Entirely randomly, it appears I'm going to Dragoncon. Did I mention life is odd, surprising, and wonderful?

Huh. I missed my anniversary ( Read more... )

Not that idle a Tuesday - I was vacuuming the stairs. When I checked caller ID, it was a friend whom I hadn't talked to as much as I should since moving to the Lower 48. I should have known when she returned my cheery greeting with a subdued one ( Read more... )

A friend's going to the airport for a week away tomorrow, so his house was quite barren, and now's not the time to grocery shop. After a brief survey of his fridge, I sliced his molding tomatoes in half and buried them in his planter. Either the soil will improve, or we may get tomato seedlings - either way is a benefit. (And if no tomatoes sprout ( Read more... )

The basil seeds have germinated and stuck their little first-leaf heads above the soil! My husband helped clean the kitchen, wipe down the counters, and make it beautiful! My wild sourdough starter experiment survived the switch from initial-catch whole wheat flour to white flour, and is smelling like it'll be awesome sourdough in about two days! ( Read more... )

Went up to the farm to go shooting, and mentioned off-hand to the farmer there that I was looking forward to trying non-subarctic gardening this spring, in a little patch of backyard. He smiled at me, and gestured over to the lower pasture, sometimes a rifle range, where two cows waiting to go to the processor were contentedly converting hay to ( Read more... )

We all know Phred Phelps, who after cutting his teeth on attacking power and authority in the name of civil rights cases until he was banned and his children banned temporarily or fined from practicing law for disciplinary complaints and perjury, decided it would be more profitable to spout hate speech from picket lines of funerals, and sue every ( Read more... )

I walked in the door and Miss Pixy greeted me. Now, usually this grey furball greets me with disdain and a hiss - I think she's never gotten over the betrayal of me moving out seven years ago. (Was it that long now? Time flies!) This time the empress of the house sniffed my hands cautiously, and I apologized for smelling like a sheltie. She rubbed ( Read more... )

Last week was an inventory of what ribs are missing, still need to be repaired, what hardware hadn't been put on (because it was waiting for missing ribs), and where to start. About those missing ribs - when I moved my wings home from the hangar to save on rent while racking up medical bills and relearning how to walk, I had not finished all the ( Read more... )

Only four inches of snow left in a berm in the front yard. Went to work with leaves the size of parka squirrel ears on the trees, came out at 7:15 to bright sunshine, puffy clouds, and 1-1/2 inch long leaves everywhere. The land is green all over, grass growing almost fast enough to hear, trees exploding into leaf ( Read more... )