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“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans” – from lyrics by John Lennon. As 2020 drew to a close I intentionally took a temporary break from this blog to re-evaluate and “make other plans” in response to the new normal that Covid-19 has brought to our world. Voluntary and mandatory […]
Please Pardon This Interruption… I’ve been posting on The Overleaf Chronicles Blog for four months, and I’m fairly happy with the result. Still, it needs a few tweaks here and there, and I’d like it to be a little more focused, so I’m taking a short hiatus from The Overleaf Chronicles to get some things
Garden Goals, House Goals, Blog Goals, Life Goals – An Announcement Read More »
Above: “Elephant” Photo by Stuart Bassil / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephant.jpg This has been another week of split time between Overleaf the House and Overleaf the Garden. I’m doing a little bit on each, and I have to keep telling myself that I’m not on a strict deadline to complete either, so I don’t need to
In Bed This Week 09/14/2020 – Which End of the Elephant? Read More »
I confess I haven’t been accomplishing very much in the garden lately. The heat has just been too much, and I’ve moved my attention to a number of things inside the house, where I can work in air conditioned comfort. That doesn’t mean I haven’t done anything out doors, I finally moved the remaining reclaimed
In Bed This Week 09/07/2020 – Putting It All Together Read More »
Dodgeball Hurricane…This past week the Houston area briefly flirted with two unusually closely spaced hurricanes. An odd part of living along the Gulf Coast is our tacit love/hate relationship with tropical storms and hurricanes. We eye them out in the Gulf with all the wariness of a gaggle of nerdy kids in a dodgeball game.
September In Bed– Things To Do, Dodgeball Hurricane, Plotting and Planning Read More »
In late 2012 I returned to Texas after an eighteen year stint in New York City. We’d never planned to grow old in NYC, it’s not a forgiving place. Common sense told me early on that life would be happier, easier and more comfortable in a slower, less harsh and competitive climate. I always like
Overleaf – A Return Home Read More »