The Mojave tell a story of the earliest days when the First People lived in perpetual darkness deep within the earth. Desperate for a better life, they sent a hummingbird out to find light. Searching the cracks and crevices of their underground world, the hummingbird finally finds a difficult, twisting way to climb to the…
Shells from Long Beach Island, 2010 July 04 I spent some of this past weekend looking for shells on Long Beach Island. I usually look for the tiny, perfect shells. Many times Iâll find what looks like a perfect shell, only to turn it over and find the back cracked or entirely missing. Sometimes the…
Yesterday a robin was born.
1. Face cloths are essential. They are small, so easy to handle. They are absorbent, so they get a lot of water off a cat quickly. They can be readily tossed to one side when saturated, and easily grabbed when a fresh one is needed. They wrap around tiny legs and tails without a lot…
So the garage door is fixed. New garage door opener, new springs, new cables, new pully-thingies, new safety sensors at the prescribed legal height (apparently our last ones were too high), new gizmos to remote operate the door, new gadget with a bunch of push-buttons to non-remote open the door … I think we’re set….
Last night a spring on the garage door snapped, as did the eye hook it was attached to. The garage door fell and missed The Prof’s new car by inches. This morning I ran to Sears and Home Despot to get a new garage door opener, new springs and eye hooks for the garage door,…
Our condo is at the dead end of a very short drive within our little community. The dead end is literally a dead end, with the drive ending bluntly straight into a short hedge. Our garage is the last on the row, with the drive ending about ten feet or so past the garage. The…
The advance of ringworm has slowed, but not stopped. Today the Little Grey Shit got her first of what promises to be many bi-weekly Malaseb baths. Bathing with Malaseb is a little different than a conventional cat bath. After thoroughly soaking your kitty, you lather in the Malaseb shampoo and let it sit for ten…
I can see the notifies for my private comments, but I haven’t been able to read them since the beginning of the week. Steve is working on the problem. Meanwhile, if a reply was expected, please accept my apologies. I can be contacted at my gmail account, user name Salamandervmd, if someone wants to get…
This is the Finkelstein Test. Follow along, boys and girls: 1. Make a fist with the fingers closed over the thumb2. While holding your hand in this position, bend your wrist towards the little finger.3. See area indicated in yellow in the diagram above? If you get a shooting pain there (which can be bad…