Joe sizes up the task. He starts out with the broom, sweeping the light powdery snow. He works his way around the back -- it's all in the grip, y'know. Now to make a clean sweep of the roof rack. Finally, after moving the truck, clearing out the parking space, and moving the truck back in, the diggening is done. And so is Joe, apparently. Read more →
So here I am, about to do an entry about the The Great Diggening of 2009. I was going to include an apology for not having a new Church Street photo because of Snowpocalypse -- I figured I'd get one tomorrow and just have a Monday Church Street. Then I checked my email. Lo and behold, there was a note from the lovely and very talented Cyndy, who writes the Photocynthesis blog (which you should... Read more →
A blizzard warning is now in effect until six tonight. I took this shot from our bedroom window about two hours ago. Our street is to the left somewhere. The SOS continues to rise -- we have well over a foot now!! Read more →
SOS -- that stands for Shitpile of Snow, which is what we are supposed to get over the next 36 hours or so. The forecasters are calling for a minimum (yes, minimum) of 14 inches of the white stuff, so it looks like we will have a White Christmas for the first time in years. Naturally, everyone is stocking up on toilet paper, milk, and bread. We have plenty of each just because we normally... Read more →
First, a public service announcement. Eileen gets two pats on the head for correctly completing the poem, but Stephanie gets one pat on the head for correctly identifying the author. The complete poem, by Ogden Nash, is called Reflections on Ice-Breaking, and here it is in its entirety. Candy Is dandy But liquor Is quicker. One more day. One more damn day and I am on vacation for two weeks, two weeks in which I... Read more →
Today's Holidailies prompt is "share a favorite recipe that you like to make at this time of year". Well, I've already shared the Best Pumpkin Pie in the Whole Entire World, so instead I'll share a new recipe I've been trying. I say "trying" because I have not yet completely succeeded, I think. This recipe is for Old Fashioned Butterscotch, from that reliable old friend, The Joy of Cooking. It requires the use of a... Read more →
Hey Raven, steal some sun for me, okay? Raven Steals the Sun, by Preston Singletary National Museum of the American Indian Read more →
It seems like nothing has been easy lately. Work projects that should take minutes have taken hours. There's always a problem, a glitch, a hangup. Applications crash or I forget some detail or a mic battery dies. My body simply will not cooperate with me. My shoulder aches and aches and aches, so I take a painkiller and then can't wake up properly. I overdo the caffeine one day and a bad dizzy spell overtakes... Read more →
Here's a beautiful church, Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church. It's made almost entirely of hemlock. It's one of the many, many churches and houses of worship located along New Hampshire Avenue in Maryland. I think it's particularly striking against this winter landscape. Read more →
I was going through the Blue Steel Box O' Records* looking for info to help me with Mom's Medicaid application when I found my Pop's Navy service record. Pop enlisted in the Navy in February of 1944, when he was 35 years old. World War II was still raging in both Europe and the Pacific. He had previously tried to enlist in the Army, but was turned down because he failed the physical. Question 8... Read more →