Archive for August, 2009

Swimwear for Deer Hunters

Monday, August 31st, 2009

My boys in their natural habitat.

Buried in dirt.

Finding dead things.

Soaking up the sun.

And I got to see my husband in his sexy orange swim trunks again.
Who makes orange swimwear for men?
Who does this?
And why?
Why would they do this?
Is it swimwear with a built in warning?
Is it swimwear to increase your visibility to other swimmers?
Is it [...]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

She found the white balance controller thingy on her camera.
And all the funny little yellow people disappeared.
Or maybe she just couldn’t see them anymore due to the darkness…

Zombies and Zinnias

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My strange flashback to high school experience while reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is up at Farmhouse Library…
 
And The Flowers That Don’t Need Me, a tragedy in one act is up at Farmhouse and Garden.
Later today… Ethan’s Yellow Eye.  It is kind of like Drew’s Weird Ear… except totally different.

Mentally Ill? Or Just a Weirdo?

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Lately, as I have had comments turned off, I have been receiving a lot of truly lovely emails sharing words of encouragement, support, as well as stories from their own lives that relate to what I have been writing about recently. I treasure these letters and I will save them forever. Thank you.
On [...]

Canning Tomatoes with Sarah

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

On Saturday, my friend Sarah came over to teach me and a few friends how to can tomatoes.
Sarah not only grows a huge garden and freezes and cans much of it every summer, she also raises two young sons, keeps her brilliant, lawyer husband in line, teaches literature classes at a nearby university and directs [...]