Awhile back the paper was kind enough to run the obituary I wrote for my car. Now I blush at my writing, which came out in a fit of grief, but the flaws are all mine and nothing to do with Brad Buchholz, who is a wonderful writer and a tender soul and who much [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Kitten
Posted in Ramblings on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Peek into backyard of Google’s teahouse fox
Posted in Ramblings on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just noticed that at the bottom of the Gmail inbox, they put a picture of my little kitsune doing bonsai in her backyard! How cute!
Econsiderate gifts
Posted in Econsiderate gifts on May 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For some years now, I’ve been making a study of a type of gift-giving for which I will now coin a word: Econsiderate.* Basically, these are consumable or small gifts. This came about because my parents moved into a smaller house and I began to think about an aspect I’m sure they wish I had [...]
Makeup products that actually make a difference
Posted in Ramblings on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m not a big makeup gal. Like many people, I like to look nice but natural, quickly, with minimum fuss and expense. Mostly, in fact, I just wear Benetint and lip pencil. But recently I decided to update — nobody likes to look like they’re still stuck in the last decade — and being me, [...]
my Aggie Journalists blog? It's over
I'm not doing these right now because my life kind of went upside down, but thank you guys for the nice comments. I left all the stuff up