I kind of wish I knew how to make martinis now.
Okay, so, there are many lonely jobs. Being a coroner can be lonely. Working the nightshift as a janitor is no doubt dull and depressing. The worst part about being lonely at my job is that I’m never technically alone. It’s not so bad [...]

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Took this picture last year at the Science and Industry museum. Visiting museums happens to be on my list of summer things to do. Actually, my summer list is too long. Things are so breakneck all fall and winter. I look forward to summer and some easy days under the sprinkler, at the beach, [...]

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We went to the center for green technology today. I went beserk with the camera. Everything was so interesting. My friend said, “I didn’t even notice you taking all of those pictures.” While she was paying attention to our tour guide, I was taking photos. I think I learn with my eyes. I did listen [...]

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I guess kids are just cute. Look at them here. This is the day Fi came back from camp, resplendent with so many bug bites on her legs that it looked like a pox. She had mosquito netting over her cott and some herbal bug cream. Next time we may just spring for the deet. [...]

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Last night, there was creepy fog and lightning bugs abound! I had to take pictures. The fog distorted all of the shadows in very odd ways.
Today is a day of pith. I have things to note such as; my wildflower book and I have decided that there is poison hemlock in my alley. That’s [...]

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A bloke and his da.
I gave my dads (5, if you are counting in-laws and step in-laws) these scarves that you soak in water and they cool off your neck. Partly, this was because they fit in a flat envelope and could be shipped easily, but also because my 5 fathers are active sorts. One [...]

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Saving wildlife just got a whole lot more PC and complicated. When I was a lass, wearing my suede jacket with tassles, loping through the woods, looking for treasures (we found some because we lived on what had been a dump in the 1800’s) I found all sorts of wildlife that had been injured. I [...]

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We’ve been cooped up at home sick, and I had these two spare lollipops laying around, so I thought, what the heck? See, for the past 6 or 7 months we’ve been trying to improve our health and our outlook on life (not to mention our spazzy, hyper behaviour) through our diets. The first thing [...]

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Homeschooled teen artist Alice browses through her sketchbook. Her work was on the cover of issue #2 of Home Zine. She’s a cool kid.
Speaking of teens and such, there is a girl who was in my homeschool group who is now at her second year of college. She came to our last support meeting by [...]

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Finally, after 11 years of marriage, I bought a field guide to wildflowers. Well, first we went out to eat at New Rebozo, where the food is gourmet, and the owner likes to say “Omigod!” a lot as part of his schtick. But you can’t beat pumpkin seed mole or margaritas. Then, we walked hand [...]

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