H today...

Yet another picture on the way to the lake in Kunming.

It is pouring down rain today. 

I get up every day around 4:30 am.  I am wide awake by then.  I go to bed around 10:00 pm but today I will stay up past 11:00 pm.  I want to see if I can sleep later in the morning.

I cannot see my Archives on my Kindle page.  I think it is because I had to register each Kindle yesterday, and the email address I put for my Kindle was wrong one.  I keep getting the message that I must wait 24 hours before I can correct the email.  Instead I will be calling Kindle Support later this morning to see if we can correct this and also get collections back on each of the three Kindle that are under my account.  Nothing wrong, though, with my Kindle Fire.

I need to get a hair cut today or tomorrow.

Not much else happening here.

Steven

U today...

This picture was on the way to the lake we visited.  This is where they make the lions and tigers that appear outside of banks in China.

I took this picture from a moving car. 

It is near dinner time as I write this one.

I may go to Confession tomorrow. I have not been to Confession for many years. 

Today is the first day in long time I have not been busy. I did go get two new printer cartridges today.  Went to the library today to pick up two new books, one of which I ordered about 11:00 am today, and it was in by then.

I need to stop watching so much TV and read instead.

I missed watching TV in China so now I am overloading on it.

I am watching Ice Sculptures in Alaska now on Green TV. 

No rant today, but one may come tomorrow.

Steven

Monday, Monday, so good to me...

This picture is a big garden in Kunming China.

I saw two Oregon Meadowlarks in our back yard the past few days.  I had to be sure, so I looked in Birds of Oregon and sure enough, they are the Oregon State Bird.  Each of them were poking around the leaves in the back yard to find bugs there.  I tried to take a picture of one them, but all you see in the picture is his back which blends into the leaves and grass.  Not a good picture at all.

How was your weekend?  My weekend I stayed home to read and catch up on TV shows here.

I am getting through Raylan, the book by Elmore Leonard on the character in Justified, the TV show.

I sure hope the snow is now gone until next winter.  Three days after Spring began we had over 6 inches of snow on the ground in the morning.  Way too late for snow to show up here,.  This is all due to global warming and not global cooling as the right wingers say.

As you know I am a flaming liberal.  The only R I ever voted for was Mark Hatfield.  I have not voted for another R since that time.  There is no such thing as a moderate republican anymore. 

I still go to Mass every Sunday since returning here.  I don't believe what the readers and the priest say about the gospels, as to me they are just good stories without an ounce of truth in them.

The last week in March now, with schools here on Spring Break now. 

Have a great week upcoming.

Steven

A True Winter Wonderland today

We awoke this morning to more than six inches of snow on the ground and the roads.  Most of it sublimed today so the snow is still around but not in such quantities.

This picture is a lake near my apartment in Kunming China. It has quite a few gold fish in it. 

I did finish The Orphan Master's Son.  It is a wonderful novel, and I really enjoyed reading it.

I am now reading Raylan, a novel by Elmore Leonard. It has the character from Justified as the main story.  Raylan is a U.S. Marshall who gets into as much trouble in this book as he gets on the TV show.

I hope to finish this book in a day or two as it is not a long book.

I made myself some freshly made O.J. this afternoon.  I cut in half four oranges to make the freshly squeezed.

We shall see what happens tomorrow morning.  I sure hope there is no more snow.

Spring was three days ago, and we are still getting snow. 

Do you recall we had snow in April in the 1960's?  I sure don't remember it.

Steven

Sunday here...and it is snowing...

This is a sign near my apartment in Kunming.  Enlarge to see the English translation.

I just looked outside and it is snowing here. Not sticking now, but it is coming down hard today, March 18.

I am almost finished with The Orphan Master's Son, one great novel on North Korea.

I took a break and it was the sun was out.  It rained a few minutes ago.

I got a call from Bend, telling me about a dog there, an Irish Setter.  The price was too high for me.  I will continue looking for an Irish Setter around here.

Time to continue reading my book.

Steven