The big news: water returned yesterday, but pressure is still weak. I did get a shower.

lefthandness, fountain pens, poetry, and food are prohibited subjects in your book; you’re looking for AI-rendered text, because you won’t find it here; you demand litmus tests about the latest subject of rage; everyday-life subjects bore you; you can’t stand references to faith; you dislike Brazil, the Portuguese...

Still no water today. Maybe tomorrow, says the water dept./company. Things broke.

The water department is doing upgrades and has left 70% of our city without water. How many days? Who knows, but supposedly it should last for a couple of days. Maybe tomorrow?

Olly keeps adding features to Pagecord, which is my blog host. His service started out good, and just keeps getting better. Now we can send a draft by email. I plan to start using the email posting option again, since that should up my game.

Got some good news today. Hope to share it soon. Sorry to be mysterious at the moment, but a few others need to hear it first.

There’s a home-building trend here I never understood, to put indoor stairs, such as going up to a bedroom, behind transparent glass. So the world can see you in your pijamas, or less, going up and down inside your house. Three or four houses here inside our little neighborbood have them. Remember, houses here are...

July 9th is a state holiday. It celebrates a small internal war. We humans like and celebrate our wars. ¶ Owe no debts but love and the gospel. The Holy-Spirit-inspired Paul said it in Romans 13.8 and Romans 1.14-16. See also 1Corinthians 9.16. ¶ All is set for our small meeting of men on Saturday. By suggestion it was...

With seven items on my Now page for July I’ve overcomitted myself. One is more an approach then task. Better that than not have any goals set, right?

When somebody wins, it means somebody else loses, most of the time.

Not the best quality, but I didn't want to disturb anyone.

One has to be on one‘s toes when working, especially with multiple websites. I almost posted my work newsletter to the personal site here. It would not have been anything disastrous or dangerous, but different audiences have varying expectations. Work is better now than when I had 1001 sites to juggle. Back in the day,...

I emailed a file of a 100+ page book to a printer for an estimate of cost. Such things cost more here than in other places. And prices have risen much more in recent times. Paper is more expensive. Estimate came back … scary. ¶ Therapist this afternoon said Missus was in a good place as far as full recovery, was pleased...

In Obsidian, I’ve quit creating separate files for my blogging and for many site articles. I write in the top of my draft/dump file, copy and paste, and when it’s published, delete it. So for the most part, Obsidian files are no longer the “vault of record” for my work (Cp. NYTimes byline.) Confession: Keeping up with...

The Missus’s shoulder has mended and the doc removed her sling, so she is free to stretch her arm out. Next week, she’ll start physical therapy. We are grateful to God for answering prayer and to our good friends for their supplications for her.