Friday June 30, 2006
The Independence Day weekend celebration has begun (well, yeah, of course I’m going to work, but why wait till the last minute?), so I want to offer you an American Hero. You doubtless have your own heroes that you like […]
Thursday June 29, 2006
I woke up quite suddenly at 3:30 this morning worrying about #2 daughter’s Independence Day weekend. #1 daughter is all by herself on the other side of the country while her husband is on a submarine, but I have given […]
Wednesday June 28, 2006
I was thinking yesterday not so much of miscommunication, exactly, as of ambiguity. A customer called to ask for posters on DNA and evolution. It struck me that “a poster showing the process of evolution” was a tall order, but […]
Tuesday June 27, 2006
I got to the gym yesterday after having been off all last week with appointments and illness. It was good to be back, but today I will work in the garden instead of going to cardiopump class. As you see, […]
Monday June 26, 2006
My goal to spend yesterday resting was almost entirely successful. I did get in some hemming. Here’s my finished “wearable muslin.” I know that some of you would not use the word “wearable” to describe anything this flowery, but I […]
Sunday June 25, 2006
No one went with me to the farmer’s market before work, so I was efficient about it. The French bakery didn’t have a stall yesterday, but I got #2 son’s favorite sourdough bread from the American baker. While I was […]
Friday June 23, 2006
Thank you all for your kind words and wishes. I am feeling a bit better, sitting up and taking nourishment and all. However, I have been stricken with sewing paralysis. It is actually a moot paralysis (perhaps that could be […]
Thursday June 22, 2006
I came over faint at work yesterday. My fingers went icy and numb, I broke out in a cold sweat, I had sudden nausea and dizziness, my face was — as That Man informed me — ashen. Quite embarrassing, really. […]
Wednesday June 21, 2006
The Summer Reading Challenge continues. I have finished the Yellow Rose mysteries (or, at least, all the ones Booksfree sent me), and am moving on to Jane Austen in Boca. Meanwhile, #2 son is reading — or is supposed […]