Tag Archives: personal blathering on

happy mother’s day

Happy Mother’s Day to all my maternal readers, starting with my own mother, who is probably reading this on her iPad. Hi, Mom! Local moms had a choice of a number of floral offerings this weekend, although the accompanying spelling … Continue reading

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a title for a book and a color for a house

A book needs a title and a house needs a color, and deciding on either is a major project.  I did both in one long weekend and it’s left the old brain a little bit numb. But it’s done. The … Continue reading

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trail rated

The dire corgi is now trail rated, with dubious results.  I am conservative in the way I bring up my young corgis– I don’t let them tackle stairs, jump on and off the furniture, or hike long distances over uneven … Continue reading

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tumblr sunday: bats

My tumblr picture file, the Coelacanth Gallery, is full of bats–not the ugly, scary mouse kind, but the big furry ones like flying foxes and these fruit bats.  (They’re African straw-colored fruit bats, according to the notes on the photograph.)  … Continue reading

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really good root beer makes you want things

Really good root beer makes you want things.  It makes you want sandals and onion rings and convertibles and sunlight after supper.  It makes you want to put on your sandals and get in the convertible at suppertime and go … Continue reading

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this just in- laptop hard drive failure puts cartoonists in bad mood

Well, this is a fine kettle of fish.  Woke up this morning to find Stinky the Stinkpad on the charger with his little fan just whirring away.  I unplugged the strangely behaving device and tried to boot up– and got … Continue reading

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what i really think. watch out.

I have been asked to share “what I really think about the new Lincoln”.  OK.  You asked for it.  Watch out. I think Lincoln is in big trouble.  This is not because it is a luxury arm of Ford, and … Continue reading

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of wine and nfl football

There’s no better excuse to spend a day in front of the TV than the NFL division playoffs, and today’s games were both good enough that I don’t feel guilty at all.  Wild Card weekend was kind of a snooze … Continue reading

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waiting for 2013

As the year winds down, I’m doing what the calendar almost requires me to do– I’m thinking about the year that’s almost past, and waiting for the year to come. For me, 2012 was the year of the Dire Corgi– … Continue reading

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the christmas car review

by popular demand …Nothing says Christmas like a 2013 Chevrolet Impala.  At least it is  a festive color, unlike the grey, silver, white and black ones left on the lot at the car rental place.  My (usually) faithful Buick, Junior, … Continue reading

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