The Hunting of the Cat (with apologies to Mr. Carroll) from Jon Reid: The Hunting of the Cat “Come, listen my friends while I tell you again The five unmistakeable spats By which you may know, wheresoever you go, The…
A New Spin On Holiday Giving
From Monica Ricci’s Catalyst Organizing newsletter: When November hits, many people shift into holiday mode, beginning their planning for December events. Holidays, by definition, are a time to relax with friends and family, retreating from work and responsibilities to enjoy…
Poetry: Feasting
Feasting –Elizabeth W. Garber From Pierced by the Seasons I am so amazed to find myself kissing you with such abandon, filling myself with our kisses astounding hunger for edges of lips and tongue. Returning to feast again and again,…
Adding to Another List: They Don’t Do Coyotes, Either
Over the last ten years, either I or people in my immediate circle of family and friends have had reason to call animal control in various Georgia counties about immediate human encounters with possums, raccoons, ferrets, and other animals. In…
First-Graders Were Told Kerry ‘Kills Babies’
Yet another entry in the “reasons to homeschool” list, found via ariedana: Teacher’s politics disturbs students By STEVE URBON, Standard-Times senior correspondent FAIRHAVEN — A Rogers School music teacher sent first-graders home on Election Day to warn their parents against…
Mind Mapping
Since sambear is having so much fun with this software, I figured I’d share it with the rest of you: FreeMind: A mind mapper, and at the same time an easy-to-operate hierarchical editor with a strong emphasis on folding. These…
Life Is a Project
…that’s always under construction. So is our house. Way back when we were getting the Castle prepped for occupation, we were surprised to find our own personal lake in the corner of the master bedroom’s sitting room. The immediate cause,…
Slapped by My Own Prejudice
So last week, curiousmay9 and I watched the first Queer As Folk DVD. I had no idea what the show was about, just the title. She’d seen it before. shadowkatt was coming and going, as usual. I found myself very…
Weird Lusts
I’m the only person I know of who lusts after housecleaning tools. I mean, curiousmay9 has a serious Thing for power tools. sambear loves any gaming stuff, and geek toys, and, well—lotsa things. shadowkatt can’t resist the pointy-shinies. And I…
Oh, Come On
I don’t buy cross-stitch magazines anymore. In fact, I rarely buy patterns, because I am SO far behind on actually stitching the ones I have! I happened to see the cover of Cross Stitch Gold recently, though, and was all…