We’ve been home something like 2 days now, it’s Friday morning and we got back Tuesday night, so I’m thinking I better write down a few more thoughts about the trip before I forget. And, now that we’re back, we’re tumbled into fall busy-ness, like the UW-Libraries book sale where I volunteer, and the last … [Read more…]
I’ve been going around in a black cloud for most of this week, worrying about money, primarily. And I know, I know, these are all problems of privilege – I am fortunate to have all this stuff to worry about. I remember being at the courthouse for something related to my second foster kid, with … [Read more…]
So I could go barelegged, because it was almost 80° by the time I was biking home yesterday. But then it was cool enough this morning to wear leggings. It was cooler because we had the first thunderstorm of the season last night, not counting the misplaced thunderstorms in February, on election day. And the … [Read more…]
This time last Sunday I was out for a walk with Rachael, about to come home and start brunch prep. The house was full of people, family here for the wedding. On Tuesday we got another house guest, a medical student here from Malawi for UW’s Global Health Institute that my neighbor who’s a pediatrician … [Read more…]
We left Madison on Friday for a combined family weekend in DC, and trip to Charlotteville VA for a conference for me. Now I’m back at DC’s National Airport for the trip home. I rented a car and drove from Washington down to Charlotteville, and it was a pretty drive through rolling Virginia countryside, with … [Read more…]
This week felt like the real first week of school. Last week Labor Day made it an easy(ish) 4-day affair. This week was the real thing – not for sissies. Last Saturday Belana got stung by a bee at a cross country meet and had a bad reaction. So Monday my day started with calling … [Read more…]
Yesterday first thing I brought a slug in with the morning paper. That wasn’t so bad. On Saturday when we were getting our bikes out to go to the market, Mark noticed that the screen was ripped on the vent window in the attic. I kind of knew about it; I’d seen mice up there, … [Read more…]
We got a lot of rain over the weekend. On Thursday afternoon, it was hot and looked threatening, but I was determined to bike to get my CSA box – afterall it’s all those cars that are making it so hot. Mark was out walking and it was getting darker and darker, but he made … [Read more…]
My basement has always leaked a little, ever since we first moved in, in 1999. At first it was just a little seepage along the driveway side of the house. I remember the unhappy discovery that the pile of old wood and construction scraps that the prior owners had left there had actually been functioning … [Read more…]