It’s the end of an era, here at Polka Dot Cottage, as we bid farewell to a true fixture around these parts: my van.
Read More: A little send-offA little send-off
Category: chit chat
Hello.
Snow
Making merry
Photo-a-day prompts, and merrymaking activities. This is the stuff of December this year.
Read More: Making merryAll manner of busy-ness
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then consider this an 8,000-word essay on How I’ve Spent My Time Lately.
Read More: All manner of busy-nessLazy Sunday Afternoon
Best-laid plans…
Allow me to introduce to you our family’s poster boy for Crazy Things Happening: This is Neil. You may remember him from last July’s heart attack or the kidney stone two weeks later. Perhaps you know him from the broken wisdom tooth I probably never told you about in October, or the defibrillator surgery in […]
Read More: Best-laid plans…Quotes from the past
Last year at this time, in the context of doing taxes and spending nearly an entire week populating all of the months of 2011 in my financial spreadsheet, I said this: The good news is that I have been keeping the 2012 financial spreadsheet up to date since January, so there will be none of […]
Read More: Quotes from the pastThere is no meat in this post
I think you’ll agree that my last few posts have been super meaty. Today, I could use a break from all of that thinking. And writing. So, I’m enjoying the arrival of spring (at last!) here in New Jersey. I have to admit seeing how utterly green Oregon was last week made me a little […]
Read More: There is no meat in this postMarch 19th: a photo essay
One of the great things about blogging is that it keeps valuable records for me. For instance, I am able to verify that every single year since at least 2007, I have found March to be a particularly unlovable month. I wish I could say that all has changed. It would be lovely to say that in […]
Read More: March 19th: a photo essay
