Sunday, November 30, 2008
Neighbor kitty, Oliver, likes our yard.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Several weeks ago we headed up to Portland for a weekend. I’d gotten tickets to see David Sedaris at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, and since it had been a while since Mr. Wolf had gotten solid time away from work, we decided to make it a nice long weekend away from home. We stayed [...]
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
A reader, April, left a comment on my recent post (Trying to) Buy Local. I started to reply in the comments section, but then decided it was a really good springboard for discussion. April writes: I like Fake Plastic Fish’ take on what local means and that sometimes it’s not about geography at all. Sigh. [...]
Saturday, November 22, 2008
When do I have to concede that it’s officially winter? I don’t want to. *sulks* Clouds over a graveyard in Philomath (re-run photo from the blog’s prior life)
Friday, November 21, 2008
Okay, so, in my last entry, I ranted a little about the hours that some Corvallis (and Albany) merchants keep, and how they’re not terribly convenient for those of us with full time jobs. Judging from the comments and e-mails I got, I am not alone in these feelings. That post got linked over at [...]
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Here’s the story of what happened when we tried to dump our big corporate ISP and go with a local company: FAIL So, yep, the attempt failed, because it depends on line of sight to their transmitter and we have way too many trees around us. (Uh, not that this is a bad thing.) It’s [...]
I raked the driveway today. Not sure if the maple tree is ours or the neighbors, but we got a fair share of the fallen leaves & are going to use them as mulch in the garden.
