You have to understand, it never snows here in November, but it's sticking everywhere. I just took Hetty out for a walk, since this is her first snowfall, and she was hilarious--chasing the flurries around and around and biting at them. Peri was nearly as excited (though less bitey *g ( Read more... )

Well, a happy Thanksgiving was had by the Walbergs. We traveled the vast distance of 1/4 mile to my cousin's house, and had a nice relaxed dinner with lots of conversation. This is the cousin who's the son of the uncle I wrote about in my last entry, but he's a genuinely good guy, with a nice wife and great kids. The youngest one, his daughter ( Read more... )

First off, I want to thank all the amazing women on my flist, who shared their stories and beliefs with me in response to my last entry. I'm just speechless with admiration for you all--what you've been through and survived with such strength and wisdom. I'm going to reply to your comments individually very soon. Right now I guess I'm processing ( Read more... )

I've decided I must be a woman of mystery, since only em_meredith chose to play The Stalker Game with me. However, she has gained Stalker Extraordinaire status with a score of 85. Well done, Em! However, I'm not taking Robyn Hitchcock to a desert island with me. By the time I was rescued, I'd be insane(r) and have lost the last of my ability to make ( Read more... )

( Because some of you have asked, here's my address information (plus The Stalker Meme and a little bit of rambling): )

A couple months ago I posted a poll asking for names and address, so that I could update my book. Now, my goal this year is to send out cards to everyone in my address book, so if you've given me your address, you should expect a card (unless I end up being a total loser, but that's another story). If you filled out the earlier poll, you're fine ( Read more... )

Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence
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My dear and talented friend namastenancy had kindly offered to create a picture for Miss Peri's new room. That picture arrived in the mail today and I'm just blown away. It's a gorgeous colored drawing in the Pre-Raphaelite style, and to tell the truth I'm going to be hard pressed to give it to the kid. Just joking.*g* Thank you, Nancy, from the bottom of ( Read more... )

I thought this was interesting. Even though I come from the coastal north, I don't sound like, say, a Californian. And yes, I do call soda "pop."

( the accent meme )

You know how you can type three words of an entry, go away to do something else and have LJ nag you about whether you want to use those three words as your entry? That's right, the autosave feature ( Read more... )