I recently swapped the upholstered chair in my den for two wicker(ish) chairs and I like them much better. One is pictured above. The bear is the one my Dad got me for Valentine’s day. His name is Bear because I am nothing if not original. Not evident in this photo are the horse-sized dust [...]
I’ve written about the powerful side effects of Tylenol’s various liquid cold medicines before, and I realize that it would be somewhat difficult to definitively prove that the medicine is responsible for my weird dreams and whatnot, but there simply is nothing else in my environment to account for the fact that since I took [...]
…but it’s going to be difficult. “A Botetourt County sheriff’s deputy accused of causing a scare by barging into the bedroom of a 10-year-old girl in the middle of the night now faces an investigation by the Virginia State Police. Commonwealth’s Attorney Joel Branscom said Monday he asked state police to investigate the incident, which [...]
I’m back on track with the whole reading thing and might actually make it to 50 books this year.* Thus far, I’ve read 14. Just in case you were curious. *Famous last words of course.
I woke up this morning with this cold (that I cannot seem to shake) sitting on my chest making it difficult to get up but also denying me any further sleep. After I wrestled the cold monster to the ground, I got up, endured Figaro’s plaintive wails about his (false) state of near starvation, showered, [...]
Not what you think. Get your mind out of the gutter. I sent a friend the story about Wimbledon tennis balls being used as mouse homes “to encourage breeding in existing mouse strongholds” and received the following stream-of-consciousness reply, which I have reproduced here with his permission: Mouse strongholds… Mouse strongholds. Strongholds of the Harvest [...]
And I just burst into tears over a commercial. Hi, Jane.Â