beneath the scraping and caulking…

right now kevin is working RIGHT OVER MY HEAD, caulking some of the many many many nail holes in the living room. i should be HELPING HIM RIGHT NOW. i woke up at 5 a.m. mollie jumped up in bed with me, nuzzling my right side and lying down against me. winnie then...

roof!

randy and jim are UP ON THE ROOF right now. things are hopping around here on saturday morning. i went to panera to buy them bagels, and was amazed at the huge number of people there. hordes, throngs of people. all sitting around noshing and drinking coffee. the line...

over-jealous

i just re-read the post from this morning (WHICH SEEMS LIKE ONE MILLION YEARS AGO) and noticed that i typed “over-jealously” instead of “over-zealously.” this strikes me as funny now. i wasn’t actually being overly jealous, nor not actually...

friday morning,

and the boxes are piled up high in the hallway. one of our bedrooms is now COMPLETELY EMPTY. this is amazing; we called it the “music room,” but no music has been played there for a very long time, because it was mostly just packed with guitars in cases....

twins!

i found all those missing photos late last night. after i’d downloaded them onto my computer last week, i apparently then promptly sent them to the trash. i’m not sure how i managed such a quick and retarded act, but at least i could dig them out of the trash. here’s...

sickly

it was an earthquake early friday morning, a BIG one for around here anyway. it was so big that it was the LEAD STORY on the NATIONAL NIGHTLY NEWS on friday night. maybe there weren’t any other stories out there. it was kind of funny to read accounts of the earthquake...

EARTHQUAKE!

i’ve been sitting here for about 20 minutes, it’s now 4:45 a.m. on friday morning, i’ve been up since 2:30 because i just couldn’t sleep and suddenly the house kind of shook and then it shook pretty hard and i’m pretty sure we just had an earthquake. here in ILLINOIS,...

here on a thursday morning in springfield

i’ve been sitting here in the chair in the living room, drinking chocolate hazelnut tea which doesn’t really taste like chocolate but it’s still delicious with fat free creamer, although i meant to grab the chai caramel chocolate enchantment tea WITH caffeine because...

going global…

you might recall that i’ve had a huge following in china ever since some woman there put up a photo of our vegetable garden, saying it was an example of a “sustainable garden.” hmm, i hadn’t actually thought about the huge chinese interest, in writing...

olympic torch fever!

i’ve been keeping up with the protests about the olympic torch, but haven’t had time yet today to see the furor and foment over the actual running today in san francisco, except i did read that it was lit in some secret warehouse, and that in addition to the people...

why i’ve been so busy

1. the show. which is now OVER. WHOOPEE! it’s nice to have a whole entire night to myself. tonight this involved PIZZA at AMY AND JIM’S HOUSE, and a good time was had by all. 2. going out to eat. today i realized i’ve gone out to eat SEVEN TIMES in the last FOUR DAYS....

guitars and movies

first, GO SEE “MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY.” it is my favorite movie and is the only movie i want to go see from now on. i think i’ll just keep going to it till it leaves town, and then i’ll buy it. it’s sweet and funny, good music, a delightful story,...

p.s. erin

erin, in that photo with me and brett, is a very beautiful young woman, by the way. in case you might have looked at that photo and thought DANG that girl looks scary. she could easily be a (kind of short) model, or an actress or a dancer. she got a degree in fashion...

green

suddenly the grass is green, and life is good. shadow is here visiting today. right now he’s sleeping, mollie is sleeping, and the cats are outside running around. you may recall that honey was spending time on the roof; now winnie has braved the ladder and kevin...