I finally got it together and published my 2017 calendar. Apologies for the lateness, but it was a difficult autumn. I'm sure you understand why. ;)



Hopefully this widget will work, but here is the link as well.

Fun fact: my new employer did the Lulu website a while back! Small world.

Nice, if a bit windy, day today. It was nice to not have to bundle up to go outside. I went over to Gates Pond for a walk, but the batteries in my camera died just as I got there. Oh, well! I did take another walk along the rail trail after stopping at CVS for more batteries, but there wasn't a whole lot worth taking pictures of there, except for ( Read more... )

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I know it's a bit late, but I finally have my 2012 calendar available. You can preview it and click through to order it on the cute little widget below, or click here.

Lulu often sends me promotional codes for a percentage off, which I will post here when I get them. They come pretty quickly after you order them, and the quality of the product is ( Read more... )

My review of HAMLET'S BLACKBERRY is up on my other blog. I give it a thumbs-up. In case you missed my earlier post about it, it's about our addiction to the digital life, and how to deal with it. Very good book.

thunderstorm, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.
Another storm cell passed through a while ago. Check out the yellow sky. Right after the storm, it cleared up and we had a nice sunset. It's calm out there now.

I know people deal with this all the time in places like Oklahoma and Kansas, but for Massachusetts, it's pretty bizarre to be ( Read more... )

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I've been feeling uncomfortable all day about the reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden, and a couple of things people posted on Facebook really nailed it for me.

The first was a link to an article on Huffington Post called "The Psychology of Revenge: Why We Should Stop Celebrating Osama Bin Laden's Death."

A couple of quotes:

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When I was visiting me mum last week, she gave me some back issues of Archaeology magazine, and today I found this interesting article about a woman who found buried evidence of witchcraft in her yard in Cornwall.

From the article: Over the centuries, many in the British Isles have appealed to witches in times of need--to cure a toothache, concoct ( Read more... )

Today's Big Picture is full of squee: Scenes from the Zoo!