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Fortunate in Friends
I poured out my pathetic woes to ladycaviar the other day, and she gave me some excellent advice. I knew I felt depleted, but I didn't know what to do about it. She recommended replenishing my intellect and my soul by viewing great art and reading great books ( Read more... ) -
1st Married Xmas
With only mild and mostly sotto voce grumbling, da hubby accompanied me to Christmas Eve mass at Holy Trinity last night. As usual, he didn't start to get ready until I was dressed and ready to leave, but he does that for all family occasions. I was mildly annoyed, but we only missed the first hymn, so it wasn't too bad ( Read more... ) -
Domestic Goddess
Reclaiming my cooking skills, after a long absense from the kitchen (years, really) is slow-going. The Portuguese soup I made last Thursday was so-so. I added extra meat, but da hubbie still thought it needed more. Yes, dear. I know. Vegetables are what food eats. On the other hand, he seems pretty content with the soup in his lunches, so it ( Read more... ) -
Domestic Goddess
Day three of the Domestic Goddess experiment, and I'm already exhausted. How did women keep house, make and serve food regularly, AND bear and care for children? Or maybe they were just better at all of the above than I am ( Read more... ) -
After the Wedding
The morning of the wedding, the sweetie turned to me and said, "Just think, honey! After today, all of our babies will be legitimate!" He meant, of course, the dogs. -
Walking the Parrots
Turning onto 207th Street this morning, I nearly ran down a guy walking his parrots. Really. He was holding an empty birdcage, with one parrot perched on top of it and the other on his shoulder. They were both wearing little harnesses and leashes, which were tied to the bird cage. Pennsic has never looked so sane.
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New GDH Watchee Bio
Elaine M. Ragland
In mundane life, I'm a mild mannered university administrator who specializes in the care and feeding of rocket scientists. As a trained medievalist, this includes dressing the super brilliant in academic attire for Commencement and Convocation, after reminding them to first make a pit stop. As the daughter of a mathematics ( Read more... )
