The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey May 29, 2024

29 May 2024

Tomorrow is our 26th anniversary, Marcia and I. It's been joyous, occasionally challenging, and all wonderful. Yay, us! Georgia has been standing in the water a lot - this is her normal routine at the 3/4 mark on our daily walk. Spring has been springing - lots of stuff has been coming into bloom. The lilies are coming up, the roses are pending, the lilac smells wonderful... Time to go fishing - We put the boat in the water a couple of weeks ago, and have made it out fishing a couple of times already. On Sunday last, we both…

Brian Bilbrey April 20, 2024

20 April 2024

Congress is a bunch of loons whose only concern is where the money is coming from for the next election. Yeah, there are occasional principled and knowledgeable folks there, but follow the money.  Who goes to jail and who doesn't?  The record companies are said to rob their artists blind … and no one cares one whit. Their old business model has gone the way of the buggy whips, and their response? Artists sue for not getting paid, and the companies sue the fans of the artists. My only real thought on your comments below is that suing your customers is…

Brian Bilbrey April 19, 2024

19 April 2024

So ... we were in California last week. Sadly not for fun, but to lay my mother to rest. She passed in late February after a short battle with leukemia. It wasn't expected, because the meds were moving her blood work in the right direction, but in the end, we think her heart gave out. She was wonderful, caring, sharp as a tack, and interested in just about everything. I'm missing her terribly. While it was lovely to see all the family, everyone in town to console each other, I wish it had been for just about any other reason.

Brian Bilbrey March 24, 2024

24 March 2024

I got a wellness check email from the estimable Rick Hellewell recently, which brought to mind just how long it's been since I was here. Let's just say, it's not you, it's me. As I noted in my reply, I've been hideously busy with work, which I can't really discuss publicly. And some family stuff has been going on and distracting, which I won't discuss publicly. So the things that have consumed most of my mental energy don't currently have a place here. I haven't had time for much in the way of interesting fun things to share, so this…

Brian Bilbrey December 9, 2023

9 December 2023

Snow days don't really matter much unless the storm takes out the power and the internet, these days. What snow days do is make everything prettier ... and slightly more difficult. Everything is an exercise in dressing appropriately for the task and the wind and the temperature. Last Sunday night, it started snowing right around sundown. We were due for 4.5 inches or so ending mid-Monday morning. Instead we finished up with around 6 inches early in the afternoon, then another inch or so that night. Here's my Monday morning (12/4/2023) view from my office window: The snow was heavy enough…