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Positive

Posted on 05/25/2022 by chick

It’s Covid. 🙁

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Probably Covid

Posted on 05/24/2022 by chick

Livia came down sick over the weekend. Today the rest of us woke up feeling sick. Later we got an e-mail from the school to inform us that one of Livia’s classmates had tested positive for Covid. So, odds are … Continue reading →

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SITY: Interesting Leaves

Posted on 05/21/2022 by chick

They were obviously buttercups, but which kind of buttercup? The most likely types were bulbous buttercup, creeping buttercup, and meadow buttercup (a.k.a. common buttercup). I guessed that mine were creeping buttercups based on the growth pattern and appearance of the … Continue reading →

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SITY: The Proof Is in the Plant

Posted on 05/09/2022 by chick
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SITY: First Toad

Posted on 05/08/2022 by chick
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Reading Report: Late April

Posted on 04/22/2022 by chick

I finished D (A Tale of Two Worlds) by Michel Faber. It is this story, the letter D has virtually disappeared from the world. A girl named Dhikilo and a sphinx travel to a strange other world to figure out … Continue reading →

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Happenings 4/22/22

Posted on 04/22/2022 by chick

I rewatched Disney’s The Little Mermaid the other day. Since then, I’ve had the music stuck in my head, the same part over and over again: “bright young women, sick of swimmin’” (that’s some quality rhymin’ right there). I thought … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts 4/14/22

Posted on 04/14/2022 by chick

Marshall joined me for my walk today, and we talked about such things as cold fusion, the ultimate fate of the Earth, and mosquito-gun turrets (a much needed invention–tiny guns that go on your hat and shoot approaching mosquitos, but … Continue reading →

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This Week

Posted on 04/09/2022 by chick

Livia came down sick last week, and she passed the bug along to me. We gave her a home Covid test, and it came out negative. As I read online today, we probably ought to have tested her again a … Continue reading →

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Reading Report: March-Into-April

Posted on 04/04/2022 by chick

I finished The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Frasier. In this romance, a soon-to-be-divorced woman from Sussex inherits a home in Scotland and sets up a whole new life for herself there, including a job at a the local … Continue reading →

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