Micro Rants

For the last couple of days in the afternoon we’ve been getting these short intense thunderstorms rolling through my city. They hit us with sudden downpours that dump a lot of rain, with a little bit of wind on us and then the sun pops out and it’s all over. Frankly we need these and … Read more

I had planned to take a deep dive into getting started with my art making yesterday, instead I puttered around the house, did a lot of laundry, cleaned the cars, and took a nap. I took out my bike with the intent of going for a ride but instead, took a nap. Not great for … Read more

I read a recipe for a chicken brine that claimed that the secret to Popeye’s delicious chicken was that they used a brine that was basically a pickle brine. I saved up some pickle brine in the fridge and have been brining chicken. I have a large pickle jar in the fridge and I simply … Read more

I don’t think there’s a lot to report about deleting every social media app off my phone, yet. I have had some interesting responses. I use instagram to get ideas for things I might want to do in my groups. I was telling a coworker about this artist, and grabbed my phone and said, “Damn. … Read more

The city has a tree on our street. It happens to sit right in front of our house. I like having a tree there, it cools the house in the summer. We used to have 2 but one fell over in a windstorm and the city decided against replacing it. National Grid used to come … Read more

I went to get my covid vaccine yesterday. When I checked the CVS app I saw that I could also get the flu and pneumonia vaccines, so I signed up for those as well. It was over and done in less than 5 minutes. When I got home CVS had sent me coupons- $5 off … Read more

Often this time of year I do some baking and cooking and then do some sort of crafty packaging for the food. I create and print and decorate some sort of label that explains what is in the food as well as looks pretty cool. One year I did dicut gift boxes for small package … Read more