Settle in—this is a long list, and will take awhile. This first one actually took place in August but that month’s Learned List was also very full. With my 6′-6″ tall friend, we figured out how to get the spider webs out of the extremely high windows on our A-frame church. 2. The website and […]
Twelve Things (Plus 5 Subcategories) Learned in August
2. In late July on two consecutive days right around 5:45, we heard a tree fall on the slope above our cabin. The Farmer asked if I knew why they fell, and of course I said, “because they were dead”. Nope. It was hot out, the trees sucked up a ton of water from the […]
Nine Things Learned in July
2. Jury duty is a rough way to spend a day because it is so boring and feels like a complete disregard of the value of time. Be there at 9, sit in a room until 11, half the people get called, the other half gets sent out to waste 2-1/2 hours, returning for another […]
Nine More New Things Learned in June
2. Learning to use an iPhone 14 is more difficult than I expected. It doesn’t have a push-button, and the whole swipe-thing just doesn’t work very well for my fat clumsy ever-so-slightly numb fingers. There is also a charging problem—the portable charger? the cord? Elevation? Sigh. And although the camera is far superior to what […]
FOURTEEN Things Learned in the first 1/2 of June
Last month I had my head in the sand or something. This month I did so much learning that I’m publishing this post 1/2-way through the month, with the (always reckless) assumption that there will be more to learn in the second half of the month. TECH 2. The new solve-all-your-problems iphone goes straight to […]
Learned (Little) in May
May isn’t over yet, but since tomorrow is Friday during Mineral King season, May’s learnings are a little early. Actually, I learned the first item in April, but since April’s Learned List was FOURTEEN ITEMS, I pushed it over onto May. May is a little lighter on learning than normal. Guess I read too many […]
Many New Things Learned in April
FOURTEEN NEW THINGS LEARNED IN APRIL! 1.Actually, I learned this on March 31, thanks to Reader Marjie: those tiny tangerines are called “Pixie Tangerines”, and many (all? prolly not) grow in Ojai. 2. DO NOT BUY THINGS ON THE INTERNET IN A HURRY! I got swept away by a good offer from Photo Affections that […]
Eleven Things Learned in March
2. Do NOT let piles of paper accumulate! I finally went through the stack of birthday and Christmas cards and in that stack I found THREE Very Important Items: 1. a letter I thought I had mailed in October (ARE YOU KIDDING ME??) 2. a gift certificate to Luis Nursery (ARE YOU KIDDING ME??) 3. […]
Eight Things Learned in February
1.The most fun thing I learned is that Reader Sharon had a heart-shaped potato. 2. My friends went to Jordan and Israel, and I recognized all but one of the places just from their photos. Actually, I recognized that they were in Petra, which I knew was in Jordan, but I don’t understand the Biblical […]
Eleven New Learnings in January
Learned from Intern: 2. The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web where people can search through old websites; he found my first website from around 2003 or so. 3. People in Asian countries make vertical emoticons (°-°) instead of sideways :-). I’ve been having fun with this! (*U*) 4. Youth […]