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Who needs a dog...?
...When you have Camping Cat? That's Otto the Camping Cat, and yes he loves to sleep in the tent. Who wouldn't? He has his own little custom-made sleeping bag and camp chair.
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I saw the sun!
Of course, I had to drive three hours south to find it. Still, it was nice to remember what it's like to wear just a t-shirt and shorts and sandals and have your hands and feet still be warm.As we hit...
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Quite the Cheeple Puzzle
Okay, this puzzle of what breed the Cheeples are is driving me nuts. I am back to being sure of only Buttercup, the Buttercup pullet. And the Polish chicks, of course. Any ideas on what these little...
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Renewal
I just sent the Times-Standard $83 for a year of paper delivery. No Mondays. Because this kind of entertainment doesn't come cheap:
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Numismancy
It's the start of a glorious new year, folks. Hope you had a happy and healthy Halloween/Day of the Dead! Time to crack open the Kitty and see how much spare change we scooped off the...
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Review: Urban Farm magazine
I went out this morning to feed the porch cat and saw that somebody had left a copy of Urban Farm magazine on top of his little house for us. So after making a cup of coffee and breezing through the...
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A(nother) New Year of Gardening
Happy New Year, all! We celebrated Humboldt-style by spending the day outside; in this case, in the Bad Garden: Ladies a'gleaning, January 2013.After all the clearing and prepping of 2011, it's a real...
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Febble
It was quite a week for Times-Standard headlines: While I have a soft spot for Tiburcio Vasquez, yeah, gotta agree that naming a school after him isn't the best idea. What's next, Juan Soto Elementary...
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But, we had a rainbow!
I know the image is running over into the right-hand text column, but I wanted to run this large enough for you to read the headline over the jump.Besides, the rainbow makes up for everything, right?...
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First off, I'm doing this on a tablet while recovering from the flu; not the best composition scenario. But in case the flu kills me I want to get this off my chest. J.J. Abrahms ruined Star...
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Cat Bearding
Now, this is a nascent Internet meme I can get behind:So I thought I'd give it a try:Vivani says, "No!" Gina says, "Put me down!" Oh, well.
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Amusement Owl
We told our house-sitter that we'd leave early, but of course the post office left me no time during the week to prepare. I didn't even have time to blame procrastination! Though I did read the Sunday...
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Smart phone, dumb car
Even though we're taking this trip in order to attend my 30th high school reunion, I don't usually feel old but for some reason, technology was against us today. It started in the Southwest terminal,...
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Estamos listos
After last night's super-feed at Guelaguetza, I was not exactly looking forward to breakfast anytime before noon. So while Greg slept, I got up on the late side--almost 6!--and went out to explore the...
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Mariposas of Leisure
We are terrible tourists, Greg and I. In four days we have seen zero area attractions--unless you count a pet cemetary as an attraction, in which case we have seen one. And epic freeway traffic; we've...
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The mail was waiting for me when I came in from the garden. The usual fire-starters from Suddenlink, Geico, and BedBath&Beyond, but a letter, too, the thin paper necessary for Air Mail both...
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Well, I'm back.
As much as I like to single-mindedly dive into projects, I realize that I can only handle about thirty minutes of combing through old photos at a sitting before I have to stop and process. And, just...
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Maybe not so sweet
Today I'm driving into the big city--Eureka, Calif.--to get my name changed on my driver's license. I had no idea it was such a big deal. But just like back in the day when you could scurry down the...
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Poultry Peeple
The other day one of my egg customers asked me, "So how many chickens do you have?"And I didn't know! I used to keep track of all that, but lately, not so much. Chickens come, chickens go. They get...
View ArticleThis is Heart Surgery
"You don't have COPD."Great news! When you've spent half your life smoking, and much of that unfiltered toking, that has got to be one of the best things you'll ever hear, especially when you're...
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