring the eclipse. We had nearly 90% …
January 9: New Year’s Day, going to hell January 20: Waiting for solar battery and website audit February 3: Solar battery installed, website audit done February 6: 2023 Dining Summary February 7: Wondrium finds March 27: Birthday update January 9 It’s been a relatively quiet first week of 2024. Barb and I spent New Year’s …
July 3 – Barb retired, Allie home for July 4 August 7 – Travel planning, Bill Barnett October 21 – General updates, population musings December 2 – 9 – Billzpage issues December 15 – Medical lessons December 16 – December ruminations, retirement outlook and Billzpage directions December 30 – Holidays with Allie, year end wrap …
May 2 The saga of the oven installation is finally complete. The installers never came last Monday, and after many, many phone calls with Best Buy’s customer service we determined that I needed an electrician to first install a new breaker. Once that was done last Thursday, we were able to reschedule our installation for …
March 8 We spent a happy week with Allie in Punta Cana at the Excellence El Carmen resort. We got a bonus day with Allie at the tail end because her flight to Boston on Friday night was canceled so she stayed over until Sunday morning. That gave us a chance to eat a little …
January 8 Continuing our recap of Allie’s holiday visit with us… Sunday, 1/1/23: Once we all woke up, none too early, we had whitefish and bagels procured from Mikey and Mel’s the day before. Barb and Allie spent a quiet day puzzling and reading. Our New Year’s resolution was to finish off some of the …
November 14 I’ve missed a couple of weeks of journaling but I’ve been working on recapping our short trip to New York (still working on the post about the trip itself) to see the Carnegie Hall reunion of Our Native Daughters. I pulled together my notes on the concert along with a YouTube playlist based …
September 15 – New journal format; Bill’s Labor Day trip to Boston; England/Cornwall planning; AmericanaFest September 20 – News roundup: Queen Elizabeth, Ukraine, January 6 Committee; Sarah/Tylor dinner in Georgetown; Larry/Ashley trivia night at Cattail September 28 – Susquehanna Wine and Seafood Festival; Barb retirement date (4/30/23); Hurricane Ian October 5 – Barb office picnic …