Author Archives: Sparky
Travel doodling, national parks, monuments and memorials edition
I guess because the 11,600 miles needed to visit all 30 MLB ballparks was not a sufficiently large challenge, I looked for a larger one. Visiting all 46 national parks in the contiguous US (well, 50 if you include Dry Torgugas National Park, Channel Islands National Park and Isle Royale National Park which are accessible … Continue reading
Travel doodling, MLB edition
While the summer of 2019 was intense in terms of medical drama, it was light on time-consuming activities. No softball, not a lot of golf or disc golf. Few outings to restaurants, theaters or even family events. I had spare time on my hands and the travel bug ate away at me. So I devoted … Continue reading
Chancellorsville Battlefield (Oct)
The end of the year is approaching and I am going back through my photos trying to spot any posts that I should have made but didn’t. This is one – my brief stop at the Chancellorsville Battlefield on my way south with Rusty in October. We had to get both the dog and the … Continue reading
The inverter switch
Now that I have told you all about the inverter, let’s take a step back and deal with the more critical electrical problem: the failure of the inverter switch. The problem manifested, about 10 days ago, with the refrigerator suddenly and unexpectedly losing power. I was panicked at first, thinking that the refrigerator itself had … Continue reading
Farewell, inverter, we hardly knew ye
For those one or two of you who read this blog regularly, you may recall that I complained some time back – certainly in the summer of 2017 and perhaps earlier than that – that our RV inverter – the electronic device that is supposed to provide AC power to our residential refrigerator while we … Continue reading
“The Soul of America” by Jon Meacham
Copyright 2018 by Merewether LLC. Published by Random House. It seems that the purpose of this book is to make us feel better about having Donald Trump as President by pointing out other times in our history when things looked similarly bleak. Because the country has survived other bad times and bad leaders, Meacham tries … Continue reading
“The Brass Verdict” by Michael Connelly
Copyright 2008 by Hieronymous Inc. Published by Little, Brown and Company, New York. This is one of the series of mysteries by Michael Connelly featuring Hieronymous Bosch, LAPD detective. But this one has a twist: Bosch is a supporting character. The main character is Mickey Haller, a lawyer fresh out of drug rehab who gets … Continue reading
Jett’s first wig
Jett finally broke down and purchased a wig. This was, in part, due to the unexpected assessment from her oncologist, that her hair loss may be permanent. Not good news, but we agreed that a good life without hair was still a good life. Anyway, we visited a wig shop and she picked out one … Continue reading
“The Black Widow” by Daniel Silva
Copyright 2016 by Daniel Silva. Published by HarperCollins. This is my first Daniel Silva novel. Unlike most of my reading material (mysteries), this is a novel of international intrigue and suspense. The protagonist is Gabriel Allon, an Israeli spy and assassin who is slated to become the next head of Israeli intelligence. But first he … Continue reading
First Florida infusion
On Monday Jett received her first immunotherapy infusion in Florida. It was performed at the Regional Cancer Center of Fort Myers, a very nice facility less than 15 minutes from our Florida home. All went well, though she felt weak for two days afterward. The big accomplishment, from my perspective, was that all of the … Continue reading