C-grade Crossword

I’m back from my road trip – I packed a lot of activity (and a lot of miles) into 5 days. The weather wasn’t great, but it didn’t interfere much with my enjoyment (though the boat ride in the pouring rain would have been better were it a tad...

One Plus One

Greetings all. I hope you weren’t affected by the remnants of Debby that came through late last week. We got a day of overcast with intermittent rain, but otherwise not too bad. I’m hoping for good weather the next few days as I head out on my road trip to...

For the Record

Happy first full week of August, I guess. As I mentioned last week, there aren’t any holidays (at least not national holidays) in North America the United States in August, so we just have to make our own special days. I had a nice weekend with an unexpected...

Double Talk

Happy August everyone – can it be September now? Actually, despite the hot and often stormy weather, August is one of my favourite months. I’m a little biased, as it’s my birth month, but growing up I liked that my birthday was in a month when school...

High Fashion

It’s still hot but at least we got some rain in the past few days, though I’m not sure my lawn will ever be green again. My workload has returned to near-normal so I may actually get this blog posted Wednesday afternoon, shortly after the puzzle arrives in...

The X Factor

The heat goes on… it’s too hot for me to spend any time out on my deck – the most time I’ve been spending there is to water my plants and try to keep them alive. We may get a bit of a break this weekend, but I’m already longing for the...