Due to health concerns related to the current coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak, my publisher has decided to cancel their participation at Emerald City Comic Con, so I won’t be in Seattle or at ECCC next week. (Sorry if you were looking to come to panels or get a book or two signed.) In related news, we just…
Category: castle frostbite.
Sunday, not so fun day
I had to take Mr. Andy A. Doodle to the emergency vet today, which wasn’t great. The tab ran half a grand, which also wasn’t great. But Mr. Andy is fine, which is great. And I got this vet office selfie out of it, which is also pretty great.
Canine maintenance
I am happy to report that the three household doggos passed their annual technical inspection with flying colors. (Left to right: Baby, Andy, and Ygraine a.k.a. Dinky.)
The outdoor office
There’s a pond about a half mile down the road, and when the weather is good, I grab my little Surface Go and head down there in the mornings to get a head start on the word count for the day. Right now it’s the start of the best month for using that outdoor office…
Life in Upper Cryogenica, winter storm edition
We just had another nor’easter up here in Cryogenica, and this one dumped the most snow we’ve gotten so far in a single storm this winter. Here’s a picture of the total snowfall level–the ground was bare before the start of the storm. For reference, the Renegade has 18-inch wheel rims : (A month into…
The night the minivan died
So I accidentally killed a perfectly good Dodge Grand Caravan that was only three and a half years old and had 44,000 miles on the odometer. The details shall remain undisclosed, but there was no injury or body damage involved. Luckily, the insurance covered the total loss, so I was able to go out and…
The Spirits of Christmas
Robin gave me a neat holiday gift this year: an advent calendar of cocktails. Each day, she handed me a little numbered and labeled bag with ingredients and a recipe for a different holiday-themed cocktail. If you’ve been following my instagram feed, I’ve documented most of them there. The one in the picture above was…
Things a dachshund owner knows, #2,198.
This is why we tell guests and visitors to keep food items on the counters well away from the edges. People underestimate the vertical reach of a determined dachshund.
kitchen remodels are base and evil; also expensive.
I have a post about Sasquan and the events of last weekend in the works, and there’s a lot to tell. But it’s not quite done yet because I’ve recently discovered a new form of Introvert Hell: house renovations. Right now, we are having the kitchen remodeled completely. That includes gutting the old kitchen down…
avian squatters.
These little guys are currently costing me $5 a day. We rented a huge dumpster for our long-overdue major spring cleaning and attic junk culling. It costs a flat amount up front that includes the fee for dumping all the trash, and then $5 per day for every day we keep the dumpster beyond the…