Oh, Deer.
Early in the week, Mike noticed that one of our corn stalks was askew; on Thursday, we figured out why: deer. I found hoofprints in the garden beds and noticed that Continue Reading →
Month: July 2010
My love-hate with self-help
The self-help section of a bookstore or library is one of those places I sometimes end up despite efforts to avoid it. While I don’t like to paint any genre Continue Reading →
Recommended Media
It’s just so easy these days to hit “share” and send things out to the wilds of social media that I have been remiss in sharing these wonderful, crazy things. Continue Reading →
I wish to register a complaint
This morning, I was listening to C-FAX (technically, watching it, as it aired on A-Channel) when Frank Stanford’s Comment ran. As I listened to him complaining about prime real estate Continue Reading →
spam-spammity-spam
Two months after switching platforms, I can now definitely say that WordPress is better than Blogger at almost everything, including attracting spammers. While there are anti-spam plugins for WordPress blogs, Continue Reading →
Changing a Habit
Truthfully, I am trying to change two habits: spending more than I’d like on coffee at work and putting cream in my coffee. I thought that the latter would be Continue Reading →
Our garden at last
It’s had a slow start but finally our garden is starting to give back. After a few hot days this week (three days of record-breaking high temperatures), the plants are Continue Reading →
Stranded Summer Fiction
Well, neither Mike nor I won the Monday Magazine Summer Fiction contest that we entered last month so, as promised, I am printing it here for your amusement/annoyance. Mike also Continue Reading →
Out from the gloom
A quick glance through our movie collection and you’ll notice a lot of dark films. Some are really dark — horror films, thrillers, and what we now call the “child endangerment Continue Reading →
Revisions all around
Finally managed to revise my Haiku Miscellany book — turns out there was a typo in the subtitle inside the book! GAH! — I didn’t catch it with multiple readings Continue Reading →