Category Archives: Musings

When people come over in the summer and see the two Mr. Coffee pots on the woodstove, each holding a fish, there’s invariably a crack about our dinner plans or sadism.   For the record: we never fired up the … Continue reading →

It’s sad, but it’s true: I have a head that’s shaped like a bowling ball. Or a pumpkin. Bowlingball Medusa. Bowling Ball Silkworm. Bowling Ball in a Fancy-tied scarf. Bowling Ball in a Stetson. Don’t pity me. I might konk … Continue reading →

Tuesday evening, it started to rain, and I knew we had one of the windows off the yurt, so I thought I’d pop up and unroll the flap so it wouldn’t get wet inside. This is the stupid part: I … Continue reading →

Religious tracts (papers or pamphlets) seem to have sort of disappeared in the last few decades. I used to find them in telephone booths . . . so maybe they dried up with the advent of cell phones . . … Continue reading →

I saw a bumper sticker once here in town that read: “I bet Jesus would use his turn signal.” That’s one I would stick on my car, next to “Knit Happens” and “Make Gloves, Not War.” The “In the event … Continue reading →

This morning, like every morning for the past two weeks, I got up, fed the animals, and shoveled a mule full of alpaca and goat pooty and spent hay and old straw, drove it up to the site of my … Continue reading →

Over pho the other night, Michael and I were discussing the project (actually, neither of us had pho–we went to what used to be Kim Do Pho and is now Le’s Teriyaki, and Michael opted for spring rolls and egg … Continue reading →

Crosswalk has a “Squares that Care” project they’re starting Saturday the 14th (at 10am, if you’re local and interested in attending). Their goal is to “crochet together two blankets to provide as Christmas presents for homeless Rogers High students this … Continue reading →

I’m starting a list of movies (I’m not against also including books, but I was starting with movies) whose theme is redemption — and I’m asking you to play along on the home game. You can add via the “comments” … Continue reading →

We’re having mandatory family fun night, watching Juno. Most of the time, MFFN involves playing cards or a board game. I’m probably going to include some spoilers in this discussion, so if you’re the kind of person, like me, who … Continue reading →