My father collected old clocks - he'd pick them up at sales and such, fix them up then hang them on our walls. My childhood home was, and still is, filled with clocks. The sound is amazing. Thus far I've only gotten one of these clocks - mom says I'll get the rest when she dies - and I've treasured it for nearly 20 years during all my crazy ( Read more... )

Just in case any of you out there know anyone who lives in Panama, or you yourself live in Panama (you never know!) My dear friends Henry and Margaret, owners of LaLoma Jungle Lodge (an eco-friendly resort)http://www.thejunglelodge.com/Read more... )

A great big Thank You to mentalswitch for a truly electrifying evening. We had a ball!

We've had our wireless set up for the last two months with the equipment upstairs and the computer downstairs running on a very weak signal. Now, we're hardwired. It's good to be back!!!

I've been thinking a lot about the yard lately. That's what 30-something mothers of two do, I think. I want sod, water sucking, soft, lush, green sod. Fuck the xeriscape, I want something I can roll around in naked.

Don't these just make you want a big juicy steak?


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Help, I'm surrounded by Dead Cheese Heads. I don't get it....I just don't get it. I can appreciate what the Dead and all the Dead-wanna-be bands did to music culture in this country but dang, move on folks! There's a great big wide wide world of really good music out there! One does not live on dead cheese alone.

That back in February my little cherub, B2, played with Apple Martin at our local Childrens Museum whilst mama, Gwyneth Paltrow and I chatted about normal mama kind of stuff? Or that my other little cherub, B1, ran full speed into papa and Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin when he came looking for me. I like Gwyneth so if you have anything bad to ( Read more... )

I've never owned a cat in my life. Had dogs, birds, rodents, lizards, horses, cows, chickens, ducks, quail, turtles, etc... but never a cat. B1 seems to be a cat person and since we feel a parental obligation to supply our children with affectionate pets, we let him talk us into a cat ( Read more... )

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