She had just had kittens when I met her. She was skinny as a rail, protective of the babies, loving to people ( Read more... )

The theme of the past year has been: Work ( Read more... )

Originally posted by gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream media ( Read more... )

So many people I know are in transition right now, and I've been having excellent conversations lately ( Read more... )

Yesterday, a boy in early elementary school came by work and noticed the signs with our new hours on them. "So you're open longer now. But not weekends. So... it's fewer hours, right? And people will work one day less ( Read more... )

First of all, if you know a Freezer Burriter song, please let me know. Because it just begs to be sung ( Read more... )

Lying in bed with a terrible cold. Restless. The clock blinks 2:07 am ( Read more... )

Remember those stories you used to read - or tell around the campfire - as a kid? The one about the woman with a black velvet choker, for example, whose head fell off when it was untied. Or how this nice boy walked a girl home... but when she went to return his sweater, his parents told her he'd died in a car crash the day before ( Read more... )

Overall, eating on the meal plan has been fun. Lots of crunchy and sweet things have appeared that I otherwise wouldn't bother myself to fix or bring along with me ( Read more... )

The white chilli last night was a flop. I accidentally made it too spicy for me, and had to eat lots of guacamole with corn chips (which were NOT on the plan) to keep it bearable. I also added chicken to it; I had meat left from the roast bird earlier in the week, and was short on protein for the day to begin with. It was decent enough to eat ( ( Read more... )