I have a favorite pair of black pajamas that are nearly worn out. They're not special--they're just a soft black knit fabric with lettuce-edged hems and nice full legs on the bottoms. But they are probably the most comfortable jammies I've had since I wore the footed ones with Pooh bear on them. I have a red set with long sleeves, but the fabric is ( Read more... )

So this place I submitted to has an online submission manager. It's kind of neat, in that I can obsessively check it daily even though I know it hasn't been long enough. Except that it always reminds me of the date of submission, so I can say, "What? It hasn't even been two weeks yet?" and think how silly it is that I'm even looking yet.

Sprouts! We have sprouts in the lettuce, nasturtium, and tarragon pots!

On the downside, we also have some sort of inchworm trying to eat the peppers.

When I read about people who want to eradicate poverty, particularly in affluent western countries, and then they refer to the numbers of people living below the poverty line, I have to wonder if they really understand how the poverty line is drawn. A "war on poverty" is like a football game where the goal line keeps getting moved. One can never ( Read more... )

We have nearly finished with our container gardening, although we do have two BIG containers left empty and one large pot with nothing designated for it yet ( Read more... )

Still not fond of Thoreau. Zzzzzzzz....

I am a nocturnal writer, and it's all the Navy's fault ( Read more... )

So here's the deal: One of the folks I knew when I was younger is marrying his partner, because his state will soon permit unions. Hooray for them! Like most other people about to get married, he's looking for the right spot and ran into some trouble. (Yes, I know that it's technically a civil union, but really, so was my first marriage, I think ( Read more... )

"My great-Grandpa sat on his chicken-killing throne, surrounded by wooden crates overflowing with cluck and begawk!"

This creative writing class is so fun!

First Amazon order of the year is going to have the book perimyndith recommended.


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