February 24, 2008
What a glorious sunshiney day. My semi-elderly cat is soaking up the rays, moving from chair to chair in the dining room as the sliver of sunshine arcs across the room. He’s loving the sunshine too, flipping over now and then to “brown the other side”.
January 20, 2008
I very much enjoyed today’s Winter Photography Class at Matthaei. It was taught by Mark O’Brien. We had a little bit of instruction and then all went out and wandered together in the winter woods, playing with exposure, watching our batteries drain exceptionally fast, shivering a bit, and having fun. At the end of the [...]
January 13, 2008
This week, I’m grateful for the little things. Discovering the google maps “drag to change route” feature that let me ask it to take me to Depot Town via Washtenaw instead of I-94. Zingerman’s Bread. Every now and then I have this thought “what would I miss if I moved away from Ann Arbor.” The [...]
December 31, 2007
I completely got away with something this year. I gave my husband something that will actually improve my own sanity and well being. Dave and I get along, but we have pretty different leisure pursuits. He likes first person shooter, sports, and car racing computer games. He also watches some movies and TV shows I [...]
December 27, 2007
Many gifts under the tree this year at the Higbie-Bondy-Greiling Christmas were bags. Canvas shopping bags (be an eco super hero!), Reusable “wrapping bags” (felt bags with drawstring closures instead of paper wrapping), and Handsewn bags from Etsy’s Little Red Birdie, suitable as a casual purses, a bag to hold knitting in progress, and little [...]
November 29, 2007
Tis the season to purchase gifts. It’s also the season for carrying a pound of catalogs to the recycling bin each day. Those catalog folks do have my number – they know I purchase clothing, and shoes, they know I like wine, like outdoorsy stuff, yoga, and workout gear. I get pounds of catalogs at [...]
November 18, 2007
My obsession with modular floorcovering continues. After some delay and vacillation, I replaced the 12 year old Pier 1 clearance-special dhurrie rug in our study with Flor Copper Solid Ground. I was tired of kicking out the puckers in the old rug when I was trying to use the room for yoga. I also never [...]
November 12, 2007
Some houseplants thrive no matter what you do to ‘em. My mother-in-law’s tongue seems to fall into that category. It’s an African perennial herb, Sansevieria trifasciata, and it has absolutely thrived under my regime of inattention. I toss it onto the porch in summer, toss it into the study in winter. I forget to water [...]
September 30, 2007
Today is a beautiful fall day, clear blue skies, high 70s, warm sun. I decided it was time to rake the leaves in the backyard. We have a big, beautiful black walnut tree back there. It has lovely, feathery leaves, and when we fly over our neighborhood, I think it is the biggest tree on [...]
September 11, 2007
Our big news is that we had our bathroom gutted this summer. On August 6, they came in and knocked our old bathroom out, tossing it in pieces out the little window, down a chute, and into a skip in the driveway. It came apart quickly. It has come back together a bit more slowly. [...]
not particularly objective musings on odds and ends – Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48105