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…