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February 2009

Choosing Fruit Trees

For An Urban LotThis is my Quince tree.  I planted it too late last year for it to form branching.  It survived, however, and has... Read more »

Where Are My Coconut Phones?

So what the hell are you all trying to do to me?  Shit@#%#T@  So now I'm sucked in to watching "Lost" and I can't... Read more »

The Longest Thursday

I have read so many blogs today that my eyes are bleary, my head is spinning with unsolicited advice to strangers who might have... Read more »

Self Discipline In The Details

Last night I went to sleep hoping for snow.  And just as soon as I was wrapped up in Margaret staving off the strike... Read more »

My Third Arm

Some of you may be aware that I've had a running intention to work on my quilt.  The quilt top that is ready to be... Read more »

Happy Little Accidents

I'm inclined to believe that much of human progress is more about happy little accidents of nature than about humankind's intellectual prowess.  Clever we... Read more »

Runway To Real Life

When body size isn't dictating what black sack-like outfit I'm wearing, I am fairly fearless when choosing clothes to wear.  I look at life as... Read more »

Child Psychologist Assessment

So I had this really long and well thought out post that I was almost finished with which discussed at great length the visit we... Read more »

Headbands Are A "Gateway" Style

I love fashion.  I have always had two great loves in my life which have ruled my entire spinning universe:  the things people say (words)... Read more »

Raise Hens Instead Of Children!

Everything is so wonky right now.  Our phone was out for over 24 hours.  Because we hadn't paid for it in a while.  We... Read more »

How To Avoid Playdate Bloodshed

I have wished many times in my 8 years as a mother that there was some guide for how to get together with other... Read more »

Melons And Bandaids

It comes at me like a flush of blood in my head, like a rush of energy pulsing quickly through its paces; something I... Read more »

Rising For The First Time

Origin is the gritty mud from which our light rises for the first time.  It is the place we begin to keep track of... Read more »

Come To The Inn Of No Sleep

Have I mentioned lately how much I loathe the smell of my own perspiration?  I stink right now because I slept in and the... Read more »

The Things I Cannot Disclose Are Many

Next Friday is Max's assessment with a phychologist- the best in the county for children- and it's going to cost us $195.  It turns... Read more »

Home Canned Versus Store Bought

Is it cost effective to can your own tomatoes? In the last week I have been doing some field research to try to answer the... Read more »

Writing Room Cleanup

Remember how I was going to start the new year with a clean writing/sewing room?  I contemplated lying to you and saying that I did... Read more »

Mostly In The Kitchen

This is one of my favorite kitchen utensils: an old wooden spoon that Philip may have found somewhere or- I don't really know how I... Read more »

Secret Life Of A Prude

You can not open me up so easily.  You cannot come closer than three feet without risking your limbs and your eyes.  I have... Read more »

Italian Music With Mexican Food

I'm a little worried about my reader named Heather worrying about me so this one is for her:The Things That Made Me Happy Today:Winter... Read more »

Working On The Happy

I love Paris Hilton.  I know you think I hate her, but how could I hate a woman so determined to brand herself?  All... Read more »

The Twenty Year Itch

You know how they say you can never run from the past?  Well, until recently I was convinced that this wasn't true.  While so... Read more »

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