Author: Laura Stone

So my cats are pretty wimpy sometimes -- they don't really hunt so much as bat things around; they go outside if the door's left open, but they refuse to step a paw off the porch and into the wet / dirty grass (thank goodness for me... it means no trying to coax cats out… Continue reading Froglegs for breakfast, anyone?

Two former *sniff*tear* Gould Farmers have great blogs -- it's becoming a phenomenon, eh? So I put on the right sidebar a couple new links. Itizzy was a kitchen manager and left not too long ago, despite our protests. Monster Library Student was also a kitchen manager and a RSS manager and probably other things… Continue reading Some more links

I love teaching piano. I currently have three students in various stages of learning piano (and more asking for lessons... but, on a wise friend's advice I've set my limit at three for now). They are all working pretty hard and eager to learn whatever I can teach them as quickly as I can teach… Continue reading Teacher-schmeacher…

So I'm pretty unabashedly, undeniably type A. I like things in nice neat piles, I like to organize and delegate ad nauseum, I know where everything goes (even though it's not always put there, it all has a place), I stay busy and get things done quickly and well, I keep track of every last… Continue reading A+B=Blaaaaaaahhhh!!!

Today I was driving through Great Barrington, a cute New England large-ish town, waiting for someone to finish a doctor's appointment. I got myself an icecream cone that was dribbling down my fingers by the time I got to the car because of the heat. I climbed back in the car and turned on the… Continue reading Tribute to Bearded Vet: Now That’s Living!

And I chose... shut up. Thus, I will tell you all about it. I was training for a marathon (26.2 miles) and was really excited about the training schedule I had and about the duration of my motivation -- I was on schedule for almost 6 months. Then I tried to cure my aching arches… Continue reading Put up or shut up

Here is a wikipedia article on contra dancing... I'm excited that I might actually get to my first contradance in months tonight -- I'm experiencing contra-withdrawal, I think, typically indicated by feet that won't stop moving and a desire to put on a flowy skirt and do a gypsy. =)

I seem to like acronymns lately... So I'm preparing for the GRE and finding that my vocabulary isn't as large as I would like to to be... or as large as ETS would like it to be, perhaps is more accurate. Who ever uses words like "multifarious" and "stygian" and "meretricious" and "opprobriate"? I suppose… Continue reading GRE for me

What five things in my life do I take for granted? 1) Having full use of my hands -- I have always found hands fascinating and recently I've noticed how many things I wouldn't be able to do without them. Piano / organ / guitar, crocheting, typing, writing, back rubs,.... 2) Farm fresh food --… Continue reading Meme 2