Archive for February, 2010

Three-for-one senility special

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

I’ve been feeling so good this week that it’s a little scary. After much reflection and analysis, I discovered that the reason I’d felt so bad was that the particular brand of brain pills the pharmacy had given me did not work. Yes, did not work. I’ve had them off and on for a month […]

Hooch and Great A’tuin

Monday, February 8th, 2010

A photo of the cranberry hooch with the initial (leaky) balloon.

Subsequent balloons didn’t work any better. It’s almost three weeks old, and the balloon is lying there sadly. I’m half afraid to check it; it’s probably strong enough to kick a mule halfway ’round the world. (P.S.: It’s not. I tasted it today and it’s […]

Youth? Strength? Where are you?

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

A person probably shouldn’t write updates when she’s in a long, ugly trough. Unfortunately, doing so means I can procrastinate doing anything a little longer. Almost all of January I lacked the energy or enthusiasm to do much of anything—even keep up with my journal, which I’ve done, though boringly, every day for years. I […]