In the Chinese Zodiac, 2020 is a Rat year. Now, most people don't have very nice associations with the Rat, since they bring to mind ideas like Bubonic Plague, Lab Rat, filth, vermin, rat traps, and "dirty rat". Rats are normally viewed as pests, and most of us would scream and run away if we …
Continue reading 2020 Year of the Rat (and the optometrist?)
I just had to take this screen-shot this morning on my phone. I use WeatherBug, recommended to me by a "genius" at the Apple Store. As I heard when I lived for awhile in the Midwest, nobody ever shoveled 2 feet of "partly cloudy" off their doorstep. Or 2 feet of rain, either. Our rain …
As 2019 ends, and 2020 approaches, I have to say that it was a pretty fine year for our little family (Me, Hubby, and Kitty). There were no disasters, no serious illnesses, only a few bumps in the road. Our Country has been wracked and torn by the disgusting DemocRATS impeaching President Trump, but he …
This past weekend, Hubby and I made a trip to the local Asian Grocery Store. Uwajimaya has two big stores in the Seattle area, the flagship store in the International District of Seattle, and a new branch in Bellevue where we went. This family-owned store has been in business since 1928, and stocks a bewildering …
On Friday, Hubby and I took a drive up to Snoqualmie Falls Park, near North Bend (in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains). We went late in the day, and the sun was nearly setting, but the Falls was well-lit from where we stood. It was a beautiful, crisp Autumn day, and the drive up …
RushBabe dodged a bullet recently. I had a health scare, which started in June with an itchy place on one shoulder. Where it started was easy to remember, since it took place on the street in Leavenworth, when Hubby and I were there in June for the International Accordion Celebration. Gradually, that itchy place took …
And I find this story quite alarming. Last Friday in the Wall Street Journal (sorry, behind a paywall so I won't link here), there was a story about cat owners making their cats vegan. Now, I think that people who adopt the vegan lifestyle are a bit deranged (since God made us omnivorous for a …
The first Delusion in which I do not participate is the delusion of "man-made climate change", and the corollaries that demand that we abandon the benefits of plastic items like grocery bags and straws. It makes me angry when the all-powerful Government decides for me which light bulbs I must use (and no longer may …
Continue reading I prefer not to be a participant in others’ delusions.
Starting this past weekend, is the Washington State Fair in the Pierce County town of Puyallup (pronounced pew-allup). We drove there from our house in Everett, which is a long drive, but it was a nice day on Sunday. Lots of homeowners there allow their front yards to be used for parking, and local civic …
To know which way the wind blows. Can you guess from which direction the wind blows at the Diablo overlook?
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