The weather prediction was that today would be a snow day. Preparatory to this, I made sure there was chocolate and wine and other Good Things to eat in the house. Last night we had a glass of wine, ate some chocolate and watched a movie. It was quite nice. Afterwards, I very carefully put…
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Once upon a time….
… there was a little girl who loved sheep. One day she asked her mom for a sheep birthday cake and her mom was stumped. You see, she had already made sheep cakes in the past and she was running out of ideas. The mom was looking on The Internet for ideas one day when…
Some days….
… are just days for curling up with a good book, like a Dictionary of Imaginary Places…. …. or an Atlas of Middle Earth, and flying away to parts unknown. Delighted as I am by their literary pursuits, I can’t help but wonder if they are simply dreaming of fantastic adventures or, perchance, plotting devious…
The Day of the Dragon
As you have undoubtedly heard, in the Chinese Zodiac, it is the Year of the Dragon. It should have occurred to me that dragons, like turtles, are reptiles. I’m not sure how I missed that. John thought turtles were amphibians, but clearly they are reptiles. Wikipedia says so, so it must be true. The turtles…
An uneasy truce
After an incident the other night, in which a testudine tail was knocked awry by a somewhat vigorous bleater and required immediate surgery with superglue, I decided that enough was enough. While the turtle was in recovery, I brought in a mediator. He was a man (I think. Could be wrong.) of wisdom and sagacity,…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 