The Saharan dust cloud has arrived on the Gulf Coast. It is hazy here, it’s been overcast for days. It rained all week, plus the dust haze, and I’m really, really sick of quarantine. I am having a hard time not feeling sorry for myself – no help, no one to take the kids away…
100 Days of Solitude
It is our One Hundredth Day of Quarantine. Technically, we have not been in this house for 100 days. We did take a Quarantine Vacation, subtitled, The Same Five People, Just In A Different House. We generally do a weeklong vacation the first week of the boys’ summer break – Big Bend last year, a…
Follow Friday (Saturday)
Hello dollies. What a couple of weeks, right? I have done quite a bit of hand-wringing in my various social media feeds, and I find myself out of words in this more long-form space. So instead of blathering on, I will suggest a few follows to you readers. I learned about some of these people…
Sunday Morning Meal Planning
Yesterday, we expanded our quaranteam to include the family across the street. It has been 70 days since their son (age 11) and our boys (12, 9, 6) saw each other, or anyone else. These boys have essentially lived in each other’s houses since we moved here four years ago, and after the 70 day…
Rosemary and Thyme
Jack and I are watching an episode (or two) of Rosemary and Thyme every night. We have made our way through Father Brown first, and then Murder She Wrote, and then Magnum PI, followed by the remake of Lost in Space, Unforgotten, and now our latest is Rosemary and Thyme. First of all, it’s important…