Apr 12 2020
Easter in quarantine is not much different than Easter at other times in the Chunder household, although sourcing candies is a bit more difficult. Everyone slept in (as Nikola was up until 2 and Shaynee was up until 4!) so I took the dog downstairs, made some coffee and hid the remaining dyed eggs. Once …
Apr 04 2020
Since it seemed that the city (country?) was going to be on lockdown for much longer than we originally thought, we decided to give Alton a phone earlier than we had planned so he could have social contact with his friends (who all have phones already). Needless to say, the phone social skills and graces …
Apr 04 2020
Despite the physical distancing, Nikola and her group of school friends have been in social contact. When not in video classes, they have been in group video chat, sometimes for hours at a time. Although much of this seems to be them doing their own “homework” while the others are doing the same in a …
Apr 03 2020
Strange times as the entire world goes on lockdown to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). Schools are all closed and in-person work is only on an emergency basis. The streets are fairly empty, with far more people out walking their dogs than usual (it is one of the few acceptable activities …
Aug 25 2019
Trip to visit Popo and Gung Gung in Aug 2019. It was a nice Southern California summer week. Clear, with temps mostly around 80F (reached a max of 90F only on 1 day). We had considered going to the beach, but an offshore storm was causing high surf and rip tide warnings. Even more excuse …
Jun 02 2019
Alton has been asking to learn to code in a “real programming language”. Sounds good to me. Back in the old days, this was a basic element of any home computer. But nowadays, consumer electronics are geared toward, well, consuming content created by others rather than creating and publishing your own. There are tools to …
May 12 2019
We have been having a relatively warm spring, so got to gardening a little earlier than usual this year. The bird defenses are already in place so the starts and seedlings will have more protection for longer than we have had before. Took up the tulip bulbs – composted the ones that produced no flowers, …
Jan 26 2019
For those how hadn’t heard, my home server (which hosts this Chunderblog) was hacked shortly after the new year. Not to sound Cold War paranoid, but I suspect the Russians. Mainly because my server logs all access attempts and the vast majority of the IP addresses are either Russian or Ukrainian in origin, with a …
Dec 15 2018
Alton creates a likeness of Trump from his preferred medium of pizza dough and shredded napkins. But this is not as pasty and cheesy and trashy as… Well, maybe it is.
Nov 26 2018
Well, Carcassonne. Alton has always enjoyed playing board and table games. His latest obsession has been the game Carcassonne which is so simple to learn but has many paths to winning. We will often play before bedtime. Perhaps it is the time of day and the general unwinding process, but there is an awful lot …
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