It appears 2007 will be ushered in with the gentle patter of a steady rain. It taps against the windows and slate roof tiles, lulling me to bed before the clock rolls around to a new year.
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Monthly Archives: December 2006
With a whimper
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
The last day of 2006 finds me drinking hot tea to treat what appears to be a cold. Sigh.
Hillbilly
Saturday, December 30th, 2006
When I started up this site and named it, I did so on a whim and a bit of a challenge from Trasherati who also provided me with the most interesting work of nonfiction I’ve read in some time: Appalachia: A History, by John Alexander Williams. I read this book over Christmas, scarcely stopping to [...]
Back in black
Saturday, December 30th, 2006
Hugo‘s back for the holiday weekend. It’s been generally less stressful overall with only occasional hissing and ill-advised rushing about in ways that agitate the elder cats. There was also an odd incident earlier this afternoon with a round straw rug that suddenly developed a bulge in the middle and started moving about the den [...]
Misplaced
Saturday, December 30th, 2006
While Denver seems to be experiencing enough winter for everyone, in Arlington we are experiencing spring, as if Mother Nature has set it down here and forgotten about it while concentrating on all that snow out west. If this morning’s fog is any indication, we are in for a warm and mild day, too much [...]
Bridging cultural gaps and building vocabularies
Friday, December 29th, 2006
I was informed today — and this is a direct quote — that “monkey is a negro word for poontang.” So there you go. No need to thank me.