on Pam’s previous post: I’m sure that kind of argument draws cheers from the partisan faithful. But to my ears it sounded patronizing. Of course, one of the chief conceits of centralized economic planning is that the planners know better than everybody else. But there’s a much deeper problem than whether I am personally irked [...]

This is an old house and the three exterior doors are original equipment and very religious. Steel rusts and wood rots, especially in this climate. They’ve been on ‘the list’ for awhile, but it’s a long list. Hubby -we’ll call him Mike because that’s his name- spoke with a friend -we’ll call him Larry- who [...]

I’ve been working at The Rock, conveniently located in my front yard. When the world was new all this was lovely. The rocks were clean -which makes a huge difference!- the plants young and vibrant… and of course there was a damn sight more of both. The plants… well, some were stepped on enough by [...]

Mr. C boasts the brawn and I control the money, so when a job arises that requires filthy lucre we drive off to wherever I must spread the stuff. Asked if it was fun to spend other peoples money, he said ‘not really’. I would think the opposite, but some people just aren’t much for [...]

Mr C showed up at my door this morning holding a strange looking fruit, ostensibly wanting to show me what it looked like because he’d planted one of the trees right outside my kitchen window. Oh, and there are suddenly, miraculously, two new pineapple plants in the ‘garden’ area. Must be dirt elves. Of course, [...]