There’s never a good time to say goodbye to your pet, and we miss Butch very much. Baguette talks about him and Sundance and Wicket all the time, and our...
House and Home
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Last of the Wild Bunch
We said goodbye to Butch on Saturday. He had a good run — he survived Sundance, who we lost to brain lesions in February 2019, by more than a year....
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Chores
We’ve added something to our weekends. Weekdays are too tight—and too demanding—for me to ask Baguette to do daily chores. But weekends? On weekends we’ve got all day. We can...
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So Long, 2016
I wrote 14 posts this year. Sometimes I wonder if I’m still a blogger. What can I say? It’s been a hell of a year. A lot of this is...
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Cleaning Up and Cleaning Out
You know how some people have a junk drawer? For the past several years, we’ve had a junk room. That wasn’t the plan. It was supposed to be my office,...
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October 2015: Scarier Than You Think
So I’ve had pneumonia. That’s meant too may trips across town to the doctor, and lots of medication. Unfortunately it’s been hard to rest, because even with taking sick days...
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It’s a Lot All at Once
First we had ants, and caulk and Seventh Generation Granite & Stone Cleaner and a little bit of Black Flag came to the rescue. And then as soon as we...
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Anatomy of a Birthday Weekend
Or, What We Did On Our Birthday Vacation Thursday (our birthday weekends start early, by necessity) Tour a school that we might want Baguette to attend next year. Decide that...
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Ten Things About Me
I totally stole this from Nina at Sleeping Should Be Easy. As you do. So here are 10 questions for you to answer on your blog(s), should you so choose....
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What Comes To Mind
I’ve read Tuck Everlasting more than once and have no idea what happens in that book. Ditto Wide Sargasso Sea. I also don’t understand the appeal of ripped jeans as...