Author Archives: Liz
Busy week
With family get-togethers and photo taking, things have been a little hectic here. I’m about a quarter of the way through Fukuyama’s The Origins of Political Order, now, and still enjoying it. Never having had much exposure to Asian history … Continue reading
The Squirrels Ate It
Evidently a group of squirrels ate away a part of the telephone cable, a pole south of us, leaving us with no phone service. Back up, again, as of just a bit ago. Hope to get mail read and responded … Continue reading
Temporarily without Internet access
Qwest sent out a truck early this morning because someone in our neighborhood lost phone service. Realized, then, when I checked, that we also had no phone or Internet. Reported that to the Qwest personage as he walked back to … Continue reading
Another Week of Storms: Cloudy Sky
I took this photograph at 4:26 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. The sky looked quite black for a while. Our ham radio club had storm spotters out, working with the NWS in Grand Forks via 2 meters. Al drove out to … Continue reading
Another Week of Storms
The only time we lost the Qwest line (home phone and Internet), this week was after Midnight, Monday night, and it came up a bit after eight o’clock Tuesday morning. Tonight’s storms were mostly west and south of us and … Continue reading
Supper Salad
There would have been photos, but … I couldn’t wait that long. Organic “Baby Herb Salad” greens 3 oz cold roasted chicken breast, chopped 4 green onions, chopped 1 hardboiled egg, sliced 1/2 Granny Smith (green) apple, sliced to taste, … Continue reading
Sometimes, the problems are . . .
Sometimes the problems are difficult to pin down. I realize, now, after responding to Rose’s post, that I am in need of “quiet spaces” in which to relax and be myself. The Internet is perhaps too public a place in … Continue reading
Another death in the family
I found out from my mother, Wednesday afternoon, that one of my uncles has died: Engel, who was married to Dad’s sister Marion. I didn’t know him that well, but he was comfortable to be around and talk with. I … Continue reading
Later in the day…much later
Al and I actually talked about ditching the Qwest DSL. Must find out if it is truth or rumor that we can get cable Internet not bundled with any other services. If so, we could add a home phone to … Continue reading
It never rains, but it . . . simplifies things?
We are in the first half of the first day of our rainstorm, and already the telephone lines are damp. This means that we have lost our dial tone and DSL service. The Qwest customer service person does not know … Continue reading
