Since the last post...We chatted with Rachel for quite awhile, Sunday, from Dublin. Another beautiful city, where she's making, yes, even more friends! Her brain is enjoying signage in English, once again, though the Irish brogue can sometimes be just a bit obtuse to American ears. She'll be there for a couple more days, then fly to Boston (Wed.), to stay with friends. More friends lure her to New York, after that. Finally, just before Christmas, she'll head out west to San Francisco (you guessed it--more friends), and we'll hook up with her about the same time we fetch Dylan from the airport, on Christmas Eve. It should be quite a wonderful and interesting reunion! This will have been quite an unusual year for all of us!
Tom got all the wood moved over to the new location. Not quite the super-precise piles we saw in Germany (what's with that? Not ONE sloppy wood pile in the whole country!), but good enough for Grass Valley. We'll see how long it takes us to burn though it...
The studio is starting to look like I live there. It's like organizing a kitchen. I'm sure I'll be moving stuff around, for awhile.
Haven't posted Blotter Bits, lately! Here are some recent samples, I found, wedged in between the more run-of-the-mill, actual emergencies.
"5:22 p.m.--A caller from the 10000 block of Little Deer Drive reported two people wandering around the woods near the caller's residence. the people said they were looking for a rock pile and wouldn't leave." [who hasn't been THERE?]
"10:26 a.m.--Some called 911 from the 12000 block of Slate Creek Road, then hung up. Dispatchers determined a dog accidentally made the call." [considering a complaint about the declining ratio of bits to kibble, no doubt]
"8:22 a.m.--A caller from South Auburn Street reported four juvenile males were walking near a school. Police determined the boys were walking to school." [are the cops EVER going to get ALL the kids off the streets?]
"3:23 p.m.--A man called from a parking lot on the 100 block of Olympia Park Road to report someone put a nail in his wife's car tire. Police determined no vandalism occurred." [so hard to imagine how ELSE that nail would have gotten there]
"12:20 p.m.--A man went into the police station lobby to turn in a knife he said he no longer wanted." [hmm. I have a fork I don't really want, anymore, either...]
"9:41 a.m.--A caller from the 11000 block of Ball Road reported a refrigerator and a stove were taken in a residential burglary. The caller would recontact the sheriff's office with more information." ["forget the jewels! Let's toss these appliances in the car!"]
"11:07 p.m.--a caller from maiden Lane reported a bear walking down the street that may have been going through trash cans. The caller said he didn't think he lived in a community where bears would walk down the street." [they prefer to drive...]
"6:32 p.m.--Officers responded to a call from the 12000 block of Francis Drive about a man who was found dead in a tree. The man appeared to have died of natural causes. Once his death was confirmed, Hooper and Weaver Mortuary was informed." [those pesky squirrels will RUE the DAY they dropped those #@&% acorns on MY...]
