Michael Pollan is one of my favorite writers.  I just came across (courtesy Central City Co-Op) an article he wrote for the NYT about vegetable gardening.  More on our own gardening adventure later.

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C&D discovered the sand beneath our weed barrier in the patio.  It was good for lots of digging and truck play. * David complained that his hair was falling in his eyes.  I don’t like that, either, so I figured it was time for a trim all around. (View of the bird’s nest from the [...]

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Fiona graduated from UH this weekend.  In fact, she didn’t just graduate, she graduated summa cum laude.  I think.  In any case, she done good, real good.  She hosted a party at her new house. C&D came home remembering all their ASL signs.  We’ll have to visit with Fiona again. * David making a picture [...]

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It’s good that a  picture says a thousand words, because this post is mainly pictures.  You can fill in the rest. * My postponed birthday last Friday, post-cupcakes from Sugar Baby’s.  You can see the evidence on David’s chin. Saturday, May 4th, the Faerie Festival at Lucia’s Garden.  We didn’t want to go home.   [...]

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Still feels like the world is a little over-stimulating sometimes. An exciting day and my heart pounds; when I’m a little too tired the soft white water sounds from my stereo to cover the noise of traffic on the street sounds like Niagara Falls, and I grope in the bed for my ear plugs. Not [...]

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I’m sick and tired.  Really.  I have a cold and I can tell it’s going to get ugly.  It’s strange; we weren’t sick much at all until the bleed, and now this is, what, my third cold this year?  For a while I hadn’t any at all.  What’s different, and how do I fix whatever [...]

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We all woke up too early, and smiles came only reluctantly. By mid-morning C&D complained and whined upstairs while I worried about an odor that burned the insides of my nostrils as I rushed back and forth through the hallway. I held my nose over the diaper pail, the bathroom rug, the shoe rack, the [...]

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