I was on the stairs at the gym the other day, heading down from the weights area to the main floor, when I met a small person coming up, nearly at the top. He was about 3 years old, and very intent on climbing the stairs. Right foot, left foot, pause, then attack the next one ( Read more... )

Warning: You may consider this to contain spoilers. If you are really picky about that. Like I am ( Read more... )

We have been trying to get into better condition for an upcoming trip (more on that anon). One near painless way, we thought, would be to carry something every time we went up or down the stairs at home. Hmm, two people, two stripey cats at 5kg each, works for me ( Read more... )

In front of a parking garage in Boston, in the multi-hospital complex 1/2 a mile from Fenway Park: Three happy turkeys. One hen, two toms, lots of strutting and poking into curbside planters ( Read more... )

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Been a long time since I posted. Back to fulfill a promise to a bad customer service rep. in a bad customer service company ( Read more... )

We just spoke with the contractor about the 50 foot soaker hose that was pulled up the other day. The teen-age relative/assistant who probably did the actual pulling was there too ( Read more... )

Today I played with slugs. Eew ( Read more... )

So, my mother had a heart attack ( Read more... )

Today it cost more than $50 to fill the gas tank of my car. I drive a Bug.