I understood there would be no fuzzy math

My head hurts from trying to figure this out, and I suspect it is some kind of supply and demand nonsense: It is cheaper (much) to buy a round-trip airline ticket than one way. The thing is, I need a one way ticket. So in this day and age of suspecting grandparents of being terrorists […]

the middle aged and the old and the young and the restless

I haven’t said much lately about our newest houseguest. Partly because I’m tired, or busy, or just don’t have anything much to say. Unfortunately, she has come to that horrible crossroads where fixed income meet health problems and the skyrocketing cost of care. I know I’m not nearly the only one dealing with this, nor […]

musings from the home front

Hi, internets. We’re having a mellow weekend. I got my hair cut. The car? She’s inspected. The groceries have been bought for another week or so. We put up our Christmas lights, something we wanted to do over Thanksgiving but couldn’t due to all the excitement. While we were up on the roof (I had […]