This was a stem-to-stern, rock ‘em / sock ‘em day. Here’s an example, ripped from the breathless annals of daily life: I’m tweeting something terribly important on my iPhone, standing outside, enjoying a tiny stub of a post-lunch cigar, and no matter how many times I backspace, I cannot delete a period. I figure something [...]

First things first – the dog’s okay. It wasn’t what I thought it was; turned out to be another fat glob, albeit a large one never before noticed. Poor fellow: just hanging around hte house in the morning, and then it’s off in the car to go to the Place that Smells of Cats and [...]

And so we claw our way to Friday and the end of this bleatless week. Oh, today’s a wee bin of beans – Newsbreak in the morning, another trip to the Fair for another shoot, another Fair column, and then a piano lesson for Natalie, then  the bonds of labor are sundered and I float [...]

Back to the Fair, of course. I got there after ten-thirty, and it was already thronged. Or it contained a throng. Actually, many throngs, moving independently. I had the usual despair – O, what do I shoot? What? Within four minutes I’d come across the counter staff at Andy’s Diner singing and dancing to a [...]

The dog is old. Or: he has a bladder inflammation. No, that’s not right; even if he has one, he’s still old. Point is, he’s had some overnight soakings the last few nights, and I’d call them an accident except that I can’t see him waking up, sensing warmth, and thinking “ooops.” The vet wants [...]

, ‘fess up – who sent me this? It’s wonderful. For less interesting but genuine First Day Covers of the week, go HERE.

 
Big big day of blogging, but you didn’t see half of it. The rest was done in secret, under a box. It’ll probably go live Thursday. What’s it? 
The Blog o’ Things, which is the replacement for buzz.mn. No, strike that; it’s what I’m doing now instead of buzz.mn, the end of which in its original [...]

Sitting in the gazebo, enjoying the new sprinkler. It goes chika-chika-ssssssss. It replaces a useless ACE sprinkler that stopped going back and forth – you know, the classic sprinkler through which kids run in all the ads. As far as I can tell those just throw water up in the air, and some of it [...]

Brrr is not a word that should come to mind the day before July, but the most recent effects of climate turbulence – I believe that’s the new term – pushed temps down way below normal. Cloudy, windy, cool. Weather like this usually hits about two weeks after the Halloween decorations go up in Target.
When [...]