Real Life

I have decided.  For various reasons, henceforth May 14 shall be known as Be Kind to KD Day. ‘Cause only on my birthday isn’t enough.   Actually, it’s more “KD Be Kind to KD Day,” and there are two very good reasons for the date.  First, my mother’s birthday is the 13th, and I will […]

Child, child, love while you can The voice and the eyes and the soul of a man; Never fear though it break your heart — Out of the wound new joy will start; Only love proudly and gladly and well, Though love be heaven or love be hell. Child, child, love while you may, For

FYI on a favorite site: I need to clear the air about something. Back in March I was alerted to the fact that a website called “Siteadvisor”, run by McAfee, had “redlisted” my site. Specifically they claimed to have recieved spam emails after “signing up”. What really happened is that their robot entered an email

I got Bly out of the house! Why, yes, I am rather proud of myself.  As time goes on, you see, and she works from home and doesn’t have to deal with humans in person for the most part, she becomes more…reluctant…to deal with humans at all.  But tonight the word was passed at my

This week needs to end. End, end, end. It needs to be over. Oi. The crazies are coming out of the woodwork, the kids have gone insane, the teachers are at the ends of their ropes and we’ve still got three weeks to go. I may not make it. Uncharged, I mean. If someone is

I did not run away! I just…performed a strategic retreat. Because I am quite certain, although it is not stated anywhere that I can recall, that I am not supposed to bite the parents. Yes. She was back today. The reason, supposedly, that the child didn’t get her free lunch is that I insisted on