I finally got me a table. I am so proud of myself! I have wanted one of these things for years, and finally found the right circumstances to get one.

  The bad news is, one of my favorite stores is going out of business, merging with… Read full post »

Another Sunday in Conservativeville. And I am embarking on another step on my journey back to life.

My garden is tootling right along. The potatoes are blooming. All but 8 of the green beans sprouted. The eggplant is blooming- the first blossom fell off so that one was a bust, but… Read full post »

This one's for Zuma... combined with the prompt for Weekend Fiction.

 There was a scent on the air. A luscious scent. A scent that contained the meaning of life and all of its mysteries. The wolf inhaled it and let it consume him.

It was the consumer culture. The culture that… Read full post »

New raptors to watch grow up...

 Great Spirit Bluff Peregrin Falcons

Hopefully, I have removed the magic vanishing words this time...

 What I find absolutely fascinating is that these babies behave exactly like the baby eagles, clear down to how they po… Read full post »

Good news, Puff was 100% better when I got home tonight.

She started out the morning with a bath

and then a nap

From there, she seems to have moved to the sofa and then the bed, which is where I found her.  Whew.… Read full post »

The day started with me filled with trepidation. I knew, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that I was making a mistake. A big one. But I knew of no way to back out of it without it costing me some money. And I wouldn't have had a place to live,… Read full post »

Success! The green beans are sprouting!

 Fraternal twins? Close enough.

Today's sunrise was pretty cool.

And the peonies, the state flower of Indiana are blooming. I have four patches. A lot of them got hit… Read full post »

Well, one wedding down, the nephew might be getting married but if he does it will be in England, and I realized that my niece really does not consider me important any more. Okay, onwards.

Here is a view of the potatoes from  5 minutes ago.Yes, I got up from my… Read full post »

Tennessee just passed a bill on "gateway sexual activity." I'll let you read the article and write the derisive posts. Have fun!

 Tennessee governor signs controversial "gateway sexual activity" bill

I have other issues today. PTSD is rearing it's ugly head. I got the official diagnoses of hyper… Read full post »

Disclaimer: I am going to rant because I have to vent my spleen. My niece is getting married Saturday, and it's either get all of this out here, where it's safe, or eat my last roll of Thin Mints, keep all of my spleen inside of me, and possibly erupt at… Read full post »

Planted...

Tomatoes, bell peppers, beets x 3 rows, lettuce in several varieties, radish, spinach, zucchini, cantalope and 1 mystery plant- either cantalope or cucumber. Added all this to the potatoes, onions, anaheim chilipeppers and eggplant already planted. Still have some space in the middle.

Mowe… Read full post »

I found a new friend today...

 On March 10, I wrote about losing my first cooler to a misunderstanding with my Dad, who gave it to Goodwill. Today, I found this little icecube at the Walgreens in Lebanon, Indiana. Yes, I had seen them before, but the… Read full post »

Foolish Monkey wrote a post,

tittyplatters-girlywomen & god save the queen from stilettos

in response to a post by Jeanette DeMain

Breasturants, Hypocrisy and Sexual Kitsch.

I read the Breastaurants post yesterday. These two made me think about something I've been thinking about for a while. S… Read full post »

May 04, 2012

1. Scorpio (10/23-11/21)

   Your unconscious resistance to new ideas may be driving you away from inspiration -- you must make an

… Read full post »

So many people live with trauma. In fact, I'd guess everyone visits some sort of trauma every day. Someone's alarm didn't go off. Someone's hot water heater crapped out. Someone had a flat tire. Heck, someone broke a nail.

Then there are the bigger… Read full post »

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For 5 hours today, I, not necessarily in order, ...

Found 2 onions sprouting.

Filled in 40 holes in concrete blocks, planted 6 cabbages, 7 marigolds, and 27 potential green bean plants. Then wrapped the whole thing in chicken wire to keep the bunnies out They Lo-o-o-o-ove green bean plants. Fertilize… Read full post »

 Steve snapped the camera, then slammed on the gas and sped away. This was just too weird. What in the heck was going on over there?

No one in town… Read full post »

I would like to redirect the conversation back to women. A week ago, we were discussing the war against women. The abortion restrictions, the Ledbetter Equal Pay Act, the rights of women to have control of their own lives and their own bodies. Mittens vs Obama. The economy. Jobs.

Today, half… Read full post »

Another day in the process of retraining my brain. Gosh, it's arduous.

I have spent many years, née decades, obsessively thinking about all of the bad things that have happened to me. I have, in fact, spent the last week dwelling on an event that happened last Thursday at work that… Read full post »

I am another day closer to actually planting potatoes. Woohoo! All of that darn dirt is moved. But back to the beginning...

I stayed up almost all of last night. I just did not want to fall asleep. I had several people blow up in my face this week. As a… Read full post »