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June 2024

June 09, 2024
  Sixteen years ago, on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, a naive young woman...
June 07, 2024
    I thought I planted dwarf peas. The label on the seed packet said...
June 03, 2024
I wasn't supposed to buy a rose. I was supposed to buy two tomato cages,...

May 2024

May 30, 2024
  Today's the day. Donald Trump finally got a criminal conviction. You'd think I'd have...
May 29, 2024
  It was finally the cool of the day. I was hoping for rain. It's...
May 27, 2024
All week, the people have been clamoring about a priest who bit a woman trying...
May 24, 2024
  I woke up sore, itchy, and worried. One of the errands I ran yesterday,...
May 24, 2024
  I figured out how to make strawberry jam. I planted those five little strawberry...
May 21, 2024
We need to talk about Donald Trump again. I look forward to the day when...
May 20, 2024
The talk on the internet right now, is all about the stereotype of the Tradwife....
May 19, 2024
  Last night I went dancing. This was because of the Baker Street Irregulars, Adrienne's...
May 18, 2024
  I found myself thinking about the difference between a human and a robot's version...
May 17, 2024
  I'd meant to work in the garden all day, but I kept having to...
May 14, 2024
On Sunday night, I tried to see the auroras one last time. I drove up...
May 13, 2024
    It was the best kind of Sunday: cool, bright, sunny. We were going...
May 12, 2024
We saw the aurora, at midnight on Saturday morning. I hadn't heard anything about the...
May 07, 2024
  All I wanted was a shovel. I hadn't been able to finish my gardening...
May 07, 2024
  I dreamed she was still alive. My stalking neighbor went into hospice in January...
May 06, 2024
    Hi gang, This isn't a real post, this is just my monthly blogkeeping...
May 05, 2024
    A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John: Jesus said to his...
May 04, 2024
  This evening, I went to the community garden for the last time. Everything in...
May 04, 2024
  I went down to Tiltonsville, to see the ancient burial mound. I'd been looking...
May 03, 2024
April had been a bit of a sprint, but May has started out better. I...

April 2024

April 30, 2024
I woke up to the sound of the lawnmower. The sound of a lawnmower used...
April 28, 2024
  I got to see the trilliums one more time. I went on a hike...
April 26, 2024
  I still haven't gotten over the strange case of Father Justin. The rise and...
April 24, 2024
    I watched the first two days of this first Trump trial, numbly. By...
April 23, 2024
I woke up in a mood. The anxiety is still nagging. It comes and goes....
April 22, 2024
Let's talk about school. I've talked a lot about my own experiences in school. Before...
April 19, 2024
  It happened when I was weeding the strawberries. It was the brightest of bright...
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