The Great Patio Debate–Part One

April 3rd, 2007 at 12:01 am » Comments (5)

GR is up to it again.  He’s started a new Springtime project, and I’m just not sure about it, y’all.  And it’s not that I’m unsure about “it,” it’s just that I’m unsure about him doing “it.”  He’s attempting to make a paver patio just outside our basement doors, similar to what’s shown in this sample photo.  [...]


The Great Pollen Bowl of 2007

March 30th, 2007 at 12:01 am » Comments (2)

Y’all…I can’t breathe.  And the pollen has put a serious cramp in my 5K training.  That’s almost embarrassing to say—5K training (it’s only 3 miles, for God’s sake).  But it is what it is, and truthfully?  I can barely breathe and run in the Atlanta smog by itself, but add pollen to the mix, and it makes for an [...]


Came the Spring with all its splendor…

March 27th, 2007 at 12:01 am » Comments (6)

The early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers:
 They call it easing the Spring.
      - Henry Reed, Lessons of the War
The early bees are not only assaulting and fumbling the flowers, they are assaulting and fumbling me!  Hence, this… 

No, GR is not Spring cleaning.  We have bees in the house, y’all!  Okay, only two.  But, bees!  In the house!  And I [...]