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Monthly Archives: August 2011
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
We don’t need no steenkin’ repairmen. We’re Kirbys. Together, me ‘n my man have built a barn and an art studio, remodeled the kitchen, and converted a garage to a dining room. Like a toddler who’s tied her shoes for … Continue reading
Posted in Desert life, Humor, Lessons Learned, New Mexico
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How to Get Killed at a Crafts Show
Or three things you should never say at a crafts show. (Under penalty of death. You have been warned.) Disclaimer: By and large, the people who frequent craft fairs are terrific. Friendly. Polite. Just plain nice. But at every picnic, … Continue reading
Posted in Art in the Park, Humor, My art, New Mexico
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Just Keep Clapping
Publish America is a crooked vanity publisher in sheep’s clothing. But that isn’t the point of this particular ramble. This morning, I came upon this in the Publish America (PA) thread at Absolute Write. The commenter was responding to another … Continue reading
Posted in Lessons Learned, publishing, Writing
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Facebook Won’t Eat Your Kittens
Stuff you can count on. The swallows returning to Capistrano. Taxes. Death. And someone on Facebook having a meltdown over privacy controls. OMG! Facebook has changed its settings again. Now, it can steal your children and sell them into slavery.” … Continue reading
I Feed My Muse True Blood
The only problem with watching True Blood via Netflix is that it leaves me feeling like the slow kid in class. Everybody else has moved on to lesson four, while I’m still stuck in lesson three. That is, I’m still … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, The Canvas Thief, Vampires
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Who Is That Masked Horse?
“STOP DIGGING!” What my neighbors hear every morning from May to October. Summer and Fall are the seasons of flies. This year, thanks (sort of) to a short and very unusual span of below zero temperatures, the fly hordes didn’t … Continue reading
Truth in Advertising
You know you’ve been at a job too long when the simple act of getting up, going outside and getting the mail becomes a kind of deliverance from the excruciating pain of ennui poisoning.* I slog across the asphalt parking … Continue reading
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Will There Be Laundry Involved?
In a lovely change from the adverts for manroot fertilizer, I get this in my inbox. (It somehow sneaked past my spam filters.) Doris wants a “true relationship and partner.” Dear Doris, As a rule i make a Point not … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Internet, Spam I Am
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