Waldo the Chrysalis, Day 2

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May 25, 2003 May 25th, 2003 fell on a Sunday, just like today. It was a clear, sunny day, just like today. It was the day before Memorial Day, just like today. My mind tries to find significance in coincidence. It’s a human failing, I guess. I wonder where my donor’s mother is today. It’s…

So the garage door is fixed. New garage door opener, new springs, new cables, new pully-thingies, new safety sensors at the prescribed legal height (apparently our last ones were too high), new gizmos to remote operate the door, new gadget with a bunch of push-buttons to non-remote open the door … I think we’re set….

So come meet my new foster: Waldo the Monarch Caterpillar. He’ll be living at my place for a few weeks until he does the butterfly thing, at which point we’ll release him for migration. The Prof and I have been looking since the beginning of August for a monarch chrysalis. We’ve been investigating all the…

Winter has arrived late this year, and seemingly intends to catch up on lost time.  A soft snow fell, leaving a thin layer of poofy nothing on my car Thursday morning.  Feeling lazy, I got into my car and drove off from underneath it, leaving a white cloud of dust behind me for the first…

I seldom remember dreams, but when I do, they’re doozies. The Socialist and I had just moved into a new apartment. The earliest part of my dream I remember is walking about the new place after we’d unpacked everything and all had been put away. The place had the feel of an old house that…