... but not limited to lotions and toothpastes and shaving creams) no electronic parts (especially batteries) no eating insects anything living except vegetables (vegetables = actual vegetables not grass or dandylion) no odd liquids like soap no furry things nothing off the floor or ground nothing off walls especially no books no toothpicks chapstick no staples no fortune cookie fortunes no zippers ...

Chicken field trip and other daily news

... basket to feed the chickens and the chickens had loads of fun pecking them to death.  Morbid, but perfectly innocent on both sides!!  Abby's other favorite outdoor passtime is weed control - plucking the dandylion flowers off the stems before they set seed.  She knows the color yellow now and says it incessantly!  Tonight she even picked up a yellow tupperware lid and, with her eyes all big, said...

Spontaniety and off trail

... little bit, I didn't go prepared, just midway pants and a tank top, half a canteen of water but lots of watermelon, which I left in the car and ate coming and going. Plus plums and nibbling on dandylion leafs and catnip leaves, didn't see any chokecherries, not one, a few bushes, no fruit at all. Rambling like an old woman in a nursing home, yea, way back 24 years ago when I shot the deer...... ...

.... While Emily was asleep, I decided to make dinner: Pesto with basil picked straight off the stems, pinenuts, imported parmigiano cheese that I grated by hand, softened butter, and extra-vigin oliveoil over rice pasta. A salad with crisp, juicy romaine lettuce mixed with finely chopped dandylion greens and a home made honeymustard dressing. All deliciously comingling inside my belly as I type.

Northern Ireland Comics Festival in April

... - Doctor Who Magazine, Weekly World News ), Rufus Dayglo (artist - 2000AD ), Simon Furman (writer - Transformers, Death's Head, Alpha Flight ), PJ Holden (artist - 2000AD, The Dandylion ) , Garry Leach (artist - 2000AD, Marvelman/Miracleman ), John McCrea (artist - Troubled Souls, Hitman ), Will Simpson (artist - 2000AD, Hellblazer, Vamps ), and Kev F Sutherland (artist - ...