What Do I Know?

I made a list today and did most of the things on it. Some are done: I copied some pages from The Camp of the Saints √ - a book suppo...

Or so I think.  Then I plow on. Back cleaning out my mom's house.  We're trying to get it rentable by Thursday.  The bar is pretty...

My mom's house and garage are a great stimulus to clean out our own stuff and we're working on it daily.  But the inflow of paper co...

Here's the garage yesterday.  I'm sure it looks hopeless to most of you.  But I have to tell you that since August, we've go...

We discovered that we had come home to a leaking water heater.   This fits yesterday's unexpected tasks .  Things that sneak up on you u...

We got back early this morning.  Alaska Airline's 20 minute baggage guarantee meant that we were home less than 30 minutes after we left...

The LA Times had an interview with, among other things, author Barry Yourgrau , about his book, "Mess: One Man's Struggle to Clean...

Spent the morning on the phone doing things like negotiating with Verizon to put my mom's  tv on hold, but keeping the phone and interne...

There were some old photo albums in the living room that I hadn't put back in the hall closet last time we were visiting my mom.  B...

Well, actually, there was only one other person in the regular line.  But not having to take off my shoes, or take my computer out, or my to...

Monday T moved in.  He's a teacher at the Confucius Institute at UAA.  He's a warm, curious, bright, and funny young man.  An ...

Here's a transcript of Nixon talking to Haldeman that came in an emailed promo on 1972   [the real title I think is The Nixon Tapes] fro...

I used to be phenomenally well organized.  But after I retired I decided to become, not disorganized, but more like non-organized.  That led...

Today, the floor is more cluttered, but the closet is emptier.  This is the room that has served as our staging area.  This first happen...

The Film Festival is pretty much over - just a couple best of the fest nights.  Time to get back to normal life.  Our film maker guest depa...

Sunday was the Anchorage Garden Club's Annual City Garden Tour.  This is always a delightful affair, a chance to discover hidden...