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Saturday mosaic

The boys are checking out tractors. Three generations of men with long eyelashes scoping out farm machinery, their fingers nestled into warm jacket pockets, the air still stupefying cold. It’s nearly April, and the mercury can’t make it up above forty for more than an hour in late afternoon. Just long enough to get the [...]

Free will astrology

I picked up the local free paper this morning, after twirling around the house putting what appears to be an endless collection of toys and cups and socks back into their places, and found this (by Bob Brezsny): AQUARIUS: The composer Stravinsky had written a new piece with a difficult violin passage,” writes Thomas powers, [...]

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Can't sleep

The inability to sleep (wtf? When did that start being one of my problems?) combined with perpetual snow has me rather glum. The only good thing? Tomorrow is Friday.

Glimpses from Sunday ::

We sip pink homemade smoothies with striped bendy straws. Bean grins up at me. We clink our glasses together. “Cheers,” he says. Against the window, white snow falling sideways. A jar of golden honey on the counter. I’ve been curled into the corner nook on the couch all day with my laptop. Achy: pms and [...]

Sundown

Took my camera with me to the waterfront with the boys for a walk. Got the skunk scent out of my cat with a natural enzyme spray: no tomato baths necessary! Woke up today with a splitting headache. Now I have a fever. I can thank the kiddos at work for this one. I am [...]

My cat got sprayed by a skunk.

Help. She smells awful and is currently spending the night in the garage with a bunch of old towels (sprinkled with catnip to sweeten the deal) until I have the time to figure out what the hell to do with her. How do you wash a cat in tomato juice?? Any and all suggestions welcome.