Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
If you haven’t heard, there was an earthquake. It wasn’t my first earthquake, but it was my first in Missouri. The quake happened at 4:37 a.m. Friday. Sadly, for me, I was just going to bed. (I’d been working on a blog post, actually.) The first confirmation that it was an earthquake (because I always… Continue reading I felt the earth move under my feet*
I was bribed into going to Jamesport with my mother over the weekend. Bribed with a gooseberry pie. Evidently the gooseberry is not well known. It’s a fruit — small, round, about the size of a marble, the color of a white grape and tart. Eating raw gooseberries is kind of like eating raw lemons… Continue reading Gooseberry bribery usually works
As previously mentioned, I’ve made the trip to north-central Missouri with my mother so she, my aunt and my uncle can start going through my grandmother’s house. After checking in to a hotel, Mom and I found this sign in an ice bucket with a few small towels: PLEASE NOTE In an effort to keep… Continue reading Don’t use ‘fancy’ towels to clean your gun
I finally found a name (and domain) that I like for this blog! Woo-hoo! Kerning, for those unfamiliar, is what you do to adjust space between letters, pushing them closer together or farther apart. I owe Mark Dodge Medlin a drink or three for rescuing it after its database was (accidentally) deleted. Thanks, Mark! I’ve… Continue reading The blog has a name!
Clearly, this blog is having problems. I did something I shouldn’t have, and haven’t figured out exactly what that was yet. So the blog is back up, but the 22 or 23 posts that were here? Might be gone. Much sadness.