Snooty jewelers are very off-putting when they sneer at me for wearing sterling silver, or for having a Tag Heuer or Seiko instead of a Rolex or Breitling. I prefer silver to gold, and all I really want in a watch is something that’s easy to read, and keeps perfect time. To me, jewelry, including […]
Archive for August, 2020
Local Jeweler, Part 2
Posted in Uncategorized on August 29, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
Bonus from Deni Bonet
Posted in Uncategorized on August 19, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
Deni Bonet is one phenomenal violinist. She’s also a really nice woman, in person. I have all her albums on CD, have gone to several of her live concerts, and since that’s no longer possible under COVID restrictions, I’ve been joining in on her livestream versions lately (for free!). So, I bought a blue violin […]
Bonus, Sort Of
Posted in Uncategorized on August 7, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
We were without power for two days after the storm that slid up the East Coast blew through. With no electricity, we had no running water, no internet, and no phone. Without electricity, our base unit for the house phone can’t receive/send radio waves, and can’t record messages. We could flush the toilets, but it […]
Look at the Present I Brought You!
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
Our newest cat, Irina, brought me a present this evening, and dropped it at my feet. The problem, if you want to call it that, is that it was still alive. So, when she dropped it, it skittered away, but didn’t get very far. I kicked it back over to her, and she tried again, […]
Local Jeweler
Posted in Uncategorized on August 1, 2020 | Leave a Comment »
Today, the weather cleared sooner than was originally predicted, so we went to run some errands. Deposit checks, withdraw cash, then the jeweler, and finally, on the loop home, a stop at the beer distributor. This particular jeweler is wonderful. Others in town are ridiculously snobby. We’ve been to this one a couple of times […]