Sonya Schryer Norris

Garden Guesswork

Last weekend I took a pair of hedge trimmers and cut everything tall in my garden down to the ground. Good idea? Spring will tell. I asked around before I did this and couldn’t get a straight answer on whether it was something I should or shouldn’t do. But the idea of those browned, wiltedContinueContinue reading “Garden Guesswork”

Recommended RSS feed of the Day: Shakespearean insulter

Haven’t been insulted in Shakespearean English lately? Have no fear Thou churlish base-court strumpet!, add this handy dandy insulter to your RSS reader and enjoy a new insult with every peak into your reader: http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/

Sexy Librarian Halloween Costume

Excuse cross-posting, this is library-world mini-skirt must-see! Complete with shushing action! http://librarianavengers.org/?p=147

Transparent Pity Party

In the first seven weeks in the New House we spent one thousand non-negotiable dollars on Roto-Rooter. One thousand. Dollars.

Home-Owning Librarian Extraordinaire

A few weeks back unLibrarian invited me over for a trade: she made sushi and I took a look at the irksome HTML messing with her blog. In between the two, she gave me a tour of her garden. For starters, she put in her backyard fence herself. Let me repeat that. She put inContinueContinue reading “Home-Owning Librarian Extraordinaire”

Of Patience and Refrigeration

When we bought the New House, all of the appliances except the furnace were at least ten years old. We prepared ourselves to buy on or about one appliance a year for the next five to eight years. “But we’ll ride the gravy train for now,” we decided. We would coast on the gravy ofContinueContinue reading “Of Patience and Refrigeration”

Of Fences, Bethesda, Biscuits, and Hastas

When we moved into the New House, Hubby and I decided to put in a new fence and deck. The existing fence was being propped up with metal stakes and the deck had about a year of safe use left. Plus, they were both eyesores. We were also making up for the two years we’dContinueContinue reading “Of Fences, Bethesda, Biscuits, and Hastas”