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So! On Friday, I made two discoveries: 1) It’s spring! For real this time. I raked the yard and swept the driveway and cleared out the gardens to discover things! Growing things! By next week, we’ll have flowers. Also, Heather informs me that the neighbors1 dig my arbor. If I catch them laying hands on it, though, there’s gonna be ...

Saludo, amigos. Last night, Stephanie called me on her way home after dropping me off to say that the banks of the Minnesota River were burning. So I thought about it all night, and on my way back home around 1am, I got all the way to the driveway before turning around and continuing on south to see the fires. ...

Holy crap. I just wrote checks for almost $9,000 in taxes and other bills, and piled up a stack of 10 fat envelopes to bring to the post office tonight. I don’t know why the hell I would be happy about that, but I am. Apparently there’s catharsis in freeing yourself from all your cash. I should look into starting ...

My week in pictures! Cock.We went to this animal shelter up north and I didn’t even cry once. You know you’ve spent your entire life near a city when you want to stand and laugh at the chickens all day. I made red velvet cake for Easter brunch. I’m told it was good. Red velvet cake is deep-south-tacky-licious. I made ...