The View from Sea Level
Wheels: Seeing Red
At the beginning June the check engine light in my 2008 Volvo convertible came on. This car is the replacement for the one I wrote about several years ago — same model, 10 years younger, slightly different shade of blue. I’ve had it since around 2010. A few days later I went to Europe, so…
It figures!
In another post I wrote about my struggle with sciatica. A result of it was a hiatus on lap swimming. For weeks my pool bag sat, first in the car where it normally lives, then inside my apartment because the car was going for repair. As the sciatica abated, I decided to charge up my…
Sciatica
My two-ish year odyssey in chiropractic care, orthopedics, surgery, and rehab started with Sciatica. In late 2023 I recognized the return of the sciatica that I’d first suffered the previous summer. When it first occurred I had no idea what it was, and envisioned blood clots and torn ligaments and tumors. During a telemedicine visit,…
Hooking
When I was a little girl my mom started hooking. I remember sitting around the kitchen table after dinner, my dad working on a tall ship model kit, my mom hooking a rug depicting a tall ship under sail, and me drawing terrible pictures of ships to join in the family activity. That rug is…
Miniature Photography
A few years ago I hunted for a photo enlarger for my dollhouse’s darkroom with no luck. I could find miniature cameras and typewriters and computers, but not a single traditional photography enlarger like I learned to use in college. But that’s what Steed’s darkroom has to have. So I made one out of cardstock…
3D Printing Update
It’s been a few weeks since I invested in my 3D printer with the intention of printing a new fire escape for my dollhouse. At least for starters. I do realize one doesn’t buy a printer to create a single object. Since then, I’ve discovered more and more possible projects and experienced both satisfaction and…
Printing Minis
About a week ago I was bemoaning the fragility of the fire escape on my dollhouse. It had once again detached from the wall and been damaged. “I should 3d print it!” I thought, reading that 3d printers have become inexpensive. “Then it could be one sturdy piece.” Except I didn’t have a 3d printer,…
I Was forced to Spend Five Days in Paradise
This happened in the middle of a sailing trip during which we planned to visit the US and Spanish Virgin Islands (the latter are part of Puerto Rico). One could argue that the entire nine days of sailing was in paradise, and one would be correct. But we did not plan to spend five days…
I Found my Rigging Knife
Finding it means I’m back aboard in mind, body, and spirit.
Lost and Found
I impulse bought a couple Apple Air Tags—those devices you attach to your valuables so you can track their location. I put one on my keys and one in my handbag. When I got to Cape Cod a couple weeks ago, I noticed that the one on my key chain was not. Damn. It must…
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