I was going to wedge these into my last post, as they sum of the many of the distractions of the weekend, but felt like Dennis’s work deserved a post of its own.
I’ve started reading the oh-so-interesting Home Grown Evolution blog and am inspired to go all Victory Garden on my yard, especially since I’ve [...]

well, you know…we all want to change the world.
So why aren’t we? That’s not to say that there aren’t LOTS of people working for change, because there are.
We were chatting with friends last night over burgers and beer while the kidlets lolled about on the carpet watching classic Disney films, and one of them [...]

We went off to the vermont woods,literally, for the wedding of Ms. Moonspun and her Running Professor.
We arrived at their house on Friday, and I spent a good hour being absorbed by their gorgeous garden…lupine, lady’s mantle, dianthus, roses, iris, Jacob’s ladder…it was gorgeous.
We got to play in their brook, the dog [...]

When Tattooed Dad and I fight it’s over either sex or money…the lack of either.
Money is a huge issue around our house. We’ve worked hard, and we’ve invested a lot of that into the house. It seems like any time we get under control things go wonky. In this case, it was [...]

*me, to Oldest* “hey, don’t put your feet in your mouth, they’re dirty”
the irony is that she’s a Sagittarius.

Actually, that would be me: I’m awful in the heat.
And, although I spent literally years being woken up by small people several times a night, apparently I’ve lost all ability to cope when woken up several times from a sound sleep.
Oldest is apparently allergic to tree pollen. The trees have gone bat-shit [...]

It’s running in the high nineties, with heat indexes well over one hundred.
My plants are wilting, my kids are wilting, Tattooed Dad and I are both wilting.
On the plus side, we bought a ridiculous kids’ pool; it’s literally 12 feet long, has bench seats and four sprinklers built in.
Let me say that sitting [...]

Thanks to Tattooed Dad, the blog has had a facelift.
If you’re looking for web work, he’s your man.
And I’m not just saying that!

It rained yesterday.
Apparently my car now has issues with rain: that’s to say it didn’t run yesterday. Or rather it ran on the way in (while the rain was coming down) and it started up and got me out of the garage yesterday.
And then it died in the parking lot at [...]

It’s summer: perhaps not astrologically, but still, sunny, hot weather.
I work near a river and near several colleges.
I drive home, daily, along the river.
Where there is a glorious parade of men running, carrying sculls, rollerblading, and biking.*
I’m turning into a dirty old woman…
*this isn’t to say that there aren’t many equally lovely women doing [...]