My girl-dog, who’s my constant 24-7 companion, may (may) have melanoma. She has a mass on one toe that popped up two days ago and, since I had her in for her annual check-up today, I had the vet look at it. At her age (8-9), the vet says a mass on a toe is […]
Most of my dreams are wildly entertaining; the occasional unpleasant one is unexpected. This one was extremely interesting, but not pleasant; I spent the entire time looking for an old friend whom I haven’t seen in donkey’s years.
I was in an enormous building I understood to be a school. On the inside, it was structured […]
Sitting propped up on top of a shelf in my living room, waiting for a Tall Person to put it up on a wall, are two charcoal drawings, framed copies of charcoal drawings that my cousin Bill Garnett did in 1990. Billy was a really exceptional artist, and I don’t say that because he was […]
Perhaps I flatter myself when I call myself cynical, but I like to think I’m about as cynical as they come. Even so, as Lily Tomlin said, I can’t keep up.
I’ve been going through The Omnivore’s Dilemma. The writer traces (so far, though I’m sure more is coming since I’m only about a third through) […]
Was dreaming of a gathering in a cafe either in or just across the border from Mexico, involving Snaotheus, KrisDi, a very attractive black woman with a toddler and a new baby (definitely not GirlA), and several miscellaneous, unimportant folks. We were getting ready to get on the bus to go to our destination and […]
I went outside this a.m. to put the wildlife’s daily ration in the bird feeder. I didn’t notice the feeder was occupied until I got up to the railing (I was looking at the moisture on the deck and wondering whether it was dew or actual overnight rain). When I looked at the feeder, a […]
Here’s the goofy song sparrow, although he’s all blurry through the dog-nose prints that mar the freshly washed window (partly because he was tap-tap-tapping on the glass). Nearly a week now; he spends half the day eating, the other half tapping on the window to get my attention. If I sing to him, he sings […]
I opened up the bottle of Dogfish Head 120 IPA I got last week when Snaotheus and KrisDi, who are mounting a monumental effort to expand my beer horizons (I should work harder to expand their wine horizons, but they’re still young enough that dry reds are not always pleasant for their not-yet-dying tastebuds). I […]
When I presented young LaRyantrelle with the zombie, which matches those on her hoodie, that I knitted for her on the plane, she looked a bit perplexed for about half a second, then pointed to it and said, “S-s-sombie!” Her kind mommy took photos of the sombie for me, since I wasn’t collected enough to […]
So I have to have a colonoscopy this year. That’s bad enough—indeed, that’s seriously horrific—all by itself.
But now, I learn that my medical insurance (for which I am most grateful, lest you wonder) has a $500 deductible, very little of which has so far been met this year. That means I will have a $500 […]
Ihave less energy than a chive seed today. Skated along on automatic all through work, then collapsed on the couch and tried to muster energy to work on Colorado Project. Not doing too well. :yawns:
P.S. Figured it out: moderately severe allergies. Feh.
Snaotheus and KrisDi came up today to see Grandma. I like it when they do that, because I get to see them, too. We took food over to Grandma for lunch, but were later than we expected to be because we stopped at four places (!!!) before we found one that was open before noon. […]
While I’m waiting to hear that GirlA has birthed little Colorado Westchester, I am sweating profusely in 85-degree, 90% humidity weather. I hasten to remind my loyal readers (hi, Mom!) that this is not, repeat not, and I really mean NOT typical weather for this time of year.
Last year, I spent June shivering from the […]
As noted a couple days ago, I must’ve twisted my knee slightly while hiking downhill back to the park. It was a little sore, but not bad, and I didn’t think anything of it until a day or so later, when I started to ice it.
Next day, every time I got it into a particular […]