Author Archives: mygothlaundry
Youth and Age
Here is today’s photo, my son and my aunt, the one 85 today, the other 22 since December. I myself am somewhat uneasily perched agewise between those two extremes and I’m not dealing with it very well. I know I’m … Continue reading
Fun With Winter and initials
This is a picture of the Skyland Avenue bridge, taken as I was walking – in the extreme cold, yes – through the Habitat for Humanity store parking lot this afternoon. But what, Felicity, you say, were you doing at … Continue reading
Cold
Here’s today’s photo, Okra demonstrating to us that it is, in fact, cold outside. And yeah, as we know from the increasingly fevered voices of the media and the internet and the people who are walking in and out of … Continue reading
Yesterday’s Photo of Lions
I need to get these photo a day, blog a day rules straight. It used to be easier when I just put everything up on Flickr, but the world is more fragmented now (I imagine my 2007 self laughing disbelief … Continue reading
Friends
I was going to make some background art for Annie today and clean my house and pay my bills and generally be an all around good American citizen but thank the gods, my friends called and I went to the … Continue reading
And Snowmes
So it snowed last night, and the temperature has dropped to unholy lowness and when I got home from work – we fled work like scalded rats, actually, which was kind of interesting, because I usually expect people more managerial … Continue reading
Marmalade Made
Okay, DAY TWO, same as day one only slightly different. On my day off I succeeded in taking down the Christmas decorations, making 7 jars of marmalade and the first blog post. Also, this one, so we have two. I … Continue reading
Seven Years Later, We Begin Again
OK! So I lied last time! This time, though, it’s for real, because for all intents and purposes, this is the first day of 2014. We are going to politely ignore yesterday because 1) like millions of my fellow Americans, … Continue reading
Busy
I didn’t go away again, I swear. I have been busy, which is ridiculous when you factor in the fact that I’m a part time bookstore clerk, my kids are “grown up” and, um, some other reason why my being … Continue reading
So, What is This 6000 Onions Crap, Anyway?
Late at night – well, okay, early at night, because I am old now dammit, and I go to bed at like 10:00 – I find that doing math in my head helps me get to sleep. Sometimes I think … Continue reading