Grandpa originally wrote this e-mail on April 30th, 2009. It was a follow-up to some musing on snakes on the farm, continuing his thoughts with another slithery critter ( Read more... )

My dad's been sending out old e-mails that my grandfather wrote in the last decade of his life. Today's story is from 2009, and recalls the various snakes that lived on Grandpa's childhood farm. I always enjoyed hearing his farm stories the most.

Snakey folks of Sullivan's Hollow ( Read more... )

When your co-worker doesn't show up for work, do you ( Read more... )

"Don't you folks out in California know how to handle a little water ( Read more... )

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AWESOME PACK #10Awesome Pack is a monthly subscription box that delivers board games, card games, and other "awesome" entertainment.  I decided earlier this year to end my subscription - my game shelves are fully stocked, and I need to make time to play all the ones I have before acquiring more - so I believe this will be my last box ( Read more... )

My dad has a listserv that sends out old stories and letters that my grandfather wrote in the last several years of his life. It's always nice to get them and remember him. Of all my grandparents, he was the storyteller ( Read more... )

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

- A. A. Milne
(Story of my life.)

Throughout the holiday season, as my co-workers and friends caught colds, I'd be warned to take care of myself lest the same thing happen to me. After all, something nasty was going around and taking people out left and right ( Read more... )

The last few days have been damp and raining (although today is projected to be perfectly lovely) and this has sent the local ant population scurrying into our house. We haven't yet figured out their entry point, but they are crawling up into the kitchen cupboards and through them out to our counter tops. They are sneaking into the bathroom ( Read more... )