I haven't been a frequent poster here, nor overly political in my writing. I have a permanent paid LJ account, so I will likely keep it and may contribute to it at times. However, since I do not appreciate the new terms of service which make LJ no longer welcoming to everyone, I will more likely post to Dreamwidth. While I do not feel personally at ( Read more... )

I've lived very close to a small airport for several years now. We either walk or drive up the street, turn, and look for a place to park if going there. I still do a double-take every single time I hear engines overhead cut off on a small plane coming in for a landing. Rarely do they sputter much. My house is not directly in the normal flight ( Read more... )

Clearly Dirk in the userpic doesn't quite have it right when it comes to affirming interest and consent before getting physical. I'm sharing this article that made the Facebook rounds as well as my thoughts here so I'll be able to reference it more easily in the future.

http://disruptingdinnerparties.com/2013/09/26/modeling-consent/Women can and ( Read more... )

Here's a picture of a flower pot.
( a plain brown flower pot )

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Strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries in our yard are all setting fruit.  The blueberry bushes seem to be alive, yet not terribly interested in doing anything.

( similar stuff; nothing terribly exciting and no pics )

I can rant away.  Those solo and/or bitter may find it amusing.  Those not solo who might take offense are likely too distracted to notice or care.  A fair number of fine folks won't get past the first paragraph of dry boring sentences anyway; it's history.

1.  Who was St. Valentine and why should anybody celebrate love on his special day?  There is ( Read more... )

I'm not entirely sure why it's in my mind right now, yet I'm going to share the advice my father gave me shortly before my intended wedding date in 1990.  It's memorable in part because my dad wasn't big on discussing things of an emotional nature and has rarely given advice before or since then (his initial response about the marriage was "I don't ( Read more... )

I have downsized my LJ friend's list by more than half.  No offense was intended towards any of those who were removed. Most of those who were removed have not posted anything to their own journals in months if not years, were people who have rarely if ever commented to my journal, and those who have other means of hearing about my life or ( Read more... )

I suspect the rash between my fingers that isn't as bad yet hasn't completely gone away in two weeks wasn't caused by poison ivy despite similarities to it.  Upon spending more time in the area where I'd been moving things in the backyard sans gloves I discovered a large number of cocoons that seem to have black hairs/spines woven into them.  They ( Read more... )