It appears that Hilda and Blossom are not the only people who have been storing gear in the basement. It seems strange that Gabriella is being defensive about being prepared for certain… activities. She and Fedya have been quite shameless[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I mentioned earlier that one of my goals is to integrate the cast more, starting with Paul, Kate, and Brian, since they live in the same apartment. I generally like the interactions between Paul and Brian since Paul tends to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s hard to tell, which is worse, that Brian can’t use metaphors to save his life, or that he is completely oblivious to sarcasm. In the meantime, Brian looks as if he is looking forward to his “date”. He still[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Once again, I feel as if I’ve done Janet wrong. She really is very intelligent. She wouldn’t be Kate’s friend and accountant if she wasn’t. But her infatuation with Brian gets the better of her every single time. Understandably, she[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stephen and Kate spend the last day of their trip with a nice walk on the beach. I keep meaning to have a nice trip to the Peninsula myself because the coastline is far prettier than this strip suggests it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The one saving grace for Brian’s effect on Janet is that he does not appear to be aware that he’s doing it. I am not saying that he would exploit it one way or the other, but he might do[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This story of unsolicited hospitality is inspired by a similar story that happened to my friend Donna Barr. She will tell you that Clallem Bay is that kind of community. And what better way to spend your last day on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kate and Steffan have returned from their week on the Peninsula. One is reluctant to say that they are well rested considering what they did on their vacation. But since it kept Kate’s mind off of things, we Can consider[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Laurel reports that there were no casualties at last night’s “dinner meeting” (though cynics might argue that there was one head injury).
One of the secrets behind Kate’s enjoyable vacation was that Hilda confiscated anything she could write with before she left. Stephen did the rest by keeping her occupied afterwards Now that she’s back, Hilda will happily return Kate’s laptop, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
