February 7 - Mounting Up


Barney the Affordable Plumber rescues us from a stopped kitchen sink, and lives up to his name, checking in at less than half the price of  (and rescuing us from) a large enterprise that requires cones-on-the-street-no-matter-what, safety-booties-on-whatever-the-situation, an up-front-walk-in-the-door-before-we-can-even-give-you-an-estimate fee, I-have-to-check-in-with-the-office-for-the-price service, and hey-I-don't-set-the-prices attitude...


In other news, produce the instrumental parts for Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Women: XII. Shara, partially in the company of Harriet and


Megan,


additionally catching up with other aspects of culture,


on the 14th day of summer,


high again 75 (fourth time that this second-highest temperature of the year has been reached, including February 14, 27, and yesterday)....