It got all the way to 86º yesterday. If the forecast for the next week is at all accurate, my hopes for a late mosquito-killing freeze are dashed. I’m having to get up 30 minutes earlier than usual right now. I need the time to shovel the pollen so I can get the Technical Writing … Read more
Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, died yesterday. She was 87. It will surprise no one who knows me even a little bit that I hold Margaret Thatcher up as one of the giants of the 20th century. It is sad indeed that disease robbed her of a lot of … Read more
I purchased the first and only (so far) lawn tractor I’ve ever owned in July 2001. It’s a Honda H2113, with the hydrostatic transmission. No frills to speak of other than that, but I added a switch for the headlights and an hour meter. I took meticulous care of it for the first few years … Read more