It is indicative of my (lack of) brain function today that I nearly typed “dogs” there in the subject line. I had a migraine this morning, pushed it back, and am fighting it again now. The kids are off swimming,…
Online Window Shopping
Hey, I have a reason. There’s stuff we need for Castle Caritas. It’s research! 🙂 Can I just say that I REALLY like this? It’s a covered sorter bin for recyclables with a step-on lid opener, like a good trash…
Poem: Marengo
Marengo –Mary Oliver from New and Selected Poems Out of the sump rise the marigolds. From the rim of the marsh, muslin with mosquitoes, rises the egret, in his cloud-cloth. Through the soft rain, like mist, and mica, the withered…
Man Tamed Cats?
Quote from article Cat came in 9,500 years ago: Man tamed the cat around 9,500 years ago, more than 5,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a find of an ancient feline skeleton in Cyprus. Tamed? “You keep using…
Quotes
This could be my motto: Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you. –William Blake And what the hell does this mean to you? I’ve never been big on Dickinson: Anger as soon as…
Pretty Pretty!
I’m feeling acquisitive. Dammit, Sam, you should NOT have gotten me hooked on eBay! My birthstone is topaz. I’ve NEVER liked it. Come on, it’s ORANGE! I do not like any shade of orange, period. No, it isn’t gold—it’s orange.…
House Update
I just realized that I COMPLETELY blew off my speech class today. Like, I didn’t even think about it. Lovely. On the plus side, I’ve had magnificent amounts of Sam Time. I never can get enough of that man. I…
Castle Caritas
Sam started calling the new house the Castle because of the stone on the outside and inside. I call it Castle Caritas. Castle resonates as a strong, safe place, a retreat from the nasties Out There. Caritas refers to a…
And the Real Post
This morning was spent in court, with happy results. As I overdid the painting yesterday in a very big way, I ended up collapsed at home&mddash;so completely out of it in a hydrocodone-laced fog that Sam chose to walk home…
Bits from the News
Woman gives herself a Cesarean A woman gave birth to a healthy baby boy after performing a Cesarean on herself with a kitchen knife Device detects date-rape drug Chocolate in pregnancy keeps baby happy A Black Box for People Many…