stormy pause
We woke to more steady, drenching rain, the kind that hypnotizes you, plus generous crashes of thunder. At some point overnight we lost power, too, so the house was warm and quiet, dark despite the hour. Thick, woolly clouds smothered…
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Lazy W Marie
Carpeing all the diems in semi-rural Oklahoma...xoxo
Category Just Life-ish
how pacino tests & teaches me
Bobby Pacino is our macaw. He is nine years old going on either two or a hundred, depending on the day. He knows upwards of 130 individual words and phrases, and he uses all of them eerily well. He loves…
chicken news & a scrappy craft
Fancy Louise, the little white hen with wonderful feathery feet, laid her first egg last week. It was perfect! And delicious, so thank-you-very-much-for-breakfast, Fancy Louise. Also last week, she developed a troubling independent streak. Once the easiest chicken on the…
Answers to the Citizenship Test
Howdy! Do you remember back in April when I posted a sample citizenship test? It was 100 questions. Here’s a link to that post. Tiny T remembers. (Name that meme!) I’ll tell you who else remembers: Martie. Hi Martie! I…
plants, weak coffee, & copperheads
I am working on a garden update post, plus one about positive vibes and my Aha-Moment video, plus something for the moon followers among you, plus Tiny T updates, and other stuff. Lots of words! For now, though… a photo…
useful decay & carpe diem
The kale, spinach, and snow peas are spent. Totally spent. Burned, bloated, skeletized, and gone to seed. And it all happened right around the Summer Solstice, which pleases me to my bones. It’s fitting that springtime vegetables should bow out…