Lila Prime

 I have been hunted --- in my own home --- for three days. By a mosquito. It buzzes my ear at night trying to fall asleep, or when I am on t...

I went outside and discovered a spider had built an extensive web across the rear entrance of my house, spanning the door, deck, and stairs....

It seems to be a season to do one-person projects. Naturally, I have chosen to move a fainting sofa through my house and down some stairs. I...

Frequently spotted on the block are an unnumbered collection of bunnies. These are not just my neighbors , but also my non-tax-paying non-co...

I am a notorious blueberry-lover. 'Twas with great anticipation that I received the housewarming gift of someone planting blueberry bush...

I have a new neighbor. Can you spot them in this picture? They were nibbling on something in the lawn, but I am not yet familiar with al...

An era comes to a close with the end of the month. It's weird to experience a life event with the full awareness that, in the mythology...

Let's take a moment to appreciate Parisian winter. It is mid-January, and currently raining. Paris is warm and tropical --- compare wit...

There is now a cluster of local basil available for Local Basil Emergencies as well as Local Basil Intake Quotas (LBE/LBIQ). Huzzah! Fur...

A bland, mildly amusing, G-rated personal anecdote follows, ideally suited to a vanity blog like this one. Several weeks ago, I lost a soc...

I dreamed last night that C. and I were two personalities in the same body, Tyler Durden-style, alternately waking while the other slept. I...

We recently had lease negotiations with the landlord. I noticed that he was paying more heed to A.'s comments than to my own... even th...

It's okay. The search was long and tiring. It's bigger than the old place, and quieter. A bit cold. The oven is broken. The wat...

Finally! Today the heat came on for the first time this winter, and I awoke with a painfully dry nose in a too-warm room. Equally uncomfort...

Last week I cleaned up my room and reorganized my bookshelf. I love order and tidiness. This post's theme word: cadastral, "Of or ...

I like them. I also like clean laundry. And curiously-composed photographs. This post's theme word: adactylous, "having no finger...

Overheard from two rooms away: "It's official! R. is no longer listed as single!" This is how we transmit news: either at t...

Just overheard from the next room: "Ok. Dishes. Ow. What?!" This post's theme word: hyaloid, "transparent; glassy....

I awoke from overheating 30 minutes before my alarm, to the dulcet tones of Crazy Lady swearing through the wall and the heartening sight of...

It's such a big event that she requested I blog it. This post's theme word: obamulate, "to walk about." She's doing t...