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Scent of castles

It does not feel like Monday.  Every fiber of my being is convinced it is Sunday.  A lazy heavy Sunday, in which the air is thick with the expectation of rain that has not yet fallen.  The world is rich with the smell of approaching warm rain . . . a kind of earthy, …Scent of castles


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    Green, but with toxicity

    I get chilly sometimes up here in Oregon.  I often use these little oxygen activated hand-warmers when I go out.  Rip open the little packages, one for each pocket, and I am ready to face another rainy chilly morning at the bus stop.  Yay!

    Fabulous, but wasteful planet-damaging hand warmer.

    Those little hand-warmers …Green, but with toxicity

    Bunny wad blowing

    Easter is scary this year.  Not the entire holiday, mind you, but the small piece of it loaded into the back of my minivan.  Sigh.

    A helpful tip:

    If you leave your Easter shopping until the Friday before Easter, and then you leave it until nighttime, and then you have to wait for your …Bunny wad blowing

    Hello from L-O

    Top 12 Oregon observations I have been meaning to mention, but which never seemed to fit anywhere in particular:

    1) Lake Oswego has a great library and these great drive-through return bins all over town into which you can deposit your books. This is excellent for me, as I believe I may have outstanding …Hello from L-O

    Expectations, violated

    I should know better by now than to have high expectations.

    Low is always a better bet.

    Maj asked me to run a load of laundry last night because she wanted to wear a particular blouse to school today.  No big deal, except then Kallan wanted me to wash a new velour jacket of …Expectations, violated