animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

pinched

About three weeks ago, I woke up with a pinched nerve in my neck. I’ve had these before, so I wasn’t really concerned about it, as uncomfortable as they are. However, this one would not let up and kept getting worse and worse (I have a numb streak running down …

buttermilk falls

I was here once before. Way back when it was just a waterfall in the woods. They turned it into a county park at some point, so I thought it would be fun to visit again. So, I went there this morning to check it out. It was mostly as …

jake visit

Jake had to come in for a work thing (something unavoidable that had been scheduled for a while, unfortunately for him). It was good to see him even though he’d only been gone a few weeks. We went to my parents’ for lunch on Sunday, worked on the puzzle a …

billy summers

I’m loving these crime novels from Stephen King! The first act of this book was top notch. The rest of it was pretty great. The story was about a hit man who planned on doing his last job, which turned out to be more complicated than most. There were so …

the golden gathering

I took Tilly to this event again this year. The turnout was slightly better than last year (over 85 goldens were in attendance today). Just like last year, it was a lot of fun. I don’t think Tilly enjoys it, but she’s out of luck, because we’re going to go …