If you’re a library patron, then you are surely familiar with the panic that occurs when you have physical books checked out, purchased ebooks waiting to be read, and THEN your holds that have been languishing for MONTHS start becoming…
Currently, rainy edition
Listening to the continuing rain. It started Saturday afternoon, but I did manage to get some time in at my personal “swim club.” The handiwork at the top right is WM’s effort to keep Murphy and Jack (the boxer living…
Summer Friday 5: With a Capital T
and that rhymes with P and that stands for pool! Happy Friday. ‘Tis my first Summer Friday of the season and while I should be at the beach today, I’m home with a dog who knocked the birdseed out of…
Happy 11th Birthday, Ollie!
Somewhere along the way I blinked and this little baguette turned 11 and has become quite an old man. Every night at 8pm we snuggle on the sofa. He has a spot on the sofa that WM calls his “dock”…
Currently: Arborist edition
Traveling: with more ease internationally because I’ve been approved for a Global Entry card! WM and I had our interviews at Philadelphia International Airport yesterday. My “interview” was 6 minutes long, about as long as it took to confirm my…
Friday 5: Esprit
Oh, walk 10,000 steps a day! No big! Yeah, except if you have an office job. Holy moly. See, my health/fitness/weight journey follows a sine-wave pattern. Right now, I’m in the sedentary, potato-chip-filled gully. I’m trying to turn that around….
Little Women: PBS Masterpiece version
I first read Little Women in 4th grade. I read it every year for a long time, and I love it to bits and pieces. It’s the OG YA book. Have you read it? It’s available for free via Project…
Friday 5: Break of Day
Oh happy happy day! It’s Memorial Day weekend. This means two amazing things: 1) Eleven Memorial Day weekends ago, WM took a 12 hour ride from Michigan with a jeep full of stuff to move int with me at the…
Murphy: A yawn in four stages
It’s hard work being hard work.
Succulent birdbath garden
Back in April as I was chasing Murphy around the yard I tripped over something that turned out to be a birdbath buried underneath the ivy that covers the back third of our backyard. After some Pinterest researching, here’s what…
Duchess of Sussex
Countess of Dumbarton and Baroness Kilkeel. And our American girl, Meghan. Embed from Getty Images Get it, girl.
Friday 5: How About a Knuckle Sandwich?
Happy Friday! It was a busy week, and blogging got away from me. Sunday was Mother’s Day and I took Mom to the Phillies game. After an hour rain delay, the game started and was a lot of fun. And…
