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the migraineuse in winter

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Catherine

What I’m gradually coming to grasp is what it means that I have a migraine brain. In a sense I can feel it coming on in the form of warping of my personality. For the last few days I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Panhandle Hook

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Catherine

Our snow storm du jour is called a “panhandle hook.” Apparently I have my friends and family in Texas to thank for this one– it formed there and then came up here, getting bigger along the way. Right now outside … Continue reading →

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Geothermal up and running

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Catherine

A scant four hours after I posted my lament the other day, the whole thing was over. The outside team packed up their tent. They filled up the trench, drove the excavator on to a flat bed truck and took … Continue reading →

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The Battle Hymn of the Sloth Mother

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Catherine

With all the uproar about Amy Chua’s “Tiger Mother” book, I’ve been thinking about how totally unlike her I am. Probably to a fault. Making them practice piano for four hours a day? Telling them a homemade birthday card for … Continue reading →

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Geothermal: boon or boondoggle?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Catherine

It’s been sort of a tough week in these parts. The process of installing geothermal heating and cooling has unfortunately coincided with the storm of the century! (I think this is our fifth one so far, and it’s only 2011.) … Continue reading →

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Regret

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Catherine

“For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘It might have been.’” — John Greenleaf Whittier Perhaps it is just January, and mathematically the saddest time of the year, maybe because I’m home with two … Continue reading →

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Fart Party

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Catherine

Would you like to have a fart party? If you haven’t been to one, it’s where the guests put their butts together, in pairs I guess, and both fart at the same time. Elias invented this concept, and invited me … Continue reading →

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POTS study, kinda, sorta

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Catherine

I tried for ages to get a doctor of some kind to agree to work with me on the POTS study. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, see here.) But no. My neurologist, kind though he his, is … Continue reading →

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A new year, a new blog

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Catherine

Welcome to my new blog, Fine Young Fauves. I will be moving the archives from my old blog here soon, and will start posting here from now on. It’s my third relocation in seven years of blogging, and I hope … Continue reading →

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Grandma Jane’s funeral

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Catherine

My Grandma Jane died about ten days ago. It was quite sudden and also peaceful, two attributes which don’t often coincide. She was 88 and generally in blooming health. ("People in our family don't get sick," she said recently. "We … Continue reading →

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