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Drip Baby

backlist wrote 2 weeks ago: We realized sometime over the summer that we were getting HBO for free.  Well, not free exactly, sin … more →

Tags: observations, Food, the fantastic

Things Are Going Downhill

backlist wrote 2 weeks ago: Two days before guests come, the dog throws the contents of his stomach all over the house.  He uses … more →

Tags: bitter old woman, You've Got to be Kidding

Sniff

backlist wrote 3 weeks ago: You know, while we’re on the topic of libraries (we were, you know) let’s talk about sme … more →

Tags: observations, bitter old woman, Work

Step Back1 comment

backlist wrote 3 weeks ago: Personal space fascinates me.  Although my default preference is just a bit less than an arm’s … more →

Tags: observations, Charlottesville, Work

No, Actually, I'm Peachy.3 comments

backlist wrote 1 month ago: Hi concerned citizen! I’m delighted to see that you’ve noticed me.  After all, it’ … more →

Tags: observations, Work, bitter old woman, You've Got to be Kidding

No More Than One Path3 comments

backlist wrote 2 months ago: In the restroom, the students hang fliers.  There are the standard club fliers and audition notices. … more →

Tags: observations, Work, bitter old woman, You've Got to be Kidding

You Are Late.

backlist wrote 2 months ago: I am here waiting and I have been here waiting 13 minutes.  I wasn’t even on time.  I was 2 mi … more →

Tags: observations, Work, You've Got to be Kidding

Not Witty and Clever1 comment

backlist wrote 3 months ago: As much as I wish I could tell you witty and clever things about the weekend to both amaze and inspi … more →

Tags: observations, Joy, bitter old woman, Charlottesville

County Fair

backlist wrote 4 months ago: Dear readers, you know that I have a long history of country fair attendance.  You’d think tha … more →

Tags: observations, Joy, the fantastic, Charlottesville

Waterbrush pen and the smoking man2 comments

maggiebird wrote 4 months ago: I recently bought a Niji waterbrush pen. It’s just a small synthetic brush attached to a tube … more →

Tags: Public sketching, Art, Drawing, Waterbrush pen, car sketching, smoking man

Seperate Toilets1 comment

backlist wrote 5 months ago: It seems a little unreal that domestic partners employed by the federal government will have some be … more →

Tags: observations, DC, Propaganda, queerlife, bitter old woman

Heroes step-by-step

maggiebird wrote 6 months ago: Walnut ink on Fabriano watercolor paper Some weeks are just harder to get through than others. This … more →

Tags: Watercolor, Work, Life, Family

Study of a flute player2 comments

maggiebird wrote 6 months ago: Girl playing flute © 2009 Margaret Sloan Graphite value study I met this lovely young woman at Frida … more →

Tags: Art, instruments, Portrait, flute, Irish music

May day Morris dancing2 comments

maggiebird wrote 7 months ago: The Palo Alto Baylands before dawn on the first day in May is a chilly place, quiet except for a few … more →

Tags: Watercolor, Art, Music, traditional music, morris dancing, May Day, folk dancing

In Which I Become That Crazy Librarian

backlist wrote 7 months ago: Note to the college students of today: the correct terminology is check-out, not rent. As in “ … more →

Tags: bitter old woman, observations, Work, Charlottesville

Thar be strange ladies with tea in them thar hills!

Sarah wrote 8 months ago: Merry 2 pm everyone! Reporting with Nova on my lap snuggling on a horrible blustery day. Its been a … more →

Tags: creatures, Stuff a'happenin'

Green projects by folks I know

thewere42 wrote 8 months ago: (Excerpt) I am, as far as I can tell, an accidental environmentalist. Growing up in Los Angeles, you … more →

Tags: others projects

Finally.

backlist wrote 8 months ago: The house is finally bought.  The house we’ve talked about for more than a year (Let’s b … more →

Tags: Joy, Charlottesville, house

He Who Walks Behind the Rows

backlist wrote 8 months ago: While watching Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998), I was struck by the wrinkles in the … more →

Tags: observations, Propaganda


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