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The Beinecke’s Back-up OED during a Frolicksome Vacation up in Canada; or, The Wonders of Inter-Tidal Loan Originally uploaded by BookMonger.

…reads my spam, and I have to say, it pretty well sums up my mood. I have been on an amazing caffeine high all day long. I’ve more or less stopped drinking espresso, so when I do — hello, world! I wonder if it is possible to be so hyped up on caffeine that you [...]

Dudes! Dudettes! Check it out, yo! My grapes are going crazy, and they are ready to eat. I have this mad grape arbor over the front of the house. So far, it’s just provided tasty shade. But now, there is tasty fruit, too! Bunches and bunches of ripe green grapes are hanging right there, not [...]

as per the weather. high: 101 today, supposed to crest 107 (!) on saturday, a relatively balmy 98 next week. It’s not bad except in the late afternoon, round about 4pm or so, when I. can’t. breathe. or. move. The sun is just intensely strong here; in Arkansas it was often this hot, but it’s [...]

Millions of peaches, peaches for me It is peach season here in California — along with tomato season, squash season, blueberry season, and just about any other summer vegetable season you can think of — and I am in heaven. There are peaches everywhere; peaches one pound for a dollar, two pounds for four dollars [...]

Happy Birthday Woody Guthrie! A native Oklahoman, an American hero. “This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin’ it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing [...]

I am unpacking boxes of donations, from a member of the general public, who I happen to know has two teenage boys. The books are packed in recycled moving boxes. One of the boxes is labeled: MISC STUFF from cabinet in Lounge etc: hair, body, papers, kids knifes. Er.