Although I was allegedly successful a while back in my search for a decent house painter — allegedly because the guy is supposed to show up some time before my birthday, and that day is fast approaching — my work has only just begun. These home repair projects have a way of snowballing.
I’m currently barreling [...]
Archive for June, 2006
this old house
Posted in Uncategorized on 28 June 2006 | Leave a Comment »
but nobody ever does anything about it
Posted in Uncategorized on 18 June 2006 | Leave a Comment »
… and in go the window fans.
It’s cursedly hot now, thanks to all the fervent prayers of rain-haters over the last couple of weeks. Is anyone else annoyed by the de rigeur whining about the weather that goes on?
Waaah, it’s raining. Everyone hates the rain, right? Wrong. So happens I love the rain and fog [...]
Undertow, underfoot
Posted in Uncategorized on 10 June 2006 | Leave a Comment »
My best friend and her wife are coming to visit tonight — they were supposed to go to the Sox game tonight, but the monsoons are getting in the way of that. So they will be here in time for dinner, instead of at one in the morning as planned, which is good for people [...]
cat scratch fever
Posted in Uncategorized on 7 June 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I came home the other day and scooped up my awesome cat, as is my habit, and after a minute or two of contented purring, he suddenly dug right in and launched himself off my clavicle.
Hooray for bleeding!
So since it is entirely too warm for turtlenecks, I am resigned to flashing my battle wounds at [...]
I had a farm in Africa
Posted in Uncategorized on 4 June 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Getting dirt out from under one’s fingernails is less work than you might imagine, if you have the right tool. My secret weapon is a pot scrubbing brush I bought ages ago for a grill pan. Although I rarely use the grill pan, the brush has thoroughly proven its worth as both pot-cleanser and me-scrubber.
And [...]
sensory swoon
Posted in Uncategorized on 1 June 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Somebody asked me tonight what my favorite painting is. I was both embarrassed and perturbed to find that have no idea.
Perhaps I am just not the kind of person who has a favorite painting. I do not know.
I like a lot of paintings; some of them are famous and in museums. Some of them are [...]
