by Ira | Dec 25, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
A successful Christmas! We were both up early, Liz even earlier than me, braved the wet, and spent it over, mostly, at the Kings’. The kids all got great stuff—Mir a really nice jewelry box and some great dresses; Tilde an electric guitar with amp and a dive coat;...
by Ira | Dec 24, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
I only ate two meals today, that’s how massive lunch was. We went to what is apparently an LA cornerstone, particularly for Christmas: Tam O’Shanter’s. It was delicious. And huge. Breakfast wasn’t even a big one, either, but I was done for the day after that, lol. We...
by Ira | Dec 23, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
It’s late. We started Plur1bus. It’s fun! First episode was nails. We’ll see how it goes from there. But ya, Vince is a master, so I have hopes. Work. Writing. A little rain but not much. Storm hits whilst I’ll be sleeping tonight. Speaking of… Night...
by Ira | Dec 22, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Well, I had a fantastic evening of sports ball! No sports for several days and then two of my teams played on one night. Woot! I’d actually rather they spread that out for me, but cest la vie. Both teams won handily, thank goodness. Particularly for the Warriors who...
by Ira | Dec 21, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Joy is all sparkly clean and cut, fresh off the groomer’s. She just curled up underneath the covers with a big grunt, lol. She does everything 1000%, Joy does. She loves up to her name that way. Visited the Kings today. Cat made it out to the breakfast table. That was...
by Ira | Dec 20, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Joy is snuggled into my shoulder and not moving. So…we’re typing this entry with a single thumb tonight. It’s all auto-correct up in here. We decided to call hosting Christmas. It’s getting too dicey with our friend. That’s coming very very very soon. And we’ll need...
