Posted in Daily Life, River, tagged endless work, fools, Thompson boat, wooden boat on July 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So, in these troubled economic times, we all have to tighten our belts….dig down deep and make do or do without…which is why, and it all makes perfect sense, we bought a boat.
Not just ANY boat, mind you. A classic wooden boat. It was an offer from a friend that we couldn’t refuse!
OK, that’s a [...]
Posted in Bad plants, Daily Life, tagged cottonwood, ka-boom, lightning, tree on June 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Verily, our tree was smote from above!
First off, everyone hates us this time of year because we have a HUGE cottonwood tree in the backyard. This tree was growing way before they built our house in the 1920’s but no one cares. All they see are the tufts of cottonwood seeds floating down into their [...]
Posted in Daily Life, tagged big toe, bloody hell!, hangnail on June 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Warning: NOT for the squeamish!
Chapter One:
Oh, bugger…a hangnail thingy on my big toe. I’ll just pull that tiny shard off, since it IS sandal weather and that flap doesn’t look too good…
Chapter Two:
AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ripped the whole thing clean off…
Posted in Daily Life, Library, tagged recorder, three blind mice, Hell, Aaaag! on May 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been making the rounds of the local elementary schools, talking up the summer reading club.
On one school visit, I passed a classroom where a teacher was bellowing out, “A, G, F….!” repeatedly as her class of 23 grade schoolers were all blowing unmusically on recorders. All I could think of was, “What horrible thing [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Random, tagged camp songs, folklore, greasy gopher guts on May 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
No, no…not a post about colds, I assure you. Instead, I found this great book called Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts: The Subversive Folklore of Childhood by J. Sherman and T. Weisskopf.
How can you resisit a title like that?! They complied lists of all the chants and songs we used when we were kids. The memories [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Random, tagged pass me the Kleenex, passion flower, camera, pollination on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Photo by Phantom Midge
Yes, I haven’t been posting lately. My luck has run out and I have managed to catch the creeping crud that has been running rampant throughout the population. Must have zigged when I should have zagged!
But, I did play around with the splendiferous camera that my husband gave me this past Christmas…see [...]
Posted in Bird, Daily Life, Insect, Library, tagged Library, Insect, Bird, cicada, books, travel, sandhill crane, zion, north rim, louvre, seychelles, life list on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So…what’s up with this recent trend in “before you die” literature?! (Let’s call them BYD books).
I see these books at the front of bookstores, mentioned in magazine articles and, most recently, featured in the new books section of my library. January’s issue of the Smithsonian has an article talking about all of this. Can we [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Library, tagged librarian, Library, training on January 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
(This bizarre and totally irrelevant image brought to you courtesy of www.fromoldbooks.org I’m guessing they send you a box to stand on
I feel a bit stunted. I’ve been going through librarian basic training this week (”Enter those books, maggot!” 
so I have been neglecting the blog. In fact, I am really too tired to [...]
Posted in Daily Life, tagged snarky, office, good riddance on January 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ugh! The next-to-last day at the old job today. Pretty much uncomfortable for everyone…well, mostly me. They are making it damn easy to leave.
I didn’t want a going away party but some coworkers wanted to have a lunch so I agreed (hey, free food, I mean, heck yeah). And I certainly did not expect anything, [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Mammal, River, tagged fish, invasive species, koi, nature, opossum, wildlife rehabilitation on January 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Took a trip to one of my favorite places: The 577 Foundation
Usually, this is something that just the dog and I do every weekend (girl time!), but we were happy to have Greg along with us this time. The dog is bonkers about the geodesic biodome there (maybe all the rich, oxygenated air?), so we went in [...]
