Shade and Sweetwater

Partial reprint with some new stuff mixed in, just to keep you on your toes. ~~~~~ Samhain. All Hallows Eve. Hallowe'en. Halloween. ...

I? Am sore. My arms ache, my elbows tingle when I straighten my arms up, my wrists are creaking, and my hands are alternately cramping, burn...

Someone was gone for nine days. I didn't get a lot done because one parent, two kids? not conducive to online productivity. ~~~~~ Sprout...

Got this from a friend: Ineptocracy(in-ep-toc�-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capa...

I yelled at the baby last night. She was fussing and struggling, tired and fighting sleep, whining and making that half-cry of hers that ju...

Back when I was single and had spending money, I would occasionally have a meal at The Bridgetown Grill. My favorite thing on the menu was t...

I am far too busy to blog, really. There's the laundry (always the laundry) and the dishes (so many dishes) and the groceries and cookin...

We had a visitor over the weekend - Someone's mom came for a couple of days. It was good to see her again, and we had, overall, a nice t...

I logged on to check e-mail and was smacked in the eye by some headlines. First there was the woman who tried to sell her newborn for fifte...

"Thanks for your help. Is there anything you need? Anything I can do for you?" "Nope, I'm good thanks." On the surfa...

The race is over. I have no idea who won, or who even finished, or how many laps under yellow there were...but I can tell you within a few d...

I haven't been writing much of anything lately. That's not going to change this week - I'm running worker registration for the P...

Lately, Sprout has taken to crying in the night. Sometimes an hour or so after I've put her down, and every hour or so after for a while...

Hi there. Sprout, here. Big Brudder had a earache an' waked Mama up a bunch last night, so she's tired. I blog post! I got two big b...

kleptocracy PRONUNCIATION: (klep-TOK-ruh-see) MEANING: noun: A government by the corrupt in which rulers use their official positions for pe...

Autumn began making his stealthy way across Summer's boundaries a few weeks ago. Barely there, he changed the light a little, casting sh...

I'm holding my sleeping daughter, playing a hidden-object game with my son. I'm feeling rather beige just now. I didn't write a ...

We've gone from this: To this: In seven months. Whoa.

...Spamity Spam, wonderful Spaaaaaam... Ahem. We were out of town for Labor Day. Lots of fun, terrific drumming, wet pack-out, long drive, j...

About six weeks or so ago, a friend asked me if Someone and/or I would be willing to go to Wisteria for an event, help her set up her booth....