Am I having dinner with friends at the conference tonight? No, I am eating a hotel burger alone in my room, because I’m about to Zoom in remotely to a school board meeting. Pity me. (But don’t pity me too much, because a) I signed up for this, and b) I have sweet potato fries. […]
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Made it to ICFA — flight delayed an hour because they needed to change a tire, which just seems like the most mundane thing that could go wrong with an airplane… I hadn’t actually registered (sorry, everyone who is very startled to see me here), because this has been such a harried and stressful time
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I’m waiting to board my flight to ICFA, my annual SF lit. conference in Orlando. It’s been really harried the last few days, so if you’re waiting on something from me, I’ll be trying to deal with it once I get to the hotel, or tomorrow. Thanks for your patience. The gate next to me
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Had a lovely time hosting a meet-and-greet for terrific Village President candidate Vicki Scaman, along with four D200 candidates I support: Audrey Williams-Lee, Fred Arkin, Kathleen O’Dell, and David Schaafsma. Yes, I made too much food. But we had about a dozen people and three hours of lively political conversation. A tonic, focusing on a
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Added some grocery store pansies — and a dragon — to the front.
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Garden log 3/18/25. Most of my hellebores are still very small and wee, but this one is several years old, in a sunny spot, and has decided it’s time to start blooming.
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Garden log 3/18/25. Pansies! — I bought a big round planter of them at Costco and repotted about two-thirds of it into this triple planter. The rest will go in a window basket in the back. (Remember, once you start planting window boxes and such, you’re also committing to watering them as needed….)
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Quick reminder that this is tonight at 7 p.m. I am cooking! You’re all invited! 
Meet-and-greet for D200 candidates Fred Arkin, Audrey-Williams Lee, Kathleen O’Dell, and write-in candidate David Schaafsma, along with a representative for village president candidate Vicki Scaman: https://www.facebook.com/events/2053745641761059 (I am assuming 10,000 people are not actually going to show up at my
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Happy with the two-tier hydrangea plant stand. The bottom tier needs just a little more resin to finish covering the flowers (I’m waiting for a delayed order to arrive), but overall, it works the way I envisioned. Might get this down to Sprout on Wednesday; if not, it’ll be a few weeks until I’m
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