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Loving SHAM available
I was browsing Craigslist this morning to see whether there were any babysitters with infant experience. I need someone to be available occasionally during the day and since we have no family nearby... yadda yadda [insert self-pitying saga of global colonial diaspora here ( Read more... ) -
The world was storming but I was becalmed
According to an Amazon review "the Gotan Project literally took the world by storm in 2003. Huh. No-one told me.
I am listening to Mi Confesion (a 2006 release) and I love it and now I want it. Of course I also want a cleaner...
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Housework versus the Shiite Militia
Baby Wren is now 3 months old and the sleep deprivation is beginning to show. My dearly beloved (seriously) SO and I have started to have disagreements. He feels that my downside is that I am irrational, dramatic and high maintenance and I think his downside is reclusive, digitally addicted and unsupportive in family life ( Read more... ) -
Little sticker tags on fruit
Okay, I get that grocery stores need to label their fruit so they can differentiate the 15 different types of apple or know the organic from the poisoned ( Read more... ) -
Debate about writing
I am keeping a blog about Wren who was born mid December with congenital heart defects. If you are not quick with the calendar I will do the math for you - he is 11.5 weeks old. His blog is here ( Read more... ) -
Update
It is mid-November - short days and lots of wet plants, mossy stairs and mail that is limp when I rescue it from the mailbox ( Read more... ) -
Joshua fed the racoon
We have an intermittent racoon problem. The problem is that the racoon likes to come in through the cat door and eat the catfood. We think it started visiting while we were away and the cats were here alone much of the day. Now it only creeps in when the house is very quiet (as in when Joshua is lying on the couch and we are out ( Read more... ) -
Gardenia
A single Gardenia blossom with a pair of glossy-dark leaves sells for $4.99 at Wholefoods Market in Ravenna. It is in a tranparent plastic box with a moistened towelette. The plastic boxes float in a tray of water.
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Today I made lasagne
Hi boys and babes and beasts from the in-between, how has life&death been treating you?
"this is one big wind, alright! Isn't it mummy?"
Its been too long, as always:- Too long between quiet cups of tea
- Too long since I wrote of nothing in particular
- A "too long" career break
- Too long since I met someone who wasn't in a hurry.
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mammogram Monday
I had my first mammogram today. Anyone know what 'gram' derives from in Latin... is it a picture? I always thought of gram things as messages, like a teleGRAM or a stripperGRAM "happy birthday from your breast!" but 'breast-message' just isn't right - "hello, this is a message from your breast ( Read more... )