I've worked on a blog entry this afternoon, one that I started a couple of weeks ago and have come back to several times. It's too long, and as I work, looking at the superfluous details included, I've realized that I'm teaching myself how to write again. I haven't written articles or blog entries for a while, just posts in places like facebook and lots of news tips and announcements. Nothing creative. The skills are rusty.

I also have to move away from the computer and start reading books. Lots of books. The skill of reading fiction and nonfiction on paper are also rusty.

I'm hoping my son will be by this evening and we can tackle his closet. I'd like to see the back of it and make it impossible for ants to invade again. Until he gets here I have some work on his gift comforter to finish. PattyClink, I also have a lot of old quilts that probably need some kind of conservation attention. For now they are rolled up in a cedar chest. My great grandmother made them in the mid-1800s. Wisely, she dated and put her initials on a back corner.

Aha! I think I've finally figured out the reason I have a USB "malfunctioning" message pop up sometimes. For some reason when my phone cable is plugged into the USB hub, with no phone on it, the computer doesn't like it. Now to test the theory with another USB hub, to be sure it is the cable and not the hub.

SRS