You pay for what you get?
Someone explain to me….? A 45-mph expressway, divided, two lanes each way. A large and expensive SUV pulled over to the side where there was a bike lane but no real shoulder and driver and passenger...
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Boots me
Okay, this is silly. Wait–back up a bit. When I was home from college over Christmas break when I was 19 or 20, my dad surprised me by telling me he was going to take me shopping for a pair of boots...
View ArticleTrying to get through
Apparently the blog still has some broken parts to it after the latest update. If this looks normal to anyone–assuming you can even see it–I’d love to know. Thanks.
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Even if it doesn’t have Christmas lights in palm trees
Ugly Christmas Sweater season is coming (but is still far enough away that prices haven’t risen yet) and my 20+ year old one was handed down several years ago to a teen who wanted to wear it in a play...
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Kudos to Kooba
Back in January, I needed a black purse for my father-in-law’s funeral. I found one at Costco that, well, I wasn’t sure it would hold up well past a year but it was certainly not expensive given that...
View ArticleLockdown day four
Passing on something that made me laugh in surprise. Rarely am I up to date on movies but this one I’ve actually seen. (Okay, released in 2011. Close enough.) Rapunzel was forced to shelter in place...
View ArticleNot my area of expertise, but I’m curious
So I have a question about quilting, after seeing this gorgeous work of art (a brighter picture of it is here.)How much can you trust the colorfastness of the fabrics over time? Does it depend on the...
View ArticleWeather vane
I’ve gotten away from looking at houses pretty much by now; where we are is a good place to retire to. You want a medical specialist who’s seen unusual cases? Can’t do much better than Stanford. But my...
View ArticleThe gift of the Magis
My folks had an original Eames chair when I was growing up, and out of curiosity I looked them up. Turns out you can still buy them from Herman Miller, although at least right now not our rocker...
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Enjoy the view of the mima mounds, they say… (Picture 3 especially. It’s kind of bizarre, particularly at upper right.) What the heck was a mima mound? So I looked them up. Nobody quite knows. One guy...
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