Blogger nrkii (see the JourneyWoman link in my Regular Haunts to the right) had a link to the losanjealous site, that offers Family Circus cartoons with Nietzsche quotes… here’s one that I found resonated with me. http://www.losanjealous.com/ Note that the link is actually a longer address than shows up. If the link is broken, use […]
Month: October 2006
Viruses and Mothering
Well, I have a virus. Not sure yet what it is, but I was feeling pretty good yesterday, woke up with a sore throat on one side (it’s always the same side), and an earache, and dizzy. Spent the first half of the day in bed, sleeping mostly. The rest of the day on the […]
Troubled Youth
We are dealing with a bullying problem. A couple of years ago, our elder son had a falling out with a neighborhood kid — to the point of coming to blows. We were mortified, and after factoring in some rather “over the top” outbursts at home, took our child to see a counselor and get […]
Misty Miracles (a picture poem)
Rain!
Yes, it rained today. Woke to rain, spritzed all day — the car actually needed windshield wipers while out driving — and the ground is a lovely, chocolatey color again. The leaves on the bushes are all unfurling again, and the lawn is jewel-shades of emerald. I have a new style of card — three-dimensional […]
An ongoing (and very interesting) Literary Project
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest invites anyone and everyone to invent an opening sentence. Bulwer-Lytton Contest
First Chestnut
Yes! I have my first chestnut crop. Not very large, but I am satisfied. It has been quite warm for the end of September and beginning of October, and still only the rain I mentioned in the other post. Not a drizzle or a drop in more than a week again. I did water a […]