Monthly Archives: July 2011

As noted in The 4th (the aftermath), on July 13, 2011, a date that will live in infamy, the Callecod sisters, a/k/a, The Biddies, deserted this reporter for a trip to the wilds of northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.  The sisters, … Continue reading →

[* Borrowed without permission from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, used as a segue’ for something completely the same.] We got another inch and a half of rain Tuesday night.  Unless I am badly mistaken (what, moi?), that brings the total … Continue reading →

I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them. ~ Lyman Abbott  [Editor’s note:  OK, I agree.] Earth laughs in flowers.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Hamatreya” The earth laughs … Continue reading →

Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer Those days of soda and pretzels and beer Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer As with … Continue reading →