Category Archives: Out in the yard

The Queen is Dead

Every life must, inevitably, come to an end. For our majestic silver maple, which took such a beating in last year’s ice storm, that end came this week. I had tried so hard to bend reality to my denial, refusing … Continue reading

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Happy Earth Day-Where’s My Electric Car?

Some things the House does right: 1)We bought an existing house, 2)We walk Monkey to school in all but the very worst weather, 3)I quit taking the daily paper, 4)Reusable grocery bags! 5) Buy local food when available, 6) Don’t … Continue reading

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It’s a Worm-pocalypse!

We have had rain the last several days, boy howdy have we had rain. The tornado sirens went off in the early hours of Tuesday morning and Monkey couldn’t go back to sleep in his bed so he stayed with … Continue reading

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