Over the months we’ve had her I’ve described Ashley as being puppish, puptastic, and pupalicious. But just recently I’ve realized that she as best described as being doggedly pupstanding in her field. 🐕 #dogsofmastodon
2024-06-30 17:40
Category: News
2024-06-24 14:44
Prompted by a poll on “Are you reading a book (paper, electronic, or audio)?” I realized that I’m reading one of each kind just now. On paper I’m reading non-fiction The Art & Practice of 16th Century German Fencing. On the kindle I’m reading a novel Dance for the Dead. On audible I’m reading Consider Phlebas.
2024-06-24 05:52
I like the time of morning when the tops of the trees are lit by the sun, but the bottoms of the trees are still in shadow.
2024-06-21 12:54
Rice Philip: ½ shallot, chopped, 1 T minced garlic, 1 cup bone broth, 1 can chicken breast meat, ½ cup brown rice. Soy sauce to taste after serving.
2024-06-21 10:50
If you live in Illinois, and care about vulnerable people, consider signing this petition for mask mandates in healthcare facilities: https://chng.it/WdnkRXGkXx
2024-06-21 10:34
The sort of thing Jackie might say on any ordinary day (such as today):
“Consider using a shallot as your allium in today’s lunch.”
(To be fair, just yesterday I told her I wasn’t using the shallots, assuming that she’d gotten them with some particular dish in mind.)
2024-06-21 09:31
Wow! Today’s #lilycount is 63! I think that’s the highest lilycount we’ve ever reached. Bonus: You can see Spleenwort, our front-step gargoyle, way over on the left. #bloomscrolling
My birthday bearpit
Last night, in celebration of my birthday the day before, my local HEMA club (Tempered Mettle Historical Fencing) honored me with what’s called a “bearpit”: I faced all comers with rapier or longsword for three passes each.
I made a video:
2024-06-17 27:43
A guy who used a cane had his phone slip out of his pocket on the bus, so I offered to pick it up for him. Taking it he said he appreciated young folks looking out for old folks like him.
I thanked him for thinking of me as a young folk, and didn’t tell him it’s my birthday. Or which birthday it is.
2024-06-17 07:07
Yesterday’s lilycount 23 (with bonus dog):
Today’s lilycount 42:
