White pickups from Texas and young men in work clothes have appeared in our neighborhood, painting symbols on the pavement, orange streaks across all the lawns, and hurling bright, orange flags into the ground with great precision. Before long, there will be “excavation” for fiber-optic cables that we will soon be using for internet accessContinue reading “Beam Me Anywhere, Scotty”
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Offline
We have high-speed internet, except when it is slow or when it is offline. Fortunately, we have lived most of our lives without internet and know how to function without it if we have to. In some ways it is ok, no TV, no depressing news, just time to think and converse. Not so bad.Continue reading “Offline”
That Trick Was No Treat
The storm has passed. What a trick! We had much it better here in Ocala than farther south. Our maximum wind was on the order of 30 mph gusting to around 55 mph; not that bad. Our rain gauge topped at 5″ and we don’t know how much more we got, but the pool wasContinue reading “That Trick Was No Treat”