Monthly Archives: November 2011

Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul,         Like a weaned child with his mother;          Like a weaned child is my soul within me.                                                     Psalm 131:2. It has taken awhile. Usually, in the fall, I am filled witha sense of … Continue reading →

…and still pretty wiped out.  I had two different meetings today, and now want to nap.

 It is vitally important not to try to watch the Colbert Report while drinking milk.  Oww.

… and you know who you are. “[Geocachers] use multimillion dollar military equipment to find Tupperware hidden in the woods.“*Ken Jennings, during a talk abut his new book Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks.*Just to be clear, … Continue reading →

“Silent Night” is a simple song.  That’s what makes it so very moving: simple does not mean empty or shallow.  It is like “What Child Is This?,” beautfiul and simple but not plain. That simplicity may be why so many … Continue reading →

I am really trying to post every day, whether or not I think I have anything to say.  Writing something is the beginning to writing something worth reading, and this is the forum I am most comfortable writing in.  What … Continue reading →

A list of fifty things I give thanks for, in varying levels of importance: For my household. The boys, The Rocket Scientist and the Resident Shrink. For my mom and my siblings. For my friends. For continued employment for my … Continue reading →

I am currently under orders from my doctor to rest, having been diagnosed with severe asthma, acute bronchitis and a sinus infection, all courtesy of the crud I had a couple if weeks ago.  (I should be better in a … Continue reading →

First Thanksgiving disaster: I put too much pineapple in the cranberry sauce.  It’s too sweet: almost a cranberry-pineapple preserves rather than a sauce.  Pooh. I wonder if adding Tabasco (heat) would help?

It’s Thanksgiving week.  Followed by the holidays in December.  I have too much to do. I am declaring myself on a political moratorium at least through the end of the week, both here and Facebook.  It won’t make that much … Continue reading →

I don’t rent cranes or other construction equipment, but if I did, I know for sure who I would not rent them from.  As can be seem in this photo,  U.S. Cranes, LLC is refusing to hire people as long … Continue reading →

Me: Did you know that Torani makes bacon syrup? That seems just so… wrong. The Not-So-Little-Drummer Boy: You live in the twenty-first century, Mom, If they don’t have bacon-flavored air fresheners by now, we’re not in the future.

[To Michael Morrill, in response to a Move-On.org email asking people to sign a petition calling on Congress to give up their “federally subsidized health care.”] Dear Sir: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DO NOT GET FREE HEALTH CARE.  They are entitled … Continue reading →