The big eclipse, 2024

It wasn’t as spectacular as the one in 2017 where it went almost totally dark, but it DID get a bit shady, and the shadows of the leaves had that weird ripply effect to them.

The “other” 1970s.

Seems everybody born past a certain date has discovered the 1970s.

I get it, each era has its flavor. I’m into the 1920s, for…. reasons.

Ruby and Jodi. Accountability.

Ruby the “8 Passengers” diva out west and her life coach, defrocked therapist Jodi are now facing the reality of  living in a fantasy world.

Grieving Normal

There they are, in some gathering, “My kid just got a full right schoarship to the prestigious University of their choice and are double-majoring in radiology and some sort of medical program. When they aren’t studying and pulling down high grades, they are leaders in their Greek house, and she’s a cheerleader or he’s the quarterback and they have a volunteer job with the poor and they have perfect teeth and they are already getting job offers from last summer’s internship in New York City.”

I get it, your kid is P.E.R.F.E.C.T.

Perfectionism and the Spectrum

Though undiagnosed, I suspect I’m on both Spectrums – at 57, why bother to go to the expense of a diagnosis? Anyway, in my ramblings around the Web, I keep seeing references to “perfectionism” in Spectrum folk, be it ADHD or Autism, or both.

Tuesday’s Complaints

I have come to the conclusion that people with tidy houses, be they some sort of influencer, Martha Stewart, or most of the people who aren’t me that live in my neighborhood, are people with no interests outside of football, frosted tips, and or decorating their houses with things other people made, usually in China, and therefore easy to swap out and replace with the next big trend.

Thoughts upon Jim Jones and Jonestown

Listening to a podcast episode about Jim Jones and Jonestown from the P.O.V. of a retired FBI profiler, a few things struck me, someone who was old enough to remember when the news broke. And oh what a stink it raised!

Dresser Reborn… or something like that.

Turning blocks in mahogany from that dresser – the damned thing weighed a ton! It’s a LOT easier to haul around in this form.

Picked up an ill-used 1930s dresser at our local Habitat for Humanity Restore Shop a few weeks back with the intention of taking off the “after market” modernization (badly applied gaudy fabric, cheap drawer pulls, and spray paint.) and restoring it.

Slowly Restocking, or was it Taxes?

Holiday season is more or less over, and the summer festival season is just around the corner. Have been working on restocking various shops and preparing orders for a few wholesale customers while looking for new wholesale customers.

What is the last thing you learned? Response

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What is the last thing you learned?

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I have learned that the following native woods in my region naturally glow under black light.