When I last posted in this space, almost three years ago, the Bearded One and I had just bought a house (and moved into it), I was halfway through a two-year master's program, and I was in my second year of a school librarian job, where I was just starting to understand what my job… Continue reading Reclaiming
We've had a hot, dry beginning to summer here in this little part of Iowa. Hot and dry enough that I've been watering all of my outdoor potted plants at least once a day. Hot and dry enough that large sections of grass in my lawn were starting to turn completely brown and crunch when… Continue reading A New Day
As I was out running the other morning, I started thinking about game shows and how frustrating they must be for a lot of the contestants. This didn't come out of nowhere, by the way. Since the pandemic started The Bearded One and I have been going through the episodes of both Wheel of Fortune… Continue reading Life is a Game Show
The Bearded One and I like to watch things--movies, tv shows. For a while during the pandemic we were mostly rewatching things like New Girl and The Office. We did watch Tiger King. And Ozark. But a lot of our tv time was spent watching things that we had watched before. I heard somewhere once… Continue reading Okay, but who did it, though?
I'm broken. Seriously--I have fractured finger. It's a weird, dumb story that I've already told approximately 3000 times, but here goes... I have some chickens. Well, my mom and I share some chickens. It works out nicely, because we live next door to each other, so we share care duties and both get fresh eggs.… Continue reading Broken
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