No, Orchestra, Don't Start Up Yet...
...I haven't finished my acceptance speech! And this one is long overdue. Thank you Rambling Rebecca for thinking of me and considering...
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The Puptuals #1
For some reason, I have always called the girls "puptuals." When I decided that their antics were enough to begin a comic strip, I...
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Back Injuries Make Me Faint
As noted in a previous post (fact number four to be specific), back injuries are my Achilles Heel. Throw an injured spine in my direction a...
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Apfel Essig
And so I return from various excursions that have kept me not-digital for many days. Writing about my birthday reminded me of other "cl...
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Happy Birthday To Me
Although today is indeed my birthday, one of the best celebrations happened nine years ago in Germany. I went on an exchange program for thr...
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American Express Ad
I enjoy the American Express advertisements in magazines so much, I made my own. And for the first time, my real name will be posted. Click ...
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Portraits of The Girls
I had some snow days this past February and so we played with the girls outside (this was pre-Fauna) and in the notebook I keep, I doodled s...
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The Primer Isn't Finished?
Whenever I get started on a project, I become OCD. It must be finished the day we start it and if it doesn't I feel like a complete fai...
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"Hey Lazy Eye!"
Funny story: On the trip back from Tennessee after we moved Steph out of the dorm (where she was an R.A.) and after her graduation, we were ...
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Top Nine Items For Car Trips
When Steph and I take long car trips, certain things are needed for true success. A trip to Virginia, car rides back and forth from Tennesse...
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Gundi Bear and Humphrey Fun Fact #5
It's that time again. It's been too long since these two delved into factland to pull out a good one...so today, it's boogers! F...
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Tax Warrant
As I'm watching The New Adventures of Old Christine on CBS, or as Steph calls it, The New Adventures of Old Me (because I'm a socia...
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The Clog Blog - Revisited
Since it's summer and we all like to sit back and relax, I was thinking "hmm...I've had more readers lately and I think they mi...
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"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
I have read a couple of Orpah's Book Club choices, not because it's a fad I like to dive into, but because some interesting voices i...
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"Body Surfing" by Anita Shreve
Anita Shreve had me captivated in Africa in "The Last Time They Met" and bored to tears through the slowness of a period-piece in...
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The Pond's Scum
The man we bought our house from was a masonry contractor. I wrote him a letter that he never received, but placed it visibly online . This ...
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