larc
About LARC
The truth about Swamp Yankee Wannabes
I also blog at:
A thirty something tomboy gets a present from the stork: ...."We've also discovered that she will bring whatever is in her hands to her mouth. ...Mostly there's nothing in arm's reach to swallow, except mom's hair, which has been falling out in droves (another neat pregnancy trick). Do babies get hairballs?"....
My Top Tags
Mount Doom
Aotearoa:Twenty Two Days
Monthly Archives
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
- December 2006
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- July 2005
- June 2005
- May 2005
- April 2005
- March 2005
- February 2005
- January 2005
- December 2004
- November 2004
Search Box
My RSS Feeds
Login Console
March 2005
Spring Fever
Thursday, 31 March 2005 7:07 A GMT-05
It's getting warmer and warmer out there, and the frost heaves are settling down. This means we're almost ready for another blizzard.I am, anyway. I am not quite ready to give up on sugaring season and move on into spring. People on the lowland
Gumper Says
Wednesday, 30 March 2005 7:08 A GMT-05
There's been some talk recently on the net worth of dogs versus cats and also on the subject of whether dogs can talk. For my own part I guess it's obvious that I am definitely a dog person (and to prove that I'll say that if you'd like to misinter
Comments/Trackback (9-0)
Spring Flood
Tuesday, 29 March 2005 7:23 A GMT-05
There's a flood watch posted for the entire state of NH and I wonder if that's a good excuse to stay home. There's a river which sometimes gets awful close to the road, and turns the swamp into a shallow lake, but unfortunately there's another way
Sugar on the Brain
Monday, 28 March 2005 7:23 A GMT-05
For the benefit of our readers, here's a picture of last year's operation. It's nice to know we've grown. On the other hand we had no where to go but up...We spent a great deal of time this weekend in the Washington Shooger Howse. Lionel's sist
Evil Empire
Saturday, 26 March 2005 9:44 A GMT-05
I really don't want to harp on the despicable behavior of some parents and the Republicans who took up their delusional cause for their own reasons, but I at the same time I'm insatiably addicted to this particular case. In my wandering around the
Yellow School Bus (Be afraid. Be very afraid.)
Friday, 25 March 2005 7:27 A GMT-05
When I was a kid, there were three of us who would gather at the corner to wait for the school bus. We were frankly lucky that a school bus came to see us at all. We lived in the boondocks. We would stand out there on hot days, on cold days, on
Lies, Untruths and Other Myths
Thursday, 24 March 2005 7:38 A GMT-05
My posting yesterday apparently generated alot of controversy. First was the accusation that I had been misleading everyone in my description of our sugar house and its ramshackle-ness. "That is NOT ramshackle carpentry" was the comment.
Shooger Howse Pick Shers.
Wednesday, 23 March 2005 7:36 A GMT-05
I was doing some editing here last night and finally noticed a comment left by an individual which I had somehow missed. Rather than think that I am ignoring you I will post thy comment here:***I drove past the WASHINGTON: 9mi. sign twice last nigh
Living Will
Tuesday, 22 March 2005 6:32 P GMT-05
My father collapsed in cardiac arrest in his doctor's office in October of 2000. They managed to get the heart pumping again but it was too late-- the lack of oxygen in those crucial minutes was too much. He never woke up. He didn't have a livi
Change of Season
Monday, 21 March 2005 7:36 A GMT-05
Here we are, blindly following into Spring. Despite the snow on the ground, I guess you could call it spring. I worked the whole day yesterday outside without a jacket. Our dirt road is more like a slimy mess of mud than a road, and the highway
Running sap
Friday, 18 March 2005 7:16 A GMT-05
We fired up the evaporator last night for the first time, and it was beautiful. For little bit we were futzing about with the damp interior and icy wood, but we had a roiling boil in about a half an hour and we were inordinately pleased with oursel
Truth or Fiction?
