Still Moving

Credit Henri – Julien public domain


The house sold and changed hands with minimal fuss, other than having to live in a show home all that time. We got our stuff moved out but now we’re stuck without a place to move into. Our manufactured home was supposed to be installed by now — or, at least, we were hoping that it would be — but the lot sits empty. What with moving the house and installing it and getting the inspector in, we could be stuck in this limbo for six weeks.

Well, at least it’s not winter. The trouble is, it’s summer so the hotels are expensive and people in this area tend to have visitors so the surfing couches are in short supply. So we get to look forward to six weeks of alternating between expensive hotels and overwhelmed hosts. Yuck. With all the expense and hassle the worst of it might be not being able to get at my writing and recording as easily as I’m used to. Currently I’m lucky. I’m set up at one end of my niece’s dining room table so I’ve kind of got an office. Unfortunately, even though she is generous and welcoming, I can’t stay here for that long, so I’m going to have to swap off with the hotel.

At least we have a home at the end of this. No matter how much of a hassle this is, we are a lot better off than we could be. There. The optimism at the end of all the whingeing.

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Attention Green Comet Visitors

Credit Henri Julien – public domain


Attention friends. There might be one or more interruptions in submissions to the Green Comet blog over the next couple of weeks. It’s almost certain that I won’t be publishing the next Okanagan Reader installment on time. We are moving house and when you do that, especially after you’ve lived in one place for a long time, you find that you have a lot more stuff than you thought you had. I’m sure some of you know what I mean.-)

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Travels With the Snow Queen – Part Three

This week’s reading is part three of Travels With the Snow Queen by Kelly Link. It is part of a short story collection called Stranger Things Happen. It’s about fourteen minutes long. Like other Okanagan Reader stories it is licensed Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike. You can find my review of the book here. Listen to this and other stories on the Audio page.

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