The snow is going away at last, and soon--soon it will be gone. It has all melted off our roof, and the two-foot icicles are gone from the neighbor's house. The snow in the backyard is about a foot high, instead of over my knees. And everything smells of melting winter.* The air is damp with it.


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• 11:20 Ah, the bleak, wet, gray days of Spring. Welcome back! I missed you.
• 13:21 Filing 3 Schedule Cs = I <3 my expense spreadsheets. Now to make sure all receipts are entered!
• 22:24 ++ Finished all the crits I needed to get a "skip to the head of the queue" pass. Wiktory!

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• 13:43 Joined Online Writing Workshop. Any other writingy folk members? ping.fm/rTW3o
• 16:58 So, if you decimate a myriad of foes, you'll have 9,000 left. Not very good, really. ping.fm/oDmrd
• 17:39 - It *would* start raining again right before I have to go catch bus to martial arts class. Ah, well. Still not melty.

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• 14:30 Serializing a novel through Twitter strikes me as a bit silly, though it does lead to pretty non-sequitors: ping.fm/2oGZZ
• 17:28 + Grilling for the first time this year. Hamburgers and garlic bread, oh my!

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• 11:01 + From my window, noticed our tree's started budding. Red clusters on branches criss-crossed over a blue sky.
• 11:31 + Mailed off CSA check to Harmony Valley Farm. Check theme (of 4 possible) happened to also be "Harmony."
• 17:48 So far, I have failed at creating the Platonic ideal of shepherd's pie. (And it's one of my favorite foods. Tragedy ( Read more... )

• 11:10 Local law firms are laying off lawyers (at least 2 firms are clients). No wonder we've been having less business.
• 11:12 Oops. Link to news story re lawyers: ping.fm/jnnU4
• 16:23 It's been warm enough to open the back porch window for the cats. Reminded, they restlessly inspect all windows.
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A lot of people slam Valentine's Day (and not in a poetry sort of way). I am not a fan of that sort of--greying of the seasons and holidays.

yuki_onna puts it best. She says:
But here's the thing. This world is a beautiful place, but it is also often dark, and cold, and unfeeling, and life slips by, not because it is short, but because it is so difficult ( Read more... )

• 23:24 Dear IT folk--help? ping.fm/nv82o
• 11:05 Snowflake flurries darting past the window. I miss you, rain!
• 11:53 MPR archaeologist talking about preserving "the bone-to-bone relations." That needs to be a story title.
• 13:21 Coworker telling story of when she was chased by a moose while canoeing. (also, that is the weirdest word ever)
• 14:39 Waiting ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I pulled up the window blinds at work, and nobody has bothered to close them yet, so I could actually see outside today. (For some reason, people usually shut the blinds, adding to the claustrophobic feeling of the work environment.) In the afternoon, I noticed a flock of birds swooping and spiraling through the sky in a way strange to ( Read more... )

• 13:29 Female company owner shows up, and suddenly there is soap *and* dispenser in the bathroom.
• 18:14 Rain. In February! In Minnesota! There was a decided shortage of umbrellas.
• 21:17 We are going to be hosting somebody *else*'s birthday party. I find this entertaining.

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