Thursday, 17 March 2005 7:40 A GMT-05
The U.S. government is trying once again to legislate morality, while at the same time trying to destroy our own resources, meanwhile a Roman Catholic Cardinal has come out and condemned a local author for writing a book full of lies. Of course it'
Easy Money
Wednesday, 16 March 2005 8:56 P GMT-05
Probably not as easy as buying a winning lottery ticket, but perhaps the next thing is to collect the reward money for being a hostage. All you need to do is act blond (oh wait, she is blond), talk God, and then tell your captor that you have to le
Great Minds Think Alike
Wednesday, 16 March 2005 7:28 A GMT-05
And so do ours.Yesterday morning I mentioned in passing that the poor, starving puppy dog was out of dog treats. We didn't discuss who would correct this horrible inequity, but I guess we both decided that someone had to do it, and it would be us.
Thinking Women Vote Republican
Tuesday, 15 March 2005 7:51 P GMT-05
The bumper sticker was smacked haphazardly on the left side of the rear window on the big gas guzzling SUV in front of me. The other bumper sticker read BUSH/CHENEY. This idiot of a nuisance was driving 25 miles an hour over frost heaves that littl
Not so bad....
Tuesday, 15 March 2005 7:18 A GMT-05
Maybe it's the angle of the sun this time of year but the woods get the most open just before the leaves come out. On Sunday we were traveling to dinner in the evening and the mountain ridges were glowing red orange, you could see every single indi
Seven taps...
Monday, 14 March 2005 7:12 A GMT-05
...some tubing, a few buckets, and a little fairy dust for luck, and we'll have some sap to boil by tonight. That would make the season about three weeks late, but since we weren't, honestly, quite ready three weeks ago, we can't really complain.
Signs of spring
Sunday, 13 March 2005 10:36 A GMT-05
Actually I've seen no sign of spring. All yesterday March was concentrating on spewing out a winter's worth of snow on us all in one day. I don't really mind. It was a nice fluffy snow packing the trees with the classic Christmas look, while be
Know Thy Enemy
Saturday, 12 March 2005 8:44 A GMT-05
I'll say up front that ever since I moved to this town I had it in for the off road vehicle enthusiasts. The snowmobilers in the area are a virtual highway of mosquitoes. You can hear the monotonous hum of people too lazy to walk from five miles
Where's the Beef?
Friday, 11 March 2005 7:28 A GMT-05
Maybe it's an age thing (I think there are Ovaltine commercials my mother fondly remembers) but there's a few phrases that stick in my mind. I don't even remember who the commercial was for, necessarily, but I remember the ad campaign. "Time
Bushes versus Trees
Thursday, 10 March 2005 7:25 A GMT-05
Bush is at it again.Meanwhile just last week we finally called our oil company and told them to stop automatic delivery. We tried not to act smug about it. We're not completely off the smelly stuff, but we won't need to fill those tanks up for at
In like a Lion
Wednesday, 9 March 2005 7:06 A GMT-05
Someone forgot to tell the new March about its duties as a month of spring. Snow I can deal with, and cold nights, but these below freezing temperatures during the day are unacceptable. Yesterday morning the day started off as rain and warm weath
Democracy at Work
Tuesday, 8 March 2005 7:04 P GMT-05
The congregation was grumpy and suspicious, trying to tear apart the foundations of budgets, but in the end everything passed with nary a murmur. Still, that didn't stop the old standbys from getting up and saying their piece. One is an old Germa
When Urban Legends Collide
Tuesday, 8 March 2005 8:32 A GMT-05
http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/4259879/detail.htmlhttp://www.thewmurchannel.com/automotive/4262897/detail.htmlThe common thread here is that oxygen and gasoline are both flammable substances, two facts that people apparently manage to forget. M
Home Sweet Home
Monday, 7 March 2005 6:15 P GMT-05
Our demonstration of bad carpentry still draws slow downs and visits from various people, some of whom can't help trying to offer an opinion or a lecture on how real carpenters do things. These visitors we tend to ignore. Another carpenter neighb