I’ve been soldering in the basement for five days. I turned on the water and there was only one leaky joint. Pretty good. Last time I had half a dozen leaks and two I never did fix.

We have wild turkeys in the back yard. I’ll post the pictures tonight.

I am listening to “The Green Hills of Earth” collection on tape. I want to listen to all 8 hours at least 5 times over the next few weeks. I want to enter the Heinlein short story contest. I love these stories. None would sell to anyone except J nowadays. They are all perfect The Martian Wave stories. I am struck by how often Heinlein used first person. Most zines will reject a first person story out of hand because they teach that at Clarion workshops. I have rewritten perhaps four stories after a comment by an editor that they don’t want first person. I will enjoy writing a few Heinlein style stories over the next few months.