SciFi Man and I are moving in a month. We drove up to our new area over the weekend, to search for a place to live, and that seemed like a good opportunity to try out our new GPS device. It’s so cool–I don’t think we could get lost if we tried. I think my [...]

Today was Earth Day. I was afraid I missed, but a quick check of Wikipedia assures me that it’s still Earth Day today. This weekend, I picked up one of Target’s reusable shopping bags. They have them in the dollar spot for .99, which is a price you can’t argue with. What I love is [...]

Today had an unexpected start. Just after 4:30 this morning, much of the midwest (but especially my little corner of it) was shaken by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake. That may be no big deal for Californians, but in Illinois, we don’t get too many earthquakes. This one was strong enough to wake us up and [...]

April is National Poetry Month. I learned that yesterday, so while I was thumbing through some old anthologies from college, I pulled out a particularly nice poem to share.
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as [...]