Jan 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
do you have plenty of provisions? supplies? shovels, groceries and alcohol? last night on the news the store owners said people were mostly stocking up on shovels, groceries and alcohol. let the horrible winter storm begin! here was the story on NPR:...
Jan 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
yesterday, we were fortunate enough to have numie and noodle over for a visit. they are always STARVING TO DEATH, plus full of energy, so i decided to try giving each of them an orange ball. we have two because we bought one for them, but one of them, maybe numie or...
Jan 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
gee, what a snappy title, too bad i never got a job as a title writer. just trips off the tongue, doesn’t it? last thursday night, the moon was hanging over the horizon, huge and orange and beautiful. it’s always impossible to do it justice; i don’t...
Jan 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
when i got up this morning the swans were circling down by the dock. i put the popcorn into the microwave, as amy sent me a text – DON’T FEED THE SWANS FOR A WHILE, I JUST FED THEM. i stopped the microwave. she can’t find out how much you are...
Jan 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
When i got up this morning, amy was down at the dock feeding the swans. “they don’t like pumpernickel,” she announced when she came up to the house. then, “i’m gonna look up online what they like to eat,” she said, which was a...
Jan 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
ever since i watched a documentary about harry potter and the weasley twins were talking about how their hair “isn’t really ginger,” and by that they mean RED, i always think about ginger instead of red. hermoine’s cat is ginger; i wonder what...
Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
i realize this is a lot of photos of swans, but i can’t help it. we love the swans, and when they come sailing majestically over to see us, it’s such a beautiful sight. here they are, so happy that i came down with plenty of bread. I realize i could have...
Jan 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
the snow is coming, we’re waiting for more snow. it was due in here about six this evening, then nine, now it’s supposed to show up at midnight. maybe it’ll pass us by. if it arrives, i am prepared. i won’t be going outside. i am completely...
Jan 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Sunday night we went to the 114th’s annual dinner. last year we had dinner, fine, drinks, fine, but then, BUT THEN…the most boring speaker on the face of the earth. she started droning on and on AND ON about medical stuff in the civil war; i can’t...
Jan 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
ok, before i get immersed in editing and don’t get back to this for too long, here’s the chronology of kevin’s handiwork in the basement: first, this is what it looked like on Tuesday, January 5th: And here it is the very next day: and then, TA DA! ...
Jan 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
it feels like we’re slowly crawling along here in january, and that spring is so far away that you can’t even begin to see it. the lake is frozen hard now, and the temps continue to be ridiculously cold. i keep taking pictures outside, though, but now...
Jan 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
this is what happens when i get a cold: sore throat. runny nose. more and more runny nose. slight cough. HORRIBLE COUGH THAT LASTS FOREVER AND THEN TURNS INTO BRONCHITIS, which if left unchecked would also last til the end of time and i’d be drained of all...
Jan 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
which makes me feel that there is no earthly reason for going outside at all. i did feed the birds, doling out extra food so i won’t have to go out again more than once, maybe not even that. the snow is back. it is ridiculously cold. why, again, do we live...
Jan 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
mom and i were on our way to the hoogland for a lecture by richard haglund, who is doing a four-part series about the history of music. i decided to take west lake drive to stevenson drive, and i was zipping along over the 1-55 bridge and we were chatting and then OH...
Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
i wanted to sit around outside all day. by morning, all the lousy snow had melted. i sat down at the dock and enjoyed the weather. mollie was right there with me. i wish you could have been there too, to feel how great it felt to be outside. i tried to capture it for...
Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
i feel hungover from staying up so late. IT WASN’T THAT LATE. we got to bed before 12:30, and i slept…and slept…and slept. but i feel so tired today, and i’ve been trying to get photos to put up here – yesterday i thought i was done...
