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Musings on color
I've noticed a trend that's been growing in the past decade. New developments - both in housing and in commercial - tend to pick a really bland, standard color palette. Best term I've heard for it is "greige." It was beige for a while but it's cooled to shades of gray. Cue the 50 Shades of gray jokes. Even fast food restaurants, which in the past ( Read more... ) -
Boxing Day
It was a quiet, cloudy workday, still basking in the lovely Christmas spirit. Hard to believe, essentially five more days before 2025.
Sigh.
Thought I'd do a quick update on my reading list so it isn't monstrous later. All of these are from the Brothers Grimm.
207. Snow-White and Rose-Red. I've read this one before, plus a variant called "Tender ( Read more... ) -
A lovely Christmas Day
Had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends. First Christmas in a few years where I didn't work. It was nice to take a break.
This morning I picked up my sweet friend and we visited a mutual friend who has been convalescing in a physical rehab place after a health scare. This was the only partial hitch - and I say partial because I think the ( Read more... ) -
The shortest day and longest night
Today is the official first day of winter, and Mother Nature has decided to bestow some snow and cold today in honor of it. Glad I don't have to step outside until Monday late morning, when it's supposed to warm up. Not sure if we will have a White Christmas or not. It's supposed to be near or at 40 degrees, so my guess is probably not. Which is ( Read more... ) -
I made it!
200 books and short stories! And counting.
So, a quick update on the short stories I recently finished, both by the Brothers Grimm:
199. Maid Maleen. Surprised this tale isn't better known. With a bit of tweaking, I can see this being made into a children's picture book or even an animated feature. In this story, a princess - the titular character ( Read more... ) -
So close to 200!
Another quick post and book update. It's odd having a Sunday off, been taking advantage with chilling, doing my reading, some laundry and now this. Good tasks on a rainy, sleety day.
Plus, I'm so excited- I'm within striking distance of making it to 200 books/short stories, and possibly beyond. So, without further ado (author is The Grimm Brothers ( Read more... ) -
All in all, a good week
Had my luncheon, which was delightful. Had a lot of new people come, which is fantastic, attendance had fallen off the past few years, partly due to COVID. All my mini pumpkins found new homes, and I got a bonus of some tiny sparkly sequin/bead/things that will be handy for craft projects.
Saw Monana 2 afterwards with a good friend. It was ( Read more... ) -
Oops, forgot to add...
Forgot to add... heard Thundersnow early this morning, around 1 a.m. or so. For those who have never experienced this, you can hear thunder (and even see lightening sometimes) during a snowstorm. This is uncommon but I have heard this before.
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First (semi) serious snowfall
We actually have snow after an overnight system came through. More snow is falling as I type. The grass might actually be covered by this point.
Don't want to minimize the impact of this snowstorm on areas far north and east of me. The primary snowbelt typically gets around a foot of snow during lake effect events, but the storms that have hit the ( Read more... ) -
A lovely Thanksgiving
Spent much of the day at my parents' house yesterday. Picked up my honorary niece and got there just before 9. I worked for much of the day but other than a darkly funny story about two idiots who tried to do their Christmas "shopping" early (they broke into a store and were swiftly caught), it was pretty quiet.
We had a nice meal of ham ( Read more... )