Have I ever mentioned how much I love catapults (trebuchets)? I LOOOOOOOOOOVE them and wish I had one. Full size. I’m serious. I’d settle for a tabletop one but a full size one would be outstanding. Unfortunately, I don’t really have room where I live. It would distress the neighbors and be a real property [...]
The death of my grandmother this month marked the end of an era for me. I have had the great fortune to have known all of my grandparents quite well and for a respectably long time considering the age differences. My maternal grandfather died when I was in high school, my paternal grandparents when I [...]
You heard me. I ended up spending the entire Christmas day with friends and they were very good to me. I knew they would be because, for reasons that I don’t understand, they really like me. Also? They tolerated my weirdness without any seeming discomfort. Perhaps that’s because they’re all keeeeeeeerazy themselves. We ate too [...]
If you are not familiar with Arthur Ganson’s kinetic sculptures wonderful machines, get thee to his website pronto. After seeing him featured on NOVA ScienceNOW, I did some research and ended up buying his DVD for a friend for Christmas. Let me just say that the second we popped it in the DVD player, we [...]
I am back home now being ignored by my cats (who are secreted delighted to see me). It has been a long week. I don’t know what good grieving looks like so I will have to tell myself that my occasional tearful episodes are okay. I understand the mechanics of death and I know that [...]
There used to be a swing in this tree (the one on the right). I probably spent thousands of hours on it … but not in the winter.
One of my Grandmother’s favorite hymns is Unclouded Day. It is an old hymn not often found in newer hymnals. As often happens in the winter, we had to schedule the funeral around the weather, and while it was just too cold to hold the service graveside, it was lovely to sit in the sanctuary [...]