Lynne Simpson

I followed a link on Meankitty’s blog to a story about a cat who chased a bear up a tree. John and I had a kitty named Symba with similar notions of her own badassedness. She weighed only seven pounds at her heaviest but would take on dogs ten times her size if she felt [...]

I just found out Jacqueline has tagged me. Is this kinda like being pinned? :-) I'm supposed to come up with four interesting (I'm interpreting this as "bizarre") facts about myself and one complete lie, and blog readers are asked to guess which one's fake. I will accept guesses until 11:59 pm Eastern on Friday. [...]

Unfortunately, I have both chronic and acute arrogance. Whenever I need a firm reminder that I'm not all that, I break out a book of acrostics. Usually, the Penny Press puzzles are enough, but for particularly severe flare-ups, only the Simon & Schuster ones will do the job. (Even my mother-in-law, a master wordsmith, says [...]

Okay, so I'm posting this a day later than I said I would. I was just plain BEAT yesterday, so I did most of my computing from the Clié instead of Wilma (my tablet) or my main PC. Y'know, most of the time I don't feel much different from when I was in my twenties. [...]

In order: Found the closest Quik Trip Flushed a REAL toilet (Quite the luxury after three days of Porta-Potties) Brushed my teeth (Ever tried brushing your teeth in the rain?) Bought the biggest Diet Coke they sell (I may never drink Gatorade again!)   I'll post a more detailed wrap-up of the event tomorrow. My [...]