Someone today commented that one of my friends and I are the only ones left doing cool things in Kalamazoo. Although it was a weird sort of complement, I found myself defending Kalamazoo (which kind of surprises me). Anyhow, here is what I said ( Read more... )

sigh... i just read that dr. alfaraz has sold his practice and is on an extended/indefinite leave. from what i am hearing, the new physician, although she focuses on individual care and attention she does not have much experience with herbal medicine or homeopathics. this kind of sucks for me (and a lot of the community). i was really hoping ( Read more... )

This has been quite the week. Surgery on Monday. Puking and pain and delerium on Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday pm had severe thunderstorms that knocked out the electricity until Friday night (thankfully we still had running water, a working phone line, a car, and great friends who made rice for us and loaned us a two burner camp stove ( Read more... )

last night around 10:15 we heard yet another crash at the intersection next to our house. this one was strange as there was no squealing of brakes and the sound was not the usual crunching noise of metal colliding. as b was fully dressed, he went out immediately with the cell phone. a car had pulled out in front of another, which was moving very ( Read more... )

garden garden garden. garden interns. garden job applications. garden garden. planting in the garden. garden goals. garden. garden volunteer nights. garden garden garden. garden sponsorships. garden. good thing i love the garden. im tired.

ok. i woke up last night feeling the bed shake and hearing other things in the room shaking too. in my sleeping stupor, i couldn't figure out how the cat was making the bed and the tv stand shake at the same time (she has a nasty habit of waking us up by "scratching" on things at 4:30 am). then i remember thinking - wow, is this an earthquake? it ( Read more... )

does anyone want to join me in a book club chain letter ( Read more... )

im pretty damn grumpy about schedules and socializing lately ( Read more... )

last night, b and i played a game where we alternated naming places to get a hamburger until we both fell asleep ( Read more... )

so, yes... i did watch the superbowl yesterday. that is, if staring blankly at the television screen off and on for hours whilst knitting counts as watching the superbowl. i saw the football being thrown around and people piling atop each other repeatedly. i saw the winning touchdown ( Read more... )