One of those entries

For this entry, it is useful to know that:

• The house I'm living in is the house I grew up in


• My parents bought it in 1970. After my father died, my mother lived there until 1990-ish, when she got an apartment closer to her job, and left me in charge of the place. In 1992, she remarried and moved "home" to Nebraska. I and, after 1993, my family have been the sole occupants of the house since that time.


• My mother never relinquished ownership of the property, even after years of listening to both me and my siblings telling her to unload it. There is enough of my own money and sweat equity tied up in fixing years of bad remodeling - tied with my desire to own the place - that my siblings encouraged her to sign it over to me, or at least put my name on the deed to avoid probate unpleasantness when she died. She would not budge. I still don't understand why, even though she explained her reasons: they were completely non-sensical. That's a post for another time.

Now, exposition over, we move to the first action sequence.

( Courtesy snip... )

One of those entries

For this entry, it is useful to know that:

• The house I'm living in is the house I grew up in


• My parents bought it in 1970. After my father died, my mother lived there until 1990-ish, when she got an apartment closer to her job, and left me in charge of the place. In 1992, she remarried and moved "home" to Nebraska. I and, after 1993, my family have been the sole occupants of the house since that time.


• My mother never relinquished ownership of the property, even after years of listening to both me and my siblings telling her to unload it. There is enough of my own money and sweat equity tied up in fixing years of bad remodeling - tied with my desire to own the place - that my siblings encouraged her to sign it over to me, or at least put my name on the deed to avoid probate unpleasantness when she died. She would not budge. I still don't understand why, even though she explained her reasons: they were completely non-sensical. That's a post for another time.

Now, exposition over, we move to the first action sequence.

( Courtesy snip... )

Solace and Longshire, V

"God, it feels good to get off the ankle."

Longshire settled his bulk down onto a stone bench. In this garden, he actually seemed to dwindle a little, the infection in his body more apparent in the sunlight. His color matched many of the stones that surrounded him. Having arranged his robe around himself, he leaned back against a nearby grave marker that stood tall enough and at such an angle as to act as a chair back.

Solace sat on the ground, and regarded the older man from a several feet away.

"Careful, Bishop," he chided with a grin, "this is consecrated ground. That's almost a sacriledge."

Longshire wiggled his shoulders back and forth, finding an accomodating groove in the limestone for his shoulder blades, and, having found it, relaxed.

"Then, I shall almost burn in Hell for it."

( courtesy snip... )

Solace and Longshire, V

"God, it feels good to get off the ankle."

Longshire settled his bulk down onto a stone bench. In this garden, he actually seemed to dwindle a little, the infection in his body more apparent in the sunlight. His color matched many of the stones that surrounded him. Having arranged his robe around himself, he leaned back against a nearby grave marker that stood tall enough and at such an angle as to act as a chair back.

Solace sat on the ground, and regarded the older man from a several feet away.

"Careful, Bishop," he chided with a grin, "this is consecrated ground. That's almost a sacriledge."

Longshire wiggled his shoulders back and forth, finding an accomodating groove in the limestone for his shoulder blades, and, having found it, relaxed.

"Then, I shall almost burn in Hell for it."

( courtesy snip... )