Categotry Archives: Talk To Me Tuesday
13 Origami Hearts
The Girl made origami hearts for what she calls Single’s Awareness Day. They double as bookmarks as they fit in the corner of the book. I think they are cute.
How are you?
It’s been a heck of a Spring. We went for week after week of cool wet weather. This, along with an unusually large snow pack, resulted in the river getting as high as I’ve ever seen it. Luckily, the levies through town are pretty high so I doubt we’ll actually get flooded, but there have been many other places along the river where people have to wade to get to their front door. I’m thinking if we do over flow […]
Guess Who’s Got Writer’s Block?
Yep. This is about how original my work has been lately. I’ve hit a plot hole and can’t seem to claw my way out. Makes me feel a bit like this:
Beasties
Last Summer we were camping out when we ran across this thing: Both The Girl and The Boy immediately started offering their ideas of what it was. The Girl thought it might be the chrysalis of a butterfly until she noticed the legs, at which point she said “Ewww” and found an excuse to be as far from it as she could get, only to wander back and look at it again a minute later. The Boy shrugged and started […]
Druggies
I’m working on a book called Beautiful Spanish Hussy. It’s based on one of the episodes of Suzie’s House. In the book I go into some detail about the efforts of the FBI in New Mexico to eradicate a purely fictional drug. The character, Drew Banks, from Suzie’s House, is in the thick of it. As those who have been reading my Friday posts know, Drew becomes addicted. So, I’m wondering, how much is too much? I’ve invented the drug […]
Snake Eggs
I’ve been looking over pictures from last summer. We stopped at a scenic overlook in Western Wyoming for lunch. While the kids waited for me to make sandwiches, they wandered around looking for anything interesting. The Boy came running to tell me he’d found some snake eggs. He made me go look. If you squint just right and tip your head while looking at the second picture, you can just make out some shells. Yep. Quail eggs. I could have […]
Potholes
It’s been a long, hard winter. The roads have suffered horribly. What gets to me isn’t so much that we have so many and such large potholes. It’s the way the potholes run in lines like ruts. How are your streets? Lost any tires yet?
Is Your Garage Door Boring?
Yeah, this is another email. But it intrigued me. I mean, I’ve never seen one of these anywhere except on the internet, but if I had a garage door, I’d be interested. Check it out:
Ready for a Change?
How’s your weather? I’m pretty sure those of you up in the Northern Hemisphere like me are about ready for Spring. How about those of you Down Under? Ready for Fall?
Sad Tale?
Mr. Al and I were hanging out on the pedestrian bridge where I take so many of my pictures and looked down over the edge to see this. Nothing serious. Just an empty nest. Almost looks like the snow could be an over sized egg, doesn’t it? I’m sure whatever kind of bird lived there flew South for the winter. No reason to get all sentimental about it. And yet, I am a little. How about you? Does it tug […]
Lawn Ornament
Mr. Al comes home with all kinds of odd things. This pink flamingo stands about four feet tall, and is wired for lights. The lights don’t work, but Mr. Al naively seems to think he, or someone entirely too near and dear to him, can fix it. Yeah, so maybe I could if I put my mind to it, but then what? Put it in the yard? I actually get a kick out of pink flamingos when they are done […]
The Solution?
Did you all check out my slide-show on Monday? Pretty intense. Well, you know human invention is bound to rise to the occasion. What do you think? Would you use it? Frankly, if the ice keeps up here, I’ll have mine on order by the end of the week.
Tracks in Winter
Any guesses what this is? I was walking along a slick sidewalk, enjoying the fact I could actually walk on it, rather than having to slug through yet another snow drift or risk life and limb on the black ice they consider road, when I noticed the spirally print above. It’s a footprint. I know because there was a whole set of them marching along the sidewalk. Off hand I’d guess a man’s size 9. Don’t see it? That’s because […]
Christmas Cards
Do you do cards? I don’t generally think to send out cards and outside of my family I hand over precious few gifts. It just doesn’t cross my mind. At one point in my life I tried to get a Christmas card thing going, but most of the people I sent them to didn’t send any to me, and then I started procrastinating and it got later and later in the year… So anyway, I got a great card and […]
