A blue peek at a collage I’m working on for someone small and special, who I’ll see in two weeks.

Chiming in here to m. heart’s Winter Blues Week, because boy do I have ‘em.
A few days of bright skies and above-32-degrees weather had me pining for sunny spring, but I should have known better. Today the gray sky is hanging low with wet clouds and snow is starting to come down in big fluffy [...]

I’ve been slow to words recently, but my eyes are wide open.
So that we could swap inspiration and keep our inboxes clutter-free, Dan and I set up a little blog, called Inspire Me, where we post various visual inspirations with little or no commentary. Take a look…

Not to be confused with the $700 Band-Aid, of course.
You see, in the end, the three anxious nights of worry, guilt, and tears were well-deserved. Really, I deserved more pain and suffering, but the vet’s bill took care of most of it via shock value.
The reason why Bix was so sick, why he was hospitalized, [...]

The vet called this morning at 7:45. I was pulling on gray corduroy pants in the bedroom (I’m a late waker in the winter — not enough sun), and Dan answered.
They’d wanted to keep Bix overnight without performing surgery to see if he would respond to some treatment for an infection. Apparently this morning [...]

Bix is going into surgery this afternoon to potentially remove an obstruction from his GI system.
Wish us luck, or whatever it is that gets dogs through surgery.

If you had told me a few years ago that I would fall hopelessly in love with a green-eyed, wet-nosed, sixty-five pound canine you’d have been met with raised eyebrows and a curious stare. I was firmly a cat person, and could see no reason or future desire to welcome into my life — or [...]

Two fun things happened here in the country this weekend. Surprise!
The first fun thing was a show at Williams College. Vampire Weekend played.

The show was in a dining hall and I think the band was on the floor. I couldn’t see them, and I was terrified of squeezing myself into the crew of waify girls [...]