Marmalade season
Late have I loved you, unrelenting autumn. But this year, even when it’s hard to fare forward, there’s a certain comfort in being able to fall into your arms.
Guest post: Returns
The other day, my hubby and I returned my mom to my sister’s house, her primary residence. We’re a quaranteam, so we’re sharing. It works out nicely for everyone: varied household dynamics, changes in company, someone else to look at (or not), and different walls for my mom.
Panthera
As proven by its occasional rhapsodizing about Alan Alda and One Direction, this blog is not generally pinned to the pulse of celebrity news. But this week’s star sorrow demands a response. The world has lost its beloved Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman.
Guest post: Hands off!
Yes, that is my Clorox2 that I accidentally left on the counter. No, please don’t touch it to hand it to me. You shouldn’t have done that.
Adopter post: Rocket man
Editor’s note: We are collectively, universally, reliably over-the-moon for adopter updates. Whether a cat left our doors three days or thirteen years ago, it’s a thrill hearing from his forever family. But some thrills are especially meteoric, as Rocket, nee Inigo, is about to show you. Enjoy, my dears, and shine on. Thanks to the […]
Unexpected
We didn’t expect 2020. We can’t predict 2021, or tomorrow. But verily I tell you: that’s OK.
Guest post: Insomnia
I’d say, top o’ the morning to ya, but I don’t really know when that is, or if anyone ever really says that. Anyway, it feels more like the bottom just now. Too early for much of anything, yet the sandman is elusive.
Living oakily
Let me ask you a question you’ve surely pondered often. If you’re gonna be an oak tree, which oak tree will you be?
Guest post: Redo!
Continued from yesterday… Sometimes, there really are second chances. Sometimes, opportunity knocks. Sometimes, hard work, cooperation, and ingenuity yield fantastic results.
Guest post: More Space
Do find yourself having obsessive clear outs and reorganizing lately, or is it just me? I know two couples that are clearing out too, but they’re moving, so that just doesn’t count.