Wild Kingdom comes to the Prussian Green Money Pit

Our neighborhood, which is a pretty average suburb with some very busy streets, backs up against a heavily wooded neighborhood that is completely self-contained — no through traffic at all except for people going to the country club in the middle of their neighborhood. My friend Iris (one of those people whose sincere love for… Continue reading Wild Kingdom comes to the Prussian Green Money Pit

Michael wasn’t always Terri’s guardian….

…and as Wesley Smith points out, the court-appointed guardian thought it would be better that way: Because of these conflicts of interest, the Probate Court appointed Richard L. Pearse Jr. of Clearwater, Florida, as Terri’s guardian ad litem and instructed him to investigate the matter and report back with a recommendation. Pearse filed his report… Continue reading Michael wasn’t always Terri’s guardian….

Summer’s encore

We have been enjoying temperatures in the 80’s for the last few days. We took Hambet to the zoo on Saturday (a bit of a waste of time — he was interested in everything but the animals — never mind the elephant, Mommy, I’m trying to climb into the basket of the stroller!) Yesterday was… Continue reading Summer’s encore

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Here it is

Thanks to a kind benefactor, I was able to get a digital picture of the costume! addendum: The white stripes across the front of the jacket are red reflective tape, reflecting the flash. No, there is no little boy in the picture. This is mostly because, per my husband’s request, pictures of the Maryland Mosses… Continue reading Here it is

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Two more from Leigh Hunt

Today’s poem at Flos Carmeli is Leigh Hunt’s Song of Fairies Robbing an Orchard. I would be surprised if Hunt didn’t intend that poem to be amusing, as well as these two: To a Fish You strange, astonished-looking, angle-faced, Dreary-mouthed, gaping wretches of the sea, Gulping salt-water everlastingly, Cold-blooded, though with red your blood be… Continue reading Two more from Leigh Hunt