4/28/08 Chock Full of Earthiness

Stuff for free...















"Kafuffle"















Being with my crazy family.











Self-styled Lorax teaches kids about nature...

4/21/08 Funnies, Fuzzies, and More Fiddies

"Arugula"




Read more about Oscar











Turning the other cheek








(photo by Michael Mayo)



"Wrastlin"







Fim Little Fiddies…

4/14/08 Birds, Fishies, Sonnets, and Baby Alpacas

Johnny











When someone moves a chair across the floor and it sounds exactly like a Wookiee.








Psychic Parrots















"Double Love"
by Christina Moore

Now that we've spent thirty years of our life,
Lying together, side by side, in the night.
An imperfect couple, a husband and wife.
We laugh, we ignore, we rejoice, and we fight.

Our children have grown up, each taken a mate.
The school friends are gone, the dogs have all died.
We've had to get used to each other, of late.
Our imperfections can no longer hide.

But along with the warts, I also can find,
That wonderful boy I loved from the start.
His self-contained nature, his organized mind,
That kindred spirit, that generous heart.

Maybe our love has stayed out of trouble
Because of our mattress. It's only a double.
(for more Sonnets visit Prairie home Companion)







Back scratchin.







Late April Hijinx

4/7/08 A Caption Light Edition of Joyful, in Honor of Master's Defense and Sleep Deprivation

An unexpected compliment











I'm a researcher, but statistics and I don't usually get along. A few days ago, after racking my brain for hours about how to do a particular calculation, I found a paper that was essentially titled “Clear, simple, step by step guide for the exact kind of analysis you want to do.” It all made sense, and worked perfectly. I was so excited by this new feeling of competence that I couldn't put the work down, and ended up using my cellphone to crunch numbers during a Red Cross appointment. I like science.











When a law banned handmade pasta in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region due to specious health concerns, one pasta-maker gathered all the pasta masters of the community together--women who'd been making pasta by hand in keeping with centuries of tradition--and put them back to work doing what they do best. He reports that he went to the health inspector and defied him to close them down. Mmmmm. Delicious underground pasta.
(from Splendid Table)











"Goober"