Monthly Archives: March 2008

My Cousin Sarah and her husband are expecting a baby boy very soon and I am very excited. For now he’s called Quiet Wyatt. Saturday there was a shower at the church, and amazingly I didn’t scandalize the ladies with … Continue reading →

Really fresh eggs, when hard boiled, are hard to peel. A good bit of the white part sticks to the shell, and the egg ends up being smaller and pitted. Not pretty and a bit wasteful. The folks on the … Continue reading →

In the course of my work day, I learned that John T. Edge wrote his master’s thesis on pot likker. I slap my forehead and wonder why I didn’t think of that. And then I wonder what there is to … Continue reading →

The Professor had a birthday party this weekend, and it was a lot of fun. We ate tacos. Then we waited for dessert–a chocolate fountain with strawberries, bananas, apples, and pound cake to dip into it. But then, tragedy struck, … Continue reading →

Bunny! Eggs! Color! Flowers! I do love the pagan aspect of holidays. Hope yours is happy.

I stumbled across this album of covers of some of the Louvin Brothers’ songs, and I’m in love. I go from elation to tears. That’s some good music, there. So far my favorites are Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell on … Continue reading →

And many mooooore!

On vacation, we went by the botanical garden in Richmond. It was just shy of a beautiful spring display, but the conservatory had lots of loveliness.

I was on vacation last week in the past. The Professor and I went to Williamsburg. Here I am inside the gate of the Bruton Parish Episcopal Church, where George Washington once worshiped. (And therefore it is likely that George … Continue reading →