Category: Peonyiana

Last night, after supper, Hambet had a collision with a chair leg and came away with a small cut above his right eye. Naturally he was crying with surprise and pain, but a little direct pressure stopped the bleeding and a few hugs and kisses remedied everything else. But the cut concerned me. Hambet had… Continue reading Stitches and glue

To: St Anthony of Padua, aka “The Wonder-worker” cc: Guardian Angel (Peony); Guardian Angel (Hambet) Re: missing items Gone missing this afternoon: one puzzle piece (shaped like a cow — a Holstein.) Still missing: one triangle striker. Thanking you in advance for your assistance, Your faithful petitioner, Peony Moss I had thought that it was… Continue reading Tony, Tony, come around….

Revelry at the PGMP will involve a batch of Irish Coffee, a nice hunk of Stilton, and a rented movie (XMen 2). We’ll be having friends over for dinner tomorrow evening.

Found today: one maraca and one little wooden sign, both in a basket that had been searched before. All we need now is the striker for the triangle and we’ll be three for three. Perhaps part of the problem was the big basket — too easy to lose little things in there. We recently picked… Continue reading Well, look what the space-time anomaly coughed up

I think there is some kind of space-time anomaly in my house. How else to account for all the weird things that keep disappearing? Keys, lids to travel mugs, books, rolls of tape, silver gel markers, and toys — especially toys — keep disappearing. Sometimes these things do reappear: usually when I’m not looking for… Continue reading Maybe I could turn this into a spot on the Discovery Channel

We had a really happy, fun day but I went to bed tired and I’m still tired this morning. I could really, really use some coffee. Today we’ll just be washing things and putting things away. And playing with the new toys.

Just got back from Pennsylvania. Traffic was horrific, so we peeled off at Breezewood (half an hour’s wait just to get into the toll plaza leading to that graceful metropolis, so like Paris with its profusion of lights and fine cafes) and took the back roads through PA and Maryland, a route that took us… Continue reading Okay, I’m really outta here now.

Just a few off the top of my head…. Thank You, Lord for… my husband and our dear little boy for our daily bread for the roof over our head for my husband’s new job for the little luxuries in our lives, including our computer for the Sacraments for our Holy Father, our bishops, and… Continue reading Thanks