The Mystery Plant is definitely not datura, day lilies nor salvia. It doesn’t have tubers like dahlias do, and having handled the plant I can personally attest to the fact that it is definitely not nettles! Bell flowers (at least the ones I’m familiar with) are far more delicate than these things. The buds on…
I spent a lazy evening last night sitting around on the patio, reading The DaVinci Code (which is turning out to be rather disappointing, after all the hype I’d heard about it). Poor Clueless watched as I read, hoping that I’d break down and let him come out for a while. I would have too,…
Damn Hotmail anyway. Over the weekend it decided to consign eight or so notifies from favorite diarists into the “junk mail” bin. I only check junk mail every couple of days, and so today I discover I’m suddenly quite behind on my reading And here I thought that everyone was just being quiet. I did…
Words build a relationship with whomever encounters what another has have to say. What you write, and what you speak, is a structure every bit as much as a wall, a building, a pavement or a statue is. What you build is a reflection of who you are. Spoken words are a mist that dissipates…
OK, let me just say that yesterday was a really crappy day. I’m not talking about your average shitty day. I’m talking major manure here. I’m talking the sort of day that you just want to wipe off the personal calendar and pretend never happened. So that’s exactly what I’m going to do: depress the…
This is the second spring that I’ve lived in this area. The spring before that we were apartment hunting, so even then I was driving these roads I now drive regularly. And it was that spring, two years ago, when I first noticed the Graylag Goose. Actually, I don’t know for sure if it is…
That’s how The Socialist refers to Tuesdays … at least how he refers to them during the current semester. Tuesday is the only day he’s teaching an evening class this semester, making it the longest day of his week. Today I’m inclined to agree with him. -I’ve forgotten my employee ID/pass and my keys, making…
Can a situation be both better and worse than you originally thought? It would appear that I’m on a new committee, formed by a top official in our company, who then promptly abandoned it to sink or swim without his assistance. We have to address certain issues, figure out how we would respond if certain…
I didn’t accomplish but a fraction of what I’d hoped to do this weekend. Saturday I did get my hair done, but again got talked out of getting it cut really short. My hairdresser is very good at convincing me that if I just grow it a bit longer we’ll be able to do all…
That’s all the room we now have for title display in the most recently updated list on DD’s homepage. I’ll have to keep that in mind, since I like titles that either fit completely, or cut off at a critical word, leaving people anticipatory or misled. A cheap trick I know, but paid authors do…