The Oil is No More

So, there's been one upside to the incredible wave of cold sweeping Wilmington... The oil froze. The oil froze!!! And it is has now been removed from the porch and from the life of my beagle, Gertrude. And also from the lives of the stray cats that have been hanging around it. I kind of feel like we just demolished the neighborhood bar or something. The bar of oil. It is a good day.

Reason #328 That I Suck

is that I forgot Poem Sunday. Which I've been saving up poems for... well, forever. And so, I now decree that it is Poem Monday. Yes! Poem Monday! Bigger, better, and... on Monday. Adam and Eve by Tony Hoagland I wanted to punch her right in the mouth and that's the truth. After all, we had gotten from the station of the flickering glances to the station of the hungry mouths, from the

Still Learning

So, I'm back to starting all my posts with 'so.' Lessons learned in the last 24 hours: I am the only person who thinks lion peen is funny. It is ok to mix paper and plastic recycling in New Hanover County. I should have said hi to that girl I saw in Subway who looked like someone I went to high school with, because it really was her and not my self-centered tendency to think everyone is someone

It's All Happening At the Zoo

So, Thomas and I went to the zoo on Sunday. There's this zoo here in Wilmington--it used to be called the Tote-Em-In Zoo (which I never understood. The name always made it sound to me like some good samaritans found a giraffe in the woods and just toted it in!) but is now called Tregembo Animal Reserve or something like that. I'd never gone there before because I'd always heard that it was sad

Is Unkind to Animals

And a most happy birthday to my 16 year old Gertie today!