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Hmm, do I want the less expensive item or the free shipping?

Things I PonderOctober 9, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I've practically given up. I feel the world of product pricing is all over the place, and I don't know what to do, or how much attention I can or should give the subject. I'm an Amazon gal. Prime, to be specific. Just am. Not that I love Jeff and his criminal-feeling --and certainly low-calibre humanity--acts…

A forgotten memory

MemoriesOctober 6, 2022997Views 0Likes 0Comments

I have a strong memory of the bong I had in high school. It was about 16-18 inches high, cobalt blue, plastic, and it stunk horribly--and interminably--from my attempts to clean it with everyday soap and cleaning chemicals. (How little I knew then and how much I know now.) I have absolutely no memory, at this…

Car wash

SynchronicitiesOctober 5, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Swear. Truth. This happened. *** Errands are not my favorite thing to do, but when I do them, I'm prepared. Or at least intend to be. In a best-case scenario, I've got a plan of places to go and the order in which I'm going to run my errands, I've got my lists. And I've got all…

Um, who pays for this?

Things I PonderSeptember 30, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

A homeowner may get their home rebuilt by insurance ... and their things--oh, their many things--replaced. But who pays for the road to their home be rebuilt? The traffic signs to be fixed? The debris to be hauled--(22 Empire State Buildings' worth, so I've read--and to where? Who pays for all this? At what cost…

This!

NatureSeptember 30, 2022964Views 0Likes 0Comments

An evening walk around #LakeElkhorn, spinning my fire staff as I did (working on my chi roll), listening to classical guitar ... and this--THIS!--was my backdrop.

Doing what we do

Little BitsSeptember 28, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Over at a friend's house the other day, she made a few fussy sounds when her Walmart order arrived and she hadn't received the particular candy corn she'd requested. "What's the big deal?" I asked. Upon which she explained the candy corn were just too darn sweet (she has a point there) and that she…

Packing for Constellation, a Burning Man regional

Burning Man, Tips for an Orderly LifeSeptember 28, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

As I am wont to do, after camping and various other trips, I take some packing notes. What worked well? What would I do differently? What are some specific variables and conditions to consider for this type of trip, or that type of event? When I first attended Constellation Burn in the ever-so-lovely mountains outside of…

The city version

Little BitsSeptember 27, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I have a Solo Stove, and since starting to look into getting one, I've watched the market try to gobble up more space in the "easy, safe fire" solution category. Many an imitator. (And, heck, for all I know, Solo Stove riffed off of someone else's invention, so maybe they are the imitator.) …

Forgotten territories?

Things I PonderSeptember 26, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

The first time I heard of / learned of Puerto Rico's financial difficulties was one time when Lin-Manuel Miranda slammed a plea for PR debt forgiveness into an interview. He mentioned some obscure "little" IRS law (Section 936 of the Internal Revenue Code) that changed PR's financial outlook dramatically and perhaps irreversibly. Interesting, I thought, though…

These are a few of my favorite things

Tips for an Orderly LifeSeptember 21, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I have a bench. I have a view. I have quiet. I have the blessings of space and a mind that wishes to be explored as I write, write, write. And I have -- as I noticed when I took this photo -- a few of my favorite things. A writing pad. A bright-colored Energel pen. A…

Wrapping up

NatureSeptember 16, 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

'Tis the season of late summer. Of early fall harvests. The time when many a plant give their last hurrah, their fruit, their seeds. I can talk a good game about gardening, though truth be told, it's my 82-and-change mom who is the brains and primary caretaker of the garden. I mostly provide additional muscle and…

Blue fungus

NatureSeptember 11, 2022937Views 0Likes 0Comments

At a neighborhood barbecue recently, I wanted to prepare the Solo Stove for the night-time "mini bonfire" ahead. I started gathering some kindling and smaller wood from a nearby woodpile when my eyes spotted something that made me go, "Huh? What's that?" I saw blue coming out the ends of a dried and long-dead piece of…