http://peacetreefarm.org/index.php/weblog/index/ en ptf@peacetreefarm.org 2013-05-16T05:26:33-08:00 http://peacetreefarm.org/index.php/weblog/yep_still_temp/ That no-cost extension came through! So I have a job until June 30. After that, who knows?? N in Seattle 2013-05-16T05:26:33-08:00 http://peacetreefarm.org/index.php/weblog/still_temp/ The job I mentioned last time is wrapping up this coming week. Or maybe it isn’t. N in Seattle 2013-04-29T05:27:13-08:00 http://peacetreefarm.org/index.php/weblog/temp/ In my last post, I mentioned that I had two job interviews in the offing. Alas, it looks like neither of them panned out. In one of them, the non-fit between the position and the applicant was so obvious that the second half of the interview was “postponed”. I’m not waiting breathlessly for it to be rescheduled. N in Seattle 2013-03-30T18:16:29-08:00 http://peacetreefarm.org/index.php/weblog/catching_up/ A few tidbits about stuff that I’ve been involved with lately: N in Seattle 2013-02-28T05:30:02-08:00 http://peacetreefarm.org/index.php/weblog/double_figures/ Last Wednesday, this rarely-updated, rarely-read blog celebrated its tenth anniversary. N in Seattle 2013-01-08T01:24:28-08:00 http://peacetreefarm.org/index.php/weblog/o_ye_electors_of_little_faith/ Monday at noon, in the State Reception Room at the Legislative Building in Olympia, I may have the opportunity to cast ballots for President and Vice President. I haven’t talked about the Electoral College here, but if you’re interested in the story of how I got to be the Alternate Elector from the 7th Congressional District, you can click over to my DailyKos diary On November 6, Washingtonians might be voting for *me*, written on May 23. I’m all but certain the WA-07 Elector will be in attendance, so I probably won’t be one of the 538 Americans who actually elect the President. But I’ll definitely be in Olympia to meet Secretary of State Sam Reed and Governor Chris Gregoire, and to participate as much as I can. But that’s not my subject in this diary (though I’ll have more to say—and, if I can somehow take viewable photos with my digital camera, show—after the Electoral College meets). For now I want to talk about an interesting(?) letter I received the other day. N in Seattle 2012-12-16T06:39:05-08:00 http://peacetreefarm.org/index.php/weblog/honoring_11_on_11_11/ It’s become a tradition here on Peace Tree Farm to write a post on Veterans Day. Most of those pieces have revolved around the 11-11-11 idea. As I’m sure you know, that means honoring the holiday’s origins as Armistice Day, commemorating the end of hostilities in the Great War, which took effect at 11am on November 11, 1918. This year, I celebrate Veterans Day by honoring veterans. Eleven specific veterans, that is. Veterans who have affected me and my life in some way, large or small. N in Seattle 2012-11-11T18:00:16-08:00 http://peacetreefarm.org/index.php/weblog/yankees_suck/ Detroit is going to the World Series after crushing the Evil Empire. In their 4-0 sweep, the Yankees never led ... not even a single half-inning. ARod and Granderson were benched for Game 4, though both did eventually participate. Rodriguez went 0-for-2 and Granderson whiffed (again) on three pitches. N in Seattle 2012-10-18T23:38:47-08:00 http://peacetreefarm.org/index.php/weblog/in_the_113th_congress/ In case you’ve forgotten, I’d like to remind you that Washingtonians will elect 10 people to represent them in the House of Representatives in the upcoming 113th Congress. That, of course, is an increase of one over the nine Representatives we’ve sent to DC for the last 20 years. N in Seattle 2012-10-17T18:46:43-08:00 http://peacetreefarm.org/index.php/weblog/sunny_and_dry_and_thats_a_problem/ Here it is, the end of September, and the weather is glorious! Bright sun all day and an afternoon high of 68, with the overnight low expected to come to a nice cool 50. Nothing better than snuggling under blanket and quilt! Seattle’s 10-day forecast, according to the Weather Channel, shows nothing but sunny days one after another. It may get a bit warmer or cooler, within a fairly narrow range centered around 66, each afternoon, and the overnight readings are anticipated to fall into the mid-upper 40s. Tempering this wonderfulness is the observation that it’s actually been too clear here. Although our string of no-precipitation days officially ended at 48 (July 23-September 8), the “rain” has been only the merest of sprinkles—0.01 inches on each of three days in the middle of the month, though I don’t recall seeing more than three or four drops the whole time. N in Seattle 2012-10-01T03:23:50-08:00