On an unseasonably hot spring day, a cool limestone floor makes a comfortable bed. 14 months ago

It was a choice:
Send some W-9s or tear up the 40-year-old wall-to-wall in the bathroom. The carpet looks like a mechanic’s rag and has accumulated some mighty bad juju.
It’s good to surround oneself with positive things. There is nothing worse than heading full bore into autumn and winter yoked with negativity. (I’d say the same about spring, too, and summer while we’re at it. Out, damned spot!)

A three-foot chunk came up, and the fused glue is being scraped away very slowly but surely. If I think of unkindnesses past or present, I scrape more fervently, dog at her bone.

I was aiming for a six-inch square to be done today, but I have an irregular patch maybe 2 feet across. I’ll finish the patch then tackle something cerebral. Ooga!

Casualties:
blistered thumb, 1
chipped fingernail, 1 18 months ago