So. Miss Missy’s School is done. Not done & done as in published– that’s whole ‘nuther can of worms. But in good enough shape to be read. Mr. Big Food and I read it aloud in three chunks Tuesday and made edits in blue pencil. Wednesday I made the corrections and worked on The Companion
this just does not happen. It’s 4:38am. As you know from the previous post the power went out. Mr. Big noticed at about 3:40. The emergency light çame on back here in the den. I did what I do which includes calling the emergency number at the power company and then poured two cups of
I can’t say I’m proud of this– except for the fact that most of the 17 books on my desk right now were employed in finishing Miss Missy’s School— but this is real life. The bottom left was a nice change of pace. Mr. Big Food is giving a poster presentation at the Philosophy of
Mr. Big Food and I got into a fight this morning. Suppose you’re on a game show, and you’re given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what’s behind the doors, opens another door, say
I typed those words. I’m not happy with the very end of the ending, but the words are there, now filed under “edit,” which is way better than words filed under “in my head.” Near as I can tell I started in late 2017, worked on it into 2018, then abandoned Miss Missy’s School until
Thomas Jefferson really liked King Lear. He wrote, … a lively and lasting sense of filial duty is more effectually impressed on the mind of a son or daughter by reading King Lear, than by all the dry volumes of ethics, and divinity that were ever written. TJ Now you know. UPDATE: He also loved
I am THIS far from being done with Miss Missy’s School. Not done as in done & done, just done. In my researches the last few days I have come across a number of notable … things I thought I’d share. “If you’re THIS close, shouldn’t you be writing, not blogging?” you ask. “Well, yes.
Developmentally speaking, that cat is really odd. Some pretty funny political ones over at Powerline’s The Week in Pictures. Give ’em a look if inclined.
These playful yet sophisticated contemporary artworks are created by stretching a network of threads between accurately plotted pins. More at Humoring the Goddess.
That is a lot of words, if I do say so myself. I fixed Christmas. Nine days until school starts. I think I see my way forward to THE END. Speaking of THE END, last evening Mr. Big Food and I were reading the last couple of chapters aloud and he asked how/when it ended
In the Hidden Pasture. It’s a big tree. Drove up to The Summit with the dogs and then walked down to see it. Can you see that patch of white near the center of the bottom left photo? That’s the cotton field. It’s gorgeous this time of year.
I was thoroughly unhappy with my original idea for a gift from Tiger the Cat to Little Tommy. So I’m racking my brains and doing DDG searches, and this is the help I get. It goes without saying that neither Tiger nor Tommy smoke weed. But I laughed. Never ceases to amaze me what they
Mr. Big Food was on sabbatical. I had just quit/gotten kicked out of the Ph.D. program. That’s the north fork of the Shenandoah River. The country vet she saw in Lurray prescribed glucosamine and a baby aspirin once a day. She was like a new dog for a few more years. Made it to The
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