On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

Monday -- Theatre Fundraiser ( Read more... )

Friday -- Your Motor Vehicle Department At Work ( Read more... )

Instructions ( Read more... )

Labrador Retriever, Dalmation, Lion, Tiger, Grizzly Bear, Rhinocerous, Elephant, Zebra, Spectacled Owl, Chimpanzee, Raptor (not sure what kind), Koala, Squirrel, Pug Dog, another Pug Dog, another Lab, another Dalmation, 6 pet cats, 2 Chihuahuas, 2 Arabian Horses, 2 Wolves, Giraffe, Mountain Sheep, Deer, Panda, Moose, pet Dog named Madalyn (wearing ( Read more... )

Yessir, I etched a small and inconspicuous cross onto The Huge Stone this afternoon, so now, once again, it's all done. Really this time. For sure. Little vines twine around the cross, and tree branches hang over it. It sort of just hovers there, near the zebra ( Read more... )

It's done. Today is the day The Huge Stone got its final grindings, and its final highlight painted on and scraped off. I think by tomorrow it'll be standing up again, and we can look it all over. I finally measured it -- it's 6 feet across and averages 5 feet high. (The top is curved, and higher on one side than the other.) That's a lot of ( Read more... )

Standing in the grocery line last night (cat food) I observed many many Valentine shoppers in action. The one in front of me was old, fat, hairy, and unattractive, and it was SO Bizarre to watch him purchase nothing but a delicate mixed bouquet of roses and alstroemeria that I had that odd disconnected feeling where you wonder if you've stepped ( Read more... )

Thursday -- It's cold. But clear, and there's a huge ring around the moon. And does anybody remember what year I was on that jury? I just got called again, and they want to know, and of course I don't remember at all.

Did I mention wrestling the Tree into submission lately? Aha, but I was wrong. Oh, how wrong I was, alas! Submission, nothing! That tree's determination to tip over entirely ruined my life again this morning, and I have decided to unwind all the lights, (that I spent all morning) -- -- -- (never mind). And then use my pruning shears to cut off all ( Read more... )