I was going to make a post about my lovely weekend (we had a weekend, it was lovely, my beloved Emily was here, there was a wonderful bugler and a horrible choir of bagpipes in the cemetery, and we had friends in for bubble tea and several hours of karaoke on Sunday, because that’s how [...]
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About two weeks ago, our vacuum broke. For most people, this is probably not all that big of a deal, but here’s the thing: we have seven cats. So I figured that I’d do what I do for most appliances and buy a new one on Craigslist, but after half a dozen failed attempts, it [...] A week or two back, someone on Metafilter asked what people’s power ingredients were–what do you add to your cooking that makes it amazing? My answer, obviously, was caramelized onions, which I will eat on pretty much anything, including a spoon. I also explained how to caramelize onions, since it’s a sad fact of life [...] Well, I’d planned to put my plants in the ground today, but instead we got a frost advisory. Given that I’m incredibly proud of the fact that these plants have been growing for a month and very few of them have died, it seemed advisable to wait until next weekend, when things will hopefully be [...] I know, I know, it’s generally considered appropriate to make intro posts before the other posts. That said, since I expect that a grand total of two people are reading this (literally, two people: my friend Jess, who has no blog, and Livia, who has a blog that ought to be updated more often) I [...] Some people, for Mother’s Day, do things like go out to breakfast. Maybe they go to church for a special blessing of some kind, or they–god forbid–sleep in. Not so much, around here. My Mother’s Day morning found me sleeping on the floor at my mother-in-law’s house. (This is less strange than it seems, as [...] So far, the plant mortality rate around here is zero, which is pretty damn impressive. Our yard is also covered with the flowers you see in the picture above. I think that they’re forget-me-nots, though I’d always thought that forget-me-nots were blue. There are definitely blue flowers here, but some of them are purple, and [...] Oh, internet. The most amazing thing has happened! A few days ago, my garden looked like this: You may be wondering why some of my little biodegradable plant starter things (technical term, obviously) are in a box, and…actually, I’m sort of wondering that too. I’m sure that I had a really excellent reason when I [...] |
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The Diamond Castle
First, I apologize for underestimating my readership in a previous post. I do not have two readers; I have four. This is, understandably, a source of great excitement, which sounds like it’s sarcastic but is actually sincere. Hi! Second, today I was going to post about something interesting, or important, or at least funny, but [...]