by Ira | Jan 9, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
A quick one tonight because I’m bushwhacked…but we’re on Kauai. Travel today was blessedly simple and smooth. Three cheers to my wife for that, because she planned everything meticulously. Very, very appreciative of that. The Kings are enjoying our house for us while...
by Ira | Jan 8, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
So, LA burned today. We’re very lucky in that none of those flames threatened our home, but they certainly threatened—and in some cases destroyed—many, many others, particularly those in the hills all over the southland. Several friends have had to evacuate their...
by Ira | Jan 7, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
It’s windy outside like I don’t think I’ve ever seen in LA. We’ll get gusts up to 60mph+ tonight through to tomorrow morning, and they were so bad today that one of our neighbors had her car smashed by a fallen branch. Oof. It’s bad. And randomly right now…it sounds...
by Ira | Jan 6, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Whew. Tired today. But I got some good writing done in the end. I’m making this quick one because it’s sleeeeeepy time. Night night 🙂
by Ira | Jan 5, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
I. Am. Wiped. But the shed shelves are up 😎 woohoo! They look great. It’s so much more organized in there and so much easier to get to stuff, since anything on the bottom you can just grab now rather than needing to take apart the entire pile of stuff. Oh,...
by Ira | Jan 4, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
What is the greatest gift someone could give me? Time. Which isn’t practical, but that’s the first thing I thought of: more time. I feel like that’s the one thing that actually isn’t possible, so therefore it would be the greatest gift. Practically speaking?...
