Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
Curling seems to be the game of the Olympics this year. The St. Louis Curling Club is trying to get started, and will meet Saturday for two reasons: 1. To talk about curling and give newbies (um, me) a chance to ask experienced curlers all sorts of questions. 2. To watch the bronze medal curling… Continue reading Join the curling club
Easter is scary. There’s the story of a man rising from the dead. There’s the candy with beady little wax eyes. And there’s — Aw, look! It’s an adorable bunny! Wait. That’s not a fuzzy bunny. That’s a chocolate bunny! It’s just cleverly packaged to look like a real bunny. Yay for chocolate bunnies! Until… Continue reading Aw, look! It’s a bunny!
Good news: The Duchess has a new job! She’s going to be a finance director for the company she already works for. I’m not really sure what a finance director does, but I imagine it’s something like this swimming-through-money thing Scrooge McDuck does: Yay! Congratulations to the Duchess! Bad news: The Duchess is moving. To… Continue reading I have good news and bad news
I don’t remember dressing up (or being dressed up) as a Raggedy Ann doll. But it doesn’t surprise me. I do remember that wallpaper-carpet combination at my grandparent’s house. Oh my.
There’s a second D.C. snow-lapse. It’s not as marshmallowy as the first one, and more planned. More snow is expected in D.C. in the next few days. In St. Louis, there was a couple of inches last week, which really amounted to nothing (although most of the schools were closed for two days and there… Continue reading Snowmageddon, part 2