So we returned from glorious colorful Provence and found a smelly house full of mouse droppings. That deflated my mood considerably. Today we’re trying to clean and scrub and erase any vestige of rodent (and not snap at our kids because our vacation is over). I know – I have it so tough, right? But I have picked the winner… Read More
Archives for April 2012
The Bragging Contest
Would you like to know what I’m good at? Languages. I always assume I’m going to understand someone who is speaking to me in a language I do not know, or that I’ll discern what is written in a language I haven’t learned. When I went to my Polish friend’s house, I saw a large poster with three old fashioned… Read More
Awake, Thou Wintry Earth
Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness! (~Thomas Blackburn, “An Easter Hymn”) Guess who else is digging Spring? A Young Lady who’s birthday falls not long after Easter! So we celebrated in true Spring style with colors galore and Petit Princes who wanted to arrange things just so and a medley of baking and caking and… Read More
Déjà Vu
Halloo there! We just got back from Alsace yesterday, which explains my absence from the blogosphere. And it’s tough settling back in. Petit Prince is weepy and my house is messy and we ran out of money and my nose is runny and I think it’s funny but it’s snot. (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, just… Read More
Why I Garden
That’s probably a grammatically incorrect title, starting it with the word “why.” Starting anything with the word “why.” Or having truncated phrases with no correct subject-verb-object and treating them as sentences, for that matter. Gritting your teeth yet? But I did want you to know why I garden. It’s not like I need more things to do … This is Petit… Read More