Goodbye, children

Last night, for Movie Night, Other Patti and Our Friend Sally and I watched the French movie that gave Quentin Tarantino the name idea for his movie “Reservoir Dogs”. You see, Tarantino, before he became a famous director, worked in a movie rental store. Some (not so very brilliant) guy came in looking for a Continue reading Goodbye, children

Blackberry winter

I think we here in Cincinnati are having a blackberry winter. Warm air has arrived, the daffodils are even mostly over, and most importantly for my breakfasting, blackberries have bloomed a bit wherever it is that they are (not here in my yard, unfortunately). Now we have our cold snap. The boiler is back on, Continue reading Blackberry winter

Nothing woke me

Nothing woke me up at this hour, and of course, I can’t figure out which particular nothing that was. Maybe it was the noiseless neighborhood coyotes sliding through the neighborhood, waking Sophie and causing her to bark. Or it could have been the raccoons who taunt her from the porch sometimes. I have lain awake Continue reading Nothing woke me