And here’s hoping for the beginning of my cycle tomorrow.   I’ve been on the Climara patches for a week now.  They’ve totally ameliorated the DHEA effects, as far as nasty taste & inclination to eat anything not nailed down.  Still losing hair in the shower, but not so much.  Face is clear, as it [...]

Yawn. A blustery day, so the first homemade clam-chowder of the season with what will probably be the last asparagus of the season.  A day of cooking and writing – how wonderful an autumn day is that?  Answer: in my world, that counts as a muy wonderful day, indeed. And Nellie hasn’t eaten anything she [...]

Yeah, the sticker-happiness has worn off.  Or more likely, Nellie the Wonder-Whippet has eaten it.  Yes, that’s it.  My dog has eaten all my happiness. Along with several postage-stamp-sized patches off my velvet duvet cover.  Along with an heirloom crocheted coverlet made by some great-great, which we put on the bed to keep her from [...]

…which is pretty damned weird when you think about it.   Wedding was a hoot – truly a perfect ceremony for us, a blend of sheer goofiness and unadulterated sentiment – sort of like our relationship, actually.  Our J of the P wasn’t actually certain that his certification – or whatever – was still valid. [...]

So, um, even though I haven’t yet stopped bleeding from the miscarriage, oh so many weeks ago, it seems to have kicked up a notch, back to what I would call “Normal Period” type bleeding. I’m thinking it might actually be a period. Since it would be right on schedule for me, give or take [...]

First off – Dog. Dog is good. Her name is Nellie – as in “Nervous Nellie” or possibly “Nosy Nellie”. She is, what could charitably be called, timid. Since my previous dog was so overly confident that she once jumped into a river. From a cliff. To rescue my husband. Who actually wasn’t drowning. Even [...]

I have a dog. Well, actually, we have a dog. And, actually, unfortunately for me, this particular dog seems to prefer the boy – whose eyes itch when she comes too near and who doesn’t particularly like dogs. Ahem. This is, no doubt, the result of having been raised in a girl-free home, but it [...]