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Brian Bilbrey May 30, 2021

30 May 2021

Today is the first time this year (actually, probably since 2019) that we ate out at a restaurant ... indoors. We went over to Mi Casita over in Gambrills, and had our fill of yummy Mexican cuisine. Today is also the first time this year that we celebrated our twenty third wedding anniversary. That'll be the only one, too, but when one is only counting to "one", it's easy. Because that's what she does: Y'all. Care for our democracy. Be vocal about these voting restrictions being put in place at the state levels all over the country. Put your money…

Brian Bilbrey February 19, 2021

19 February 2021

Yep, we have ice and snow, but not anything like those folks that Ted Cruz abandoned when he went to vacation in Cancun. For one thing, after just a couple of days, we're supposed to go above freezing for several hours today. Yesterday's snow was a disappointment - we got a third of an inch of ice, instead of 4-6 inches of snow. None of that stops folks around here from getting out in their cars and spinning about on the roadways, crunching into one another. Lexi usually goes upstairs to bed when we sit down to play a board…

Brian Bilbrey May 17, 2020

17 May 2020

So, since we last were here together, we had several more overnight freezes. Sadly, at least one of them was a surprise. So one night I didn't tarp the garden beds, and everything died. Yup, all of it. So I started over. Rototilled again, raked it all out flat again, bought new plants again, and got ready to put them in the ground, again: We're not due for anything below 48F in the next ten days, so I expect that we're actually done with overnight frosts. (Famous last words). But the plants look good, and since I did that work…

Brian Bilbrey March 30, 2020

30 March 2020

As such things go these days, that's not a bad combination. I'm one of about three people going into my office for a few hours one day a week, to manage one part of our "essential" business that requires physical presence. I'm trying to keep the grocery runs to once every two weeks if I can manage it. Just about the time the weather gets nice enough that Marcia could consider going fishing, at least, the stay home order drops. A pretty good thing, frankly, but it's hard for her, I know. The extended family is, to the best of…

Brian Bilbrey March 3, 2020

3 March 2020

Enough said. Marcia's cataract surgery went off without a hitch, and she is really happy with both her current improved vision and the progress she's making. It's frustrating that she has to sleep with a pirate patch each night, and endure a month of eyedrops, but all realize that compared to progressively worsening functional blindness in one eye, she's a winner. We got out and about this weekend, heading over to Ram's Head On Stage, over in Annapolis, for a lovely matinee show with Zoë Keating. Zoë's music is a joy! We saw her last at the same venue a…