curiousmay9 and I were recently discussing how much certain habits, like smoking or heavy drinking, cost. Both of us have family histories of families that won’t pay for things like college for their kids, but one of the parents is…
Retouching Photographs
Ganked from theferrett: Retouched photos and the originals curiousmay9‘s sister is a model, and even she has trouble picking the sister out of all the other lookalikes in a magazine. A lot of that is due to the retouching that’s…
And There Was Much Rejoicing
The girl is home. Yay! We’ve got two guys crawling under the house to do the termite treatment. Karli is, of course, fascinated, and wants to follow them everywhere. I don’t think she’s tried to get into the crawl spaces…
Revisiting the April Divilbiss Case: Alternative lifestyles and encounters with the state
A nice lady wrote to me recently, provoked by my post about our DFCS experience. She wrote about it on her blog, too. The Divilbiss case was a topic of constant discussing in forums related to polyamory back in 1999.…
Housefilk May 7
We’re hosting a housefilk at the Castle on May 7. Anyone who can get here is invited to attend. If you need crash space, let us know. (Hey, I don’t have a music icon! Hmph. Must make/acquire one.) It doesn’t…
Hmmm
Did you know that April is National Gardening Month? So I have an excuse for my obsession for now. I think one of the reasons that I’m so much more into gardening now than ever before is that this is…
Plant Name
That plant that I liked, but wasn’t willing to pay over $30 for? It was a bromeliad. But now I can’t remember a bunch of other plant names, like the fragrant bushes Sam picked out today! And we couldn’t find…
So That’s Why I’m Hurting So Much
I just realized that I haven’t taken any of my meds today. Whoops! I’m taking a break, as Sam has been pushing me to do for a while now. He’s washing the windows outside, and I’ve been doing more planting.…
Be Warned: More Gushing About Plants, Birds, and Yards
I got absolutely filthy yesterday! I can’t remember when I’ve ever been that dirty, with real dirt. Maybe as a littlun making mud pies? Katie and I were planting pretties in containers and deploying birdfeeders. By the time we collapsed…
Long Day
Long, long day. Well, okay, I’ve had longer, but I’m exhausted. Sam and I got up early and headed over to ridinrabbit‘s house to meet the cleaners, since ridinrabbit was off doing major physical labor to finish a renovation job.…