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Category: <span>Homelife</span>

Category: Homelife

My Sick Season

I’m getting very, very tired of being ill.  I can hardly remember a period of such prolonged blechitude in my life.  It’s been months since I could say I was 100% chipper, and that ain’t right. Alas, it’s so bad at the moment that I might actually have to cancel …

Catkin Clouds

I like Charleston. I really do. But I’m finding I don’t like the catkins around here. Heck, I didn’t even know what catkins were until recently. Pictured at left, they’re the male part of the pollenation process of oak trees (apparently),  though I know them only as the clouds of …

Still More Nesting

After all of our work moving rooms around in preparation for Child 2.0’s arrival, we’ve now set ourselves upon an attic and closet purge. It’s good to do this now and then, as one can all too easily turn into a packrat forever hauling around stuff that will never be …

Five Good Things

I’ve been kinda sorta busy of late (what’s new?), but I thought I’d pop up here to report five items of good news. 1. My mother underwent a successful surgery last week.  All else pales beside this good news, but I did promise five items… 2. I’ve been reappointed for …