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Oh no! The squash has arrived! Sunshine Kabocha Squash (1) Mei Qing Choi (1 head) Red Russian Kale (1 bunch) Broccoli (1 head) Fennel (1 b...

My sick chicken is all better - she's even finished with her antibiotics, and required no junket. But, I now know why sick chickens nee...

Here's the kind of place I work at: Someone in the office is listening to music - a cacophonous non-linear hodgepodge - dubbing a CD to ...

Dear Skechers, When we got together a couple of months ago, I thought you were great. We fit together well, you complemented me, and you we...

Mad Hatter requested kitsch a while ago. How's this, Mad? It's the cabinet in our downstairs bathroom. One of those sets of ...

I have never: Had a pedicure Traveled to the Frisian Islands Owned diamonds Eaten roadkill Driven cross country Drank absinthe Been self-em...

No squash (winter or summer) - so we are staving off the despair of winter squash for at least another week! Italia Peppers (4) Potatoes (1 ...

Exiting the doctor's office yesterday: Miss M.: Look, the coffee truck! Me: Actually it's UPS. Miss M.: The one that brought my slee...

I have a little sick chicken today. We went to a friend's house for a "playday" yesterday, and after little more than an hour...

I've always loved Edward Lear. So I was delighted when W.'s aunt turned up on Labor Day weekend with a couple of old books for Miss...

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What better way to waste time on a Friday afternoon than to muse about a new career? According to Career Cruising , which I found through R...

You may well be weary of my vegetable lists. But, I'm not really doing it for you - I'm doing it for me. This list-making is my wa...

I just updated my Library Thing list and groaned when I realized that the two books I was adding to "currently reading" were perh...

Small boy, about 4, riding atop his smaller sister’s stroller – with his toenails painted, white on one foot, red on the other. Lovely tall...

You Are a Blue Crayon Your world is colored in calm, understated, deep colors. You are a loyal person, and the truest friend anyone could h...

My father-in-law has a fondness for antiquarian books, especially ones aimed at children. The other day, he emailed me about a book with a ...

Once upon a time, my brother asked my mother when it was that she knew that I was a crusty child. I had a pet mouse when I was about five. A...