Randomly Misha

I’m trying to think when I started washing the dishes. Every day, I mean. Not like when as a child did washing the dishes become one of my chores.* It might be one year ago. I could scroll back through texts with friends. I probably still wouldn’t have an exact date, but I could at least get within a month. But scrolling back through texts and posts is a mug’s game. How is it that no messenger or social media has a really basic keyword search? Let’s say it was one year ago, m

I’ve been patching up the lawn mower bag for a couple of years. It’s a Sears brand, so it’s not like I can just go on the store site for a replacement. Also I bought this mower in March 2002, possibly 2001, so it seems stupid to buy anything new for it. I finally stopped even fooling with the bag middle of last summer. My brother took all of our mowers to a special UK Agri-Engineering lawn mower service thing they do. Oil change, new spark plug, sharpen and balance the blade

Today my mom would have turned 84. My brother, sister-in-law, nephew, and I visited her grave for the first time since the funeral. So Kentucky, like many other states not used to serious winter, got slammed with alternating snow and wintry mix, sunny days which began melting everything, and overnight lows well below freezing which refroze everything. The cemetery only has ground plaques. Which are all covered by 6” of snow and ice. We weren’t sure we had the right grave. The

Today was vet day. Not Veterans Day, but discuss Torii’s increasing bad kittiness with the vet while the vet gives Torii her annual vaccinations. Torii lived up to her nickname of wee demon. Altho lately I’ve been calling her “little b-” which was also appropriate today. I won’t bore you with the full story. I’ll just say I made two calls to the vet’s office this morning. First at Torii’s appointment time saying we’ll be late because I’ve been trying to catch her and get her

So I’ve been awol again. It looks like my last post was September 21. My mother died September 25. It was both expected and a total surprise, as these things often are. We think she got up in the night and her heart stopped either as she stood up or as she was getting back into bed. My brother found her in the morning. So that was the last six weeks or so. Planning the funeral, the funeral, insurance paperwork, probate court, and clearing out her house to sell. We moved her i

We’ve had a new Adult Services Librarian for the last few months. Except she isn’t a librarian. Has never worked in a library. Hasn’t...

It looks like my last post was late December 2024. Today is March 31, 2025. So it’s been a bit. For miscellaneous reasons. One: Wix, in...

Dear Angry White Man, I have read your manifesto. I find your characters unpleasant and difficult to support. Moreover, your plot lacks...

me: Focus now. We have a lot to do today. brain: <quietly singing “Hey Big Spender” for absolutely no reason> me: I’m serious. We’re...

My annual checkup was last week. With bloodwork, of course. (Only ne stick! Bruised like hell after, but I’ll take it if it means I leave...

Sorry if you accidentally stumbled into this post. You are always welcome here. It’s just things are a little effed up right now. I...

I’m obsessively checking election results. Refreshing. Refreshing. Refreshing. Refreshing. It’s nuts. I know it’s nuts. Nothing will be...

Of course, I still held my breath until the first time the furnace kicked on. Which wasn’t until this evening — Tuesday, and I changed...

If you read from winter/spring 2023 until spring 2024, you’re familiar with my furnace anxiety. Quick summary for new readers and anyone...

1. I have a sinus infection, which I suspected. Central Ky has a hurricane lite, which is insane. 2. I picked up my antibiotic and...

The opening song to Despicable Me is stuck in my head. So far this week, I have: dealt with half of the public computers going down...

I’m still extra super sore from Friday’s marathon weeding. It’s that sorer two days after than the day after strenuous activity sore. So...