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Dragon bones, mushrooms, and tea leaves
The boys found this in the grass today. I said it was a big branch blown down by the hurricane. They said it was dragon bones. Either way, it makes good kindling. Into the firewood pile it goes! Also in the grass were a whole lot of impressively large mushrooms. Neil and Aidan found them [...]
continue reading "Dragon bones, mushrooms, and tea leaves"Scenes from a hurricane
I have a killer toothache, so I don’t feel like saying much (even through my fingers). I mostly want to curl up in a little ball and whimper. But I thought I should let you know that we survived the hurricane, we still have power, and we still have all of our trees. Hooray! The [...]
continue reading "Scenes from a hurricane"Anticipation
I have another Project::GrannySquare post to share with you, but it’s taking me forever to get around to writing it. I finished the project a few weeks ago, and am well into the next one. Right now I am preoccupied with thoughts of the expected hurricane. I have a bit of a wind phobia, rational [...]
continue reading "Anticipation"Winner in a less well-known category
Someone came home a few days ago. We met him at the airport. Does it look like maybe he was missed? So, as I mentioned before, Neil and his magazine won the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine, which is a big achievement of which we are all proud of course. But did you know I [...]
continue reading "Winner in a less well-known category"Breakfasting in the untamed outdoors
In theory I am an open-windows kind of girl. I love falling asleep next to one, waking up next to one, going about my day feeling the cross breeze throughout the house… if it were practical, I would live with the windows wide open all day, every day throughout the summer. In practice, though, it [...]
continue reading "Breakfasting in the untamed outdoors"Let’s talk about e-readers and crafty people
Do you have a Kindle? a Nook? Plan to get one at some point in the future? I don’t have one myself (that’s Neil‘s in the photo) and I’m curious about how you (as in YOU, you creatively-inclined people) use them. Do you ever download crafty reading? Knitting, sewing, or polymer clay books, for instance? [...]
continue reading "Let’s talk about e-readers and crafty people"The rhythm of late May
I love the sweet, predictable rhythm this time of year takes on for me. It starts with our getaway to the shore. It continues with the blooming of the peonies. And the using of the summer linens (cherries and lemons and kitsch!) There is my birthday, a family bbq, strawberries, the first outdoor breakfast of [...]
continue reading "The rhythm of late May"Send help. And snacks.
I’m so glad for the major desk cleanup that I did last month, because it appears that I am going to be chained to it all. day. long. And maybe tomorrow, too. I’ll take the required potty breaks and maybe a 1/2 hour for lunch. I’ll tend to the children and their transportation needs, maybe [...]
continue reading "Send help. And snacks."The more things change…
The more they stay the same. Exactly a year ago today, it was rainy, we were thinking about Eamonn’s upcoming birthday, the boys had just gotten hair cuts, and we were reaching the end of Spring Break. Today, it is rainy, I am thinking ahead to Eamonn’s birthday, the boys got hair cuts a few [...]
continue reading "The more things change…"In order to blog about something…
…you generally have to do something worth blogging about. If I’ve been exceptionally quiet around here at any time, it’s usually because I have a shortage of leisure time in which to do anything creative or interesting. Or maybe I have had leisure time, but I’ve spent it watching British mysteries and knitting another five [...]
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