I was sure when I posted that poem a while back that there had been more to it than that, but I figured it had been lost in fits of paper recycling past. But then the other two handwritten pages turned up in a file basket meant for things like birth certificates, marriage licenses, and such. So here it is, my magnum opus ( Read more... )

It's Lammas night, one filled with thunder, lightning, and rain. We need the rain, and the drop in temperature from the oven that was July was a blessed relief. But with tomorrow will come humidity. I'll try to do my 15 minutes of weeding anyway, because it's good for my body, the garden, and relations with our south side neighbor (that side of the ( Read more... )

When I read this wonderful missive on John Scalzi's blog, Whatever, last fall, I really thought that I should link to it, because some of the trials and tribulations Scalzi talks about are ones I and some of my loved ones have to worry about. But I thought it might get lost among the "I am grateful for..." posts that a lot of people were writing at ( Read more... )