If there are one or more people on your friends list who make your world a better place
just because they exist, and who you would not have met (in real life or not)
without the internet, then post this same sentence in your journal.

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Mom died this morning. She passed peacefully while the Catholic Mass from her home parish was playing on the TV in her room.

Off to Wisconsin, and very little internet access.

Keep a good thought, please.

My friend died three days after I visited him and his wife. We had a good time; laughter, good conversation and no tears. His funeral was a chance to reconnect with mutual friends that I haven't seen in far too long ( Read more... )

The couple who lived upstairs and had two cats moved out a few weeks ago. We called them our "time-share" cats because they would spend time with us when the owners weren't around, then go back upstairs for food and litter-box stuff. All the benefits of cat ownership without the pesky maintenance ( Read more... )

Does anyone know if basil is sensitive to the jugulone from a black walnut tree? I know first-hand that tomatoes Do Not Like jugulone, but I can't find info either way about basil. I trying to decide if I should plant my seedlings in a big pot, or in the ground. Thanks.

What a delicious book.

The "Christmas Flame" cutting you gave me has not only taken root, but it is sporting a wee flower bud. Whee!

Hot flashes during a heat wave are not fun. At all. Where were they last winter when they were useful?

Friday I ended up riding out to the Depot again. On the way back I "raced" a freight train. A rail line parallels the trail for part of the way and late morning is one of the times that a train comes through. I was able to keep pace with the train as it trundled east through the suburbs into Minneapolis and even gain a little time on it. My reward ( Read more... )