i took part in yet another fast and vigil to abolish the death penalty. i've been trying to explain to j how the four days under extreme conditions accelerate the bonding process between the vigilers. what he considers to be meeting someone once a year, i consider to be an incredible shared experience. it's difficult to articulate ( Read more... )

merlin cut my hair yesterday. it looks wonderful! it hasn't been this short since i was thirteen. so far i am really enjoying it ( Read more... )

tonight j and i freed an orange tabby cat who had gotten himself trapped in our shed. he had evidently fallen through the roof (the shed is desperately in need of a new roof) and gotten stuck, wedged in between some boards. i heard him crying when i was putting the bike away. the cat obviously belongs to someone, as he was very friendly and wore ( Read more... )

ulrike killed an ate an ant tonight. i'm so proud of her.

the good thing about not turning on the air conditioning is that my skin has never felt better ( Read more... )

i read on-line today about this food stamp challenge, where some lawmakers are trying to eat for a week on just $21 (the average amount in food stamps a recipient gets). the articles make it sound like this is really roughing it. that these congressmen and women are starving when they eat like the average joe ( Read more... )

i am proud to announce that the vast mountain of dirt in my driveway is no more ( Read more... )

ulrike is sleeping on my lap. a rare moment of calm in the otherwise spring-loaded whirlwind of her day. our cats are indoor cats (although i'm thinking about getting them leashes), but they still try to devote a good portion of their time to hunting kitten chow. ulrike especially. she started chewing through the bag of crunchies, so i bought a ( Read more... )

the handyman told me that i needed to clear away the leaves under the shrubs around my front porch, then fill the area with dirt to direct water away from the house (to avoid future flooding in the basement). i started clearing the leaves this afternoon. within the leaves i found ( Read more... )

and i haven't posted about all the exciting things that are taking place in my little plot of earth! my cold weather crops survived the april snows just fine. they have started to put out their first real leaves (not the seed leaves). it's still a long way to harvesting them though ( Read more... )