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Just call me a curmudgeon and be done with it2 comments

wordtapestry wrote 2 months ago: Thoughts while waiting to be able to put milk in my coffee at the local bakery, in line behind two w … more →

Tags: cooking, figs, Tart, Jam

The figs are still green

wordtapestry wrote 2 months ago: … but the leaves on the forsythia are turning, I’ve switched to warmer clothing, and it … more →

Tags: Nature, Garden, figs, autumn, time

Saturday is so short1 comment

wordtapestry wrote 4 months ago: Here’s a goofy list of things that might be more worthwhile than mowing the lawn (which is wha … more →

Tags: summer, City Life, Garden, Green, Follies

Kind of Odd signs on trucks

wordtapestry wrote 5 months ago: I’m not talking about the KANE is Able truck signs (although they make me smile with this slog … more →

Tags: Rambling, Reading, WorDs, Commuting, Signs, Trucks, Advertisements

Yellow Sunshine2 comments

wordtapestry wrote 6 months ago: Yesterday, I was walking around in a suburb of Dusseldorf, taking advantage of 2 golden, rare hours … more →

Tags: Holidays, Germany, spring, PS4, yellow, Düsseldorf

First Music

wordtapestry wrote 7 months ago: I remember sitting on the floor, wearing a buckled shoe on one foot and on the other a sock. In fron … more →

Tags: Rambling, Memories, Songs, Music, Toys, Singing

Beltway Hero1 comment

wordtapestry wrote 8 months ago: No funny long johns with a cape for this guy. Just one guy garbed in a white Oxford shirt, dark brow … more →

Tags: Commuting, Superman, Hero

The Pirates of the Subdivision3 comments

wordtapestry wrote 9 months ago: Over a sound barrier wall on the Outer Loop around Washington, DC there’s a tattered, faded pi … more →

Tags: Rambling, City Life, Commuting, Morning After Report

Officially Feeling Old6 comments

wordtapestry wrote 10 months ago: The media keeps talking about the line between the boomers and the rest of us. I just tripped over t … more →

Tags: Rambling, Nostalgia, Music, Philadelphia

Flowers for a Blah Day2 comments

wordtapestry wrote 10 months ago: Carnations just make the world a little better. And, amusingly enough in this photo, it looks like a … more →

Tags: Nature, Flowers, winter, City Life, Kitchen, Commuting, carnations

More Mermaid Evidence

wordtapestry wrote 10 months ago: The mermaid at work has been in the refrigerator, judging by more evidence of fallen scales on the s … more →

Tags: City Life, office, mermaids

Juvenility Juvenility*3 comments

wordtapestry wrote 10 months ago: Today, I was on a conference call that was fairly long. A female goldfinch came to the thistle feede … more →

Tags: Nature, winter, Bird, goldfinch, City Life, Art, Commuting, Inauguration

Mermaid Scales2 comments

wordtapestry wrote 10 months ago: While walking through work’s monotone halls, I was intrigued to see the glint of something shi … more →

Tags: City Life, mythology, Commuting, mermaids

A Sarcasm of Snow2 comments

wordtapestry wrote 10 months ago: Feh. This morning I blew a light  inch of snow off my car — that’s how little we got. Bu … more →

Tags: Rambling, City Life, snow, Commuting

Attack of the Spitting Toilets6 comments

wordtapestry wrote 10 months ago: If you work in a new, modern company, have visited Disneyland, or flown in and out of Philadelphia I … more →

Tags: Rambling, City Life, Randoms

Linguistic Oddities

wordtapestry wrote 11 months ago: Do you know what the following words mean: clabberation sweat cakes I heard both of these on the rad … more →

Tags: Rambling, Follies, Commuting, language, dialects, Maryland

Kind of Recursive2 comments

wordtapestry wrote 11 months ago: But a huge undertaking nonetheless….. There’s a Christmas Goat that gets put up every ye … more →

Tags: Holidays, Fire, Travel, Follies, Christmas, Sweden, Goat, solstice

License Plates That Inspire Caution

wordtapestry wrote 11 months ago: When you’re behind a van on a busy highway, and you see the letters “BT” and a num … more →

Tags: Rambling, signage, specialty tags, Driving, Commuting

The Present Really Is Presence

wordtapestry wrote 11 months ago: Last week, I didn’t finish the deadline driven knitting I was working on for the wrap party. H … more →

Tags: Holidays, winter, Christmas, Family


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