I've about decided that Facebook is fine in small doses but honestly? How many memes, whines, political rants and self-congratulatory maunderings can you take? Though the cute kittens and puppies are nice. I like it better here, so though it's harder for me to sit down and actually accomplish, I'll view it as a good discipline and go from there ( Read more... )

Coming down buckets. We certainly do know where the drainage issues are here at the new place (fortunately few and all outdoors ( Read more... )

Or, Happy Shrove Tuesday! I grant you it doesn't sound as cool as Mardi Gras, but it has its own charm.

See http://buffalolore.buffalonet.org/shrove/shrove.htm

Yes, we are indeed a stuffy lot.

This goes to my flist--I am having tea, snacks and conversation at my house on November 26, 2 to 6 p.m. I don't have everybody's e-mail, so consider yourselves invited if I didn't ask you already. I know some of you live waaaay far away, but no reason not to ask.

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland

"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big ( Read more... )

Mwahaha ... today the book fairy delivered my very own copy of Baines 'Linen Hand Spinning and Weaving.' I am planning a lovely, genteel little orgy involving it, me, a few pots of tea, some ankle braces, a little concertina music ...

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Merchant's Wife
You scored 59% nobility, 40% magic, 30% slavery, and 60% practicality!

You are the wife of a Viking merchant. You're more well-traveled than others, and probably live in one of the famous Viking trading towns, like Birka, Kaupang, or Ribe. Heck! You might not even live in Scandinavia! You could live in Dublin, Novgorod, or ( Read more... )

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