Barbara J. HambyAuthor & Poet |
Welcome to musebooks.com
|
|
sign-up for our email list ©1995 - 2008 Barbara J Hamby |
A Long SighAfter spending half a day yesterday dealing with computer technicians, I was braced to spend whatever part of this day would be necessary dealing with my credit union and my Broadband provider. Several months ago, we purchased a router to use in forming a computer network in our house. The manufacturer offered a rebate of $99.95. As usual,… click here to continue September, 24th, 2004 Techie ToonsThis morning, after rising late, I went to my computer. Yesterday I had cleared the deck to start right in writing today. But first, a quick check of my email. Wrong. My relatively new Broadband service would not connect me. I tried all the gimmicks my internet service providers offered, as well as my Broadband services’s troubleshooting. After… click here to continue September, 23rd, 2004 Late Blooming WriterSince most of my writing has been done in the last fifteen years, I have called myself a late-blooming writer. Now I’m surrendering that title to my companion-housemate, who has recently started writing his memoirs at the age of 75. Once he started, it became a stronger addiction than beer or chocolate. However, I’m delighted. Now he understands… click here to continue September, 22nd, 2004 Weird Wacky World Wide WebThis afternoon I began to look for the website of a Vancouver, Washington newspaper to resume some research for an article I’ve agreed to write. Since there is no deadline for this piece, I’ve been procrastinating in the way of a lazy writer. AOL search couldn’t locate the paper’s website, but directed me to two other websites which referred to… click here to continue September, 21st, 2004 Covered Bridges - A Sunday DriveWe spent a pleasant Sunday on a self-guided covered bridge tour with the aid of a map obtained in Stayton, Oregon at a park there. This weekend Stayton hosted a covered bridge festival in the park where the Stayton covered bridge has been relocated and rebuilt in 1998 after it burned. We saw and photographed six covered bridges, but none… click here to continue September, 20th, 2004 Computers - Me No SavvyI am not now, nor do I anticipate I will ever be, a competent member of the computer age. My chronological age and the present state of my brain probably preclude such a possibility, devoutly as it may be to be wished. So, my recent purchase of a “notebook” computer (that looks surprisingly similar to its predecessor, a… click here to continue September, 19th, 2004 Traffic and Weird WeatherYesterday afternoon I hurried back from my son’s house to try to beat the commuter traffic on I-205 in Portland. I thought I was home free, when traffic slowed suddenly in the Southbound lanes. It appeared that people were gawking at the Vice President’s motorcade traveling North toward the airport. Fortunately the delay for those of us traveling South was… click here to continue September, 18th, 2004 |