by Ira | Apr 2, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Fine distinctions are back! We’ve got a good one. Tonight, it’s Porch vs Deck vs Veranda vs Patio. Let’s get into it. A porch is a covered shelter that projects from a building’s front or rear entrance. Covered. I like that distinction. I think maybe if it’s...
by Ira | Apr 1, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
The Artemis II launched into space today. Liz and I watched it live and it was awesome and…surprisingly intense? Like, disaster kept flashing through our heads—were we about to watch four people die? The answer, thank goodness, was no. It seems as though the launch...
by Ira | Mar 31, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
The world is dripping. We have the sliding door to our bedroom open still and the rain has tailed off to just drips, like surround sound, coming from everywhere. It’s one of my favorite sounds, the drip drip drip after a rain. It makes me think of the forest. If the...
by Ira | Mar 30, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Busy busy day today but I got a lot done! Excavation of the parking space is underway. Pages were written. I got through an hour of proofreading. Got all my Netflix work done. Coops is getting better. Much more pep in his step this evening, and we’ve figured out the...
by Ira | Mar 29, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Cooper had a good day. Last night was slightly terrifying. We were told we could give him gabba (his pain med) every six hours—as needed—and since he’d just had surgery, we figured go for the most aggressive dosaging. Well…he woke up in the middle of the night so...
by Ira | Mar 28, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
So, Cooper had 15 teeth extracted today (fifteen!). Over half of those were already actually broken off, and just the roots sitting in his gums. When we took him in for the procedure, we assumed it was periodontal disease, but that turns out not to be the case: he has...
