And They’re Off!

I’ve had one of those productive days today. For one thing, I replaced the flat tire on my bicycle, which is something I’d never done myself before. Can you imagine a more effective way of feeling accomplished and manly? I got to play with tools and get greasy. Yes.

I also cleaned my grill, [...]

Moving Target

Note: I added this bit after I’d already posted this entry… I found it so incredibly… odd. This person makes me worry. Using Apple’s newest operating system apparently makes you a Communist and an anti-Christian [...]

The Grocery Liberation Front

As often as I can justify it — and often even when I can’t — I will drive ten miles out of my way to go shopping at the locally-owned Food Co-Op in Davis, rather than the big Safeway here in Dixon. Call it my own little bit of anti-corporate rebellion (well, that and refusing [...]

Being Where

So where have I been? I’ve been busy, and for some reason I haven’t had much inclination to update my journal of late. Here, then, is a brief summary of what’s been up with me.

Writing

I’ve revised a short story that I wrote about a month ago, something called "Ten Feet Tall, [...]

Random Acts of Journaling: Rocket Grill to the Rescue!

Random Acts of Journaling collab entry: Prompt:

My wife has written in the past about my experiments in back-yard grilling and rocketry. Heck, I might have myself, but right now I’m just too darn lazy to go back into my archives to take a look. But let’s just say that [...]

Storyteller Collab: Cat Tree

Storyteller collab:CAT TREE

(© 2002 by Richard S. Crawford)

Write a story in which the character stays in one place. It could be in a room, or in a car (the car qualifies as "one place", even though it may be moving), or hanging out in jury duty, for example.

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Still Breathing…

…but only just barely at the moment. Darn asthma.
I haven’t completely forgotten about you, Faithful Reader. I’m still here, and I’m still moving, kicking, and so on. I’ve just been feeling a remarkable lack of inspiration of late, as well as beginning a process of completely rebuilding my website (all on my computer at [...]