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Book Review
A couple days ago I finished Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynne Truss. What a fun and witty book! As I was reading it, I would range from chortling, to laughing right out loud. Chris and I were both reading outside one day, and I kept interrupting him to read "just one more" snippet from the book.
The title comes form the following story:
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a conundrum
Over the weekend I was checking on the Seattle Archdiocesan website about jobs for next year. (Primarily to see what Sarah had decided about staying another year at St. Monica’s or not.) I decided to look at what was being offered at the high school level. And there it was … a Theology teaching position being offered at Archbishop Murphy High ( Read more... ) -
being more well-disposed toward the rain
I find that being a home-owner makes me look more benevolently upon the rain. Sometimes I find that I'm even cheering for it - "Yay!, It's raining! Water the trees and the flowers, and the plants, and the grass! Fill the reservoirs!" (It probably helps my benevolent attitude though that we don't really get storms here.) I'm somewhat bemused by ( Read more... ) -
season of discovery
It's been an adventure to discover the spring flowers that were planted by the previous owner. For the past weeks now, they've been appearing - daffodils, hyacinth, and tulips thus far. The clematis has been blooming, and other green shoots have appeared, which I am too ignorant of flowers to guess what they will turn out to be. But that's ok - ( Read more... ) -
happy, happy, happy
Today is my birthday! - My parents have called me and sung "Happy Birthday," Eleanor sent me an adorable e-mail birthday card (singing pigs!), I have been wished "Happy Birthday" by various people in LiveJournal-land (including my fantastic brother Baldanders, whose own birthday is in just 10 days!), and now Chris is busy making me Eggs Benedict for breakfast ( Read more... ) -
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Long time, no see
A few people have commented that I haven't posted here in a long time. Nearly a month and a half, as a matter of fact. Well, here I am - fundamentally exhausted, but for the most part pretty good. I shall now proceed to blame most of my absence here on the moving process ( Read more... )