Back in college, a long, long time ago, I bought what for me at the time was a significant musical instrument ( Read more... )

There's a house up the street from me that was paneled vertically with 1/2" tongue and groove boards that they are stripping off and throwing out, so I grabbed some and I'm using them to rebuild my side gate pergola.  I'm planning on grabbing more because old cedar seems like it would be pretty expensive.

When I put it up in 2004, I imagined the ( Read more... )

I swear I am lucky.

I was at Goodwill, perusing the “useless junk” aisle (which is actually all of the non-clothes aisles), when a lackey came out of the back room and slid this onto the shelf:


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We took Lannie to the vet this evening for an emergency appointment. She quite suddenly has a big bulge on the side of her face that seems to be made of bone. It wasn't that way this morning ( Read more... )

For our second Thanksgiving without immediate family to be obligated to go to, we went to friends for a fancy dinner.  Gerard and Tim are a retired airline flight attendant and an episcopal priest, respectively; they live the kind of life I sometimes aspire to.  It was a lovely dinner!  All the other guests were episcopal priests, which made for ( Read more... )

Where we left off: the dog was last seen on the median of Interstate 91, and we just about gave up hope right then. That was about mid-day. I called local animal control and the state police. The police did a cruise by and said they saw nothing ( Read more... )

I was making posters to expand the search to the west, the east having apparently failed (as did setting up the trap in the yard last night). The sighting yesterday A BLOCK FROM HOME infused us with a sadly misplaced hope ( Read more... )

Heading out to Salisbury State Beach Campground in Massachusetts this weekend for the last camp out of the year!

Bringing the portable heater so I don’t feeeze my ass off. No husband to keep me warm at night (school is thrashing him).

Now to think up a dish for the inevitable potluck supper on Saturday night...

Last weekend I attended a Tiny House Festival with my vintage trailer!

How I came to be there is a bit of a tale in itself.

I have listed my trailer, a 1963 Shasta Compact, for sale on Facebook Marketplace. I am not super excited to sell it, as I enjoy it, though it's becoming a rather solitary activity, truth be told. Clay is too busy these days ( Read more... )

Spent all last evening battling a flooding basement. I thought my mind was going to snap like a twig ( Read more... )