Here are a few more malapropisms for you: Amazon review about a solar shower for camping: “When ever we left the water up to warm up, the squirrels would conjugate around it.” Collected by Small from a NextDoor post: A woman reported a car break-in and described what had been stolen. “Nothing but the floor mats! Granite there was nothing else worth taking.” Another NextDoor post: “My baby kitten joey … started getting really skiddish.” […]
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Dark Side of the Moon
Monday, September 6 Sleep is supposed to be a time of restoration and escape. But for the last eight months, it’s been nothing but horrific nightmares for me. My stuffed Moomintroll is of no use. Here’s last night’s fare: Hmmm, actually, it’s all too terrifying to immortalize here. Well, how about just the 1:00 a.m. episode? I’d been entrusted with the care of several unruly children ranging in age from two to twelve, plus a […]
Read moreFitness Regimen
The getaway with Molly was so lovely that I wanted to schedule an adventure with Eleni as well—long overdue. Yesterday she and I put our heads together (remotely) and scoured maps and AirBnB listings for possibilities. We determined that the Clear Lake area, a little over two hours from each of us, would be our destination, and found a two-bedroom place on the water. Unfortunately, the host reports that because of the drought, the shoreline […]
Read morePacked & Ready
Almost time to go. What are the odds that all of this… …will fit into this bitty thing? We will find out early tomorrow morning, minutes before I head off on my Sierra adventure. I’ve gone through all but an hour of the handful of Dad’s old tapes that I got digitized. Here’s an edited 30-second bit recorded on March 3, 1959. Once again (because, as you well know, It’s All About Me), it features […]
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