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Novels, Jardin du grand singe, and chickens
Novel update When I received the very NICE rejection for Lord of Abydos, I wrote a thank you to the editor to tell her how much I appreciated her kind words. I mentioned that I was researching an Egyptian Cinderella … Continue reading
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What I heard on NPR
It was a snippet since I missed the first part of it, but I think it was part of their on-going series about people who have lost their jobs. Anyway, the person being interviewed HAD lost her job and so … Continue reading
Designer Poo
We rescued two large bunnies, bringing our manure employees to a total of three. Introducing Dolce and Gabbana: who join — drum roll as we announce her name– Coco Chanel (aka Princess Rabbit and Little Miss. Emma is designing and … Continue reading
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Employee #1 at the Manure Factory
Meet our new bunny who has no name as of this posting, although Coco Chanel has been suggested and maybe disregarded. (You’ll need to speak to the Bunny Mistress Em about that/)Anyway, her job (the rabbit’s, not Emma’s)is to eat, … Continue reading
Garden accomplishments for Christmas break
To remind myself I am not a totally lazy sloth, here’s the list of what was actually done: Ordered strawberry plants Ordered seed potatoes Planted blueberry, raspberry, and blackberry bushes Painted new fence Dug bed for grapes and mulched with … Continue reading
Mulching Matilda (s)
Yesterday, Emma and I spread 110 square yards of mulch for pathways through the garden. (There was a big sale at Loews.) Ms. Em really is an artist with the rake, despite being injured when the big transport trolley banged … Continue reading
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My garden has a name. . . .
Le jardin du grand singe or As many of you know, my children and their friends call me Monkey. This started a few years ago when they learned that their father used to call me “the screaming monkey in the … Continue reading
Life’s a bowl of berries
with apologies to Mary Englebreit. My blueberry, raspberry, and blackberry bushes arrived a couple of weeks ago, but the garden wasn’t prepared to received them. They’ve been living in a box of mulch and waiting for me to get my … Continue reading
Manure maneuver
Does this sweet couple look like the kind of people to shovel shit? Thanks to them, a full truckload of horse manure arrived at my house on Wednesday, and Jason showed us how buff he had become by unloading for … Continue reading
Urban Farming
A friend sent me this Onion video on what happens to all Obama-obsessors post-election. I’m trying hard to avoid that particular moment myself by taking on a new obsession, which actually came about pre-election, but I didn’t talk about it … Continue reading
