Author Archives: Frog

Just for the record

Not much to tell here. We got power back around 7pm last night so that was about one hour short of exactly 4 days without power. My sister and her family are still waiting. The squash plant in the compost … Continue reading

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Happy Fun Time in Virginia

If it’s Monday, it means we have no electricity. Last Monday we lost power for something like 30 hours. We’ve shot past that now with the storms over the weekend. We made it through Friday’s storm with only a flicker … Continue reading

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Moved

The above photo is the current state of our garage. We packed up the college apartment and brought it home yesterday afternoon. It’s interesting that the photo makes it seem almost orderly. There was a plan as we unloaded, but … Continue reading

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Experiment

The better-half left for Oklahoma on Sunday afternoon. He’s scheduled to be back on Friday. I thought I’d write something every day that he’s gone and then publish on Friday. If you are reading this, then I decided to go … Continue reading

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Garden Update

I had an idea to update on the status of the garden so I took my cell out onto the porch to head out to the garden spot. I dropped the phone. It went end over end and my quick … Continue reading

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Hanging out

This month we give up the apartment in the college town. On one hand we are so over paying rent and utilities and on the other we’re really going to miss being able to hang out here. This weekend we’re … Continue reading

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We went to a k.d. lang show last night

I was hoping she’d do this one and she did (luckily the drunk man-child behind us was stifled during the middle of this piece): She also did a kicking version of this:

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Butter, there is no other

We’ve been taking a fermentation class online every Tuesday night. Last week we made a fermented ketchup and it’s pretty good. It needs some vinegar and perhaps a little more sweetener to calm down how tomatoey it is. We started … Continue reading

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I can understand why women used to throw panties

Tom Jones still sounds great:

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‘What is the use of a book’, thought Alice, ‘without pictures or conversations?’

Today I walked into our local library and signed up for a library card. The librarian asked me if I had ever had a library card with them. I said when I was about ten. I don’t think she believed … Continue reading

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