An open letter to my Dentist
Lorena
Dear office; when I started coming to you in about 1993 or so, you were fabulous. Now you suck. Blow me. No, no, no – let me start that again.…
Gainesville
I should start teaching Customer Service classes
Two things are really getting my panties in a bunch right now. Both of them are how I’m being treated by companies, and I think it boils down to my…
Another trip to Haile and back
It’s beautiful, but it just doesn’t look like Gainesville. I know I keep saying that, but if you saw what Gainesville is really like….? You’d get it. This; this is…
Show your Pride
You may remember last year when I had a booth at the Pride Festival with Wild Iris Books; last weekend the event rolled around again, and again we were there!…
Countless hours spent
I can’t tell you how many hours in my life I’ve spent roaming the stacks, here. When we first moved to Gainesville when I was nine years old, I begged…
Lost in my own city
Monday I had to drive out to Haile Plantation again (the timing wasn’t right for mailing Old Dog’s meds, they would have been late) so I took the opportunity of…
We sure do like ice cream
Y’all must think we practically live at the ice cream shop. Truth is that this visit was instigated by needing to hand off some things to another friend, and Sweet…
Died and gone to Hell– er, Haile
‘Round these parts, we make fun of a development called Haile Plantation. Partly because it’s so Stepford, and partly because if you’re from the South you immediately hear the sound…
Wednesday June 27th
Yesterday, with just a brief break when a friend stopped by, I wrapped soap while firing the kiln. Between the friend stopping by, catching up on some TV, and only…
Monday, June 11th
Yesterday I met a couple of friends for lunch at our usual hangout, Wine and Cheese (technically the restaurant portion is called Panache but we always call it Wine and…
Party all day
Yesterday we had two parties to go to, and I’m so glad that they were at different times of the day because I wouldn’t want to have missed either of…
Thank you, Tropical Storm Beryl!
After three solid days (and at least six inches) of rain, we went back to Chopstix earlier this week to see if there was any improvement to the water table.…