Another Catch-up post
Karen Herkes Karen Herkes

Another Catch-up post

Last week today. It was going to go out Sunday, but then Life hit me with a bit much, and I got Whelmed for a bit.

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Is it a rant? Maybe. Yes. Yes, it is.
Karen Herkes Karen Herkes

Is it a rant? Maybe. Yes. Yes, it is.

I am paying the cat tax on this one with a pic of Mister Pips sulking because I, too, am feeling unsettled and sliding towards Grumpy with a capital G. Politics. The News. And so on.

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Midsummer doldrums.
Karen Herkes Karen Herkes

Midsummer doldrums.

What I’ve been up to (not much) and the reasons for that. With at pictures, yes.

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Quiet Happy Weekend
Karen Herkes Karen Herkes

Quiet Happy Weekend

Life update, just the usual, with digressions into media consumption and the State Of The Grocery World.

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Renovation Adventures Continue
Karen Herkes Karen Herkes

Renovation Adventures Continue

I could call this one “Mysteries Of The Old House,” but I won’t.

There are neat-keen pictures of old plumbing n stuff, tho. If you’re into that kind of thing. I know I am.

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Life Has Been Rather A Lot.
Karen Herkes Karen Herkes

Life Has Been Rather A Lot.

Happy yard picture to celebrate the Hard Preparation Work ibeing all complete, Summer projects are on track, I’ve done First Planting, and I am making progress on writing, sorta. Details in the post. So very many details. And a cat pic.

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New week, new post.
Karen Herkes Karen Herkes

New week, new post.

I meant to write this sooner, but here we are. Life is full of squirrels sometimes.

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My Other Blogs

  • Dawnrigger Archive

    Posts 2013-2023, imported from dawnrigger.com, some of which were imported in turn from Blogger. Broken links, lost images, and weird formatting artifacts abound, but the words are not lost.

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    The Quarterly Catchall

    The archive of my Offical Author Newsletter, which has changed names and formats several times, but seems to be settling down at last. Old news is sometimes interesting, and there are cat pics.

Be a potato.

" Fear is strange soil. Mainly it grows obedience like corn, which grows in rows and makes weeding easy. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground."

Terry Pratchett (Small Gods)

art credit: Dex Greenbright