Dec 11
No matter how you feel about her politics or her husband, you’ve got to agree that Elizabeth Edwards had a difficult life. Her teenage son died. Her husband was unfaithful and everyone knew it. She had cancer, it went into remission and then it came back. That’s enough heartbreak for several lifetimes. Despite everything, this …
Jul 26
A few months ago we had a windstorm. I was in the basement when it hit. It sounded like storm troopers invading the upstairs. The thing about this windstorm was that it wasn’t predicted by any of the weather reports I heard. The only place that talked about it beforehand was the Cliff Mass Weather …
May 08
For the last month or so The Man of the House and I have been on the hunt for Tillamook sharp cheddar cheese. We usually pick up a month’s supply at Costco. For the last two months we’ve come up empty. It’s the same story at Sam’s. Tonight I found out why. According to Tillamook …
May 05
I don’t mean to be a crabapple, but wasn’t it just last month that the postage rates went up? Sigh! The purpose of this post isn’t to complain about rising prices, but to remind you that postage rates are going up (yet again) on Monday. So use up those 42 cent stamps.
May 01
With swine flu to the south of us, in California, and to the north of us, in Canada, I suppose it was inevitable. As of this writing there are 16 suspected cases of swine flu in Washington state. Nine of them are in my county. I thought the prudent thing to do would be to …
