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who is not writing is a what? 2020-05-22T00:29:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2020/03/14/like-youre-both-pretty-groovy/2020-03-19T19:16:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2020/02/25/only-substance-is-the-fog/2020-02-25T02:26:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2020/02/08/shes-filing-her-nails-while/2020-02-08T04:04:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2020/01/15/i-win-when-i-lose/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mistakes-were-made.jpgmistakes were madeSometimes we plan, and our plans like concrete crumble. Or cheese, but cheese that crumbles.2020-01-15T02:05:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2020/01/03/of-a-rag-doll-dance/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lefty.jpgleftyThis is perpendicular to my house. Also to my street. And several of my squirrels.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/chou-chou.jpgchou chouHappy New Year! And no one is happier than decorative cabbages, the ingenues of the winter landscape world. They're full of natural beauty, even without mascara. Oh, to be 23 again! 2020-01-03T15:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2019/12/30/when-the-lines-been-signed/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/another-door.jpganother doorRiffraff like you and me use the side door. Also: the walk's shorter, so I'm not sad about that.2019-12-31T04:22:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2019/12/16/i-went-in-seeking-clarity/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/chain.jpgchainPlease avoid being in this river. For one thing, it's December in North America and you're a mammal. For another, your submarine is backordered and prone to grounding in the shallow spots. Years ago, the river used to freeze solid and we joked that between semesters, math professors would throw themselves off this bridge and get stuck in the mud instead of drowning. After the county dredged a few times, nobody makes that joke anymore. We just hope math professors pre-ordered their submarines.2019-12-17T01:42:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2019/12/13/looking-over-the-edge/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/goddamn-bonus.jpggoddamn bonusFestive crap. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/hot-lines.jpghot linesUnlike me, some things ain't never coming back. 2019-12-14T02:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/20/of-the-world-looking-over-the-edge/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/wiseguy.jpgwiseguySam, a little blurry around the edges. I took this picture.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/knitting-factory.jpgknitting factoryKnitting Factory, NYC, 1.1.93 with Robert for my poetry reading and remarkably expensive beer.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/self-portrait-1.jpgself portrait 1Sam in our backyard, winter of 1992-93https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/senior-pictures.jpgsenior picturesWhy did he have this? Why did he give it to me?https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/slide_329039_3208661_free.jpgslide_329039_3208661_freeThis is Sam.2019-04-18T02:01:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2019/04/18/all-this-and-no-surprises/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/18.jpg18There's no substitute for large hair curlers. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/mom.jpgMomThis picture of my mother was taken by my father in 1971, probably. 2019-09-13T01:05:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2019/02/20/i-just-cant-handle-it/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/offeringy.jpgofferingyPete and I found this bracelet on a garden wall on New Year's Day, like an offering to the gods or a crow. 2019-02-20T01:48:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2019/02/11/i-am-i-am-i-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cornery.jpgcornery2019-02-11T03:29:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2019/01/10/faith-and-hope-and-charity/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/fringy.jpgfringyI've always been afraid gravity would lose its grip on me. 2019-01-10T01:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2019/01/07/any-other-any-other-way/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/spring-is-here.jpgspring is hereVisual pun. Wishful thinking.2019-02-09T06:45:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/12/27/the-rhythm-of-your-heartbeat/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/the-undoing.jpgthe undoingOne December afternoon.2018-12-27T08:25:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/11/28/soft-low-sweet-and-plain/2018-11-28T11:49:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/11/26/a-movie-or-a-measure/2018-11-26T00:59:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/11/06/live-through-this-with-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gourdy.jpggourdyIf you can vote tomorrow, please vote. If you've already voted, thank you. If you can't vote, can you work toward voting in the next election? It's important to vote in every election, every time. 2018-11-06T00:48:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/11/02/up-down-jump-around/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bucolic.jpgbucolicYesterday, my first trick-or-treater was a small boy of 10 or 11 at the most, dressed in street clothes, along with a long list of tiny numbers belted to the front of his outfit. "I'm a million digits of Pi," he said. Almost fell down, I laughed so hard. 2018-11-02T01:07:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/10/19/drink-sangria-in-the-park/2018-10-19T07:46:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/10/11/women-and-glasses-of-beer/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/eated.jpgeatedLast week, the Senate confirmed Rapey McDrunkenheimer to the Supreme Court, and I have been somewhat fucking low. There's no time to waste, though: we've got to get everyone to the polls in fewer than 30 days. Are you registered to vote?2018-10-11T00:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/09/28/aiming-straight-for-your-back/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/stylish-fellow.jpgstylish fellowYou never know what this local guy will be wearing.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/frenchy.jpgfrenchyMy sister Corinne left a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk at my place. Guess what she got back?2018-09-28T01:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/09/19/the-light-of-the-night/2018-09-19T00:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/08/31/just-keep-me-hanging-on/2018-08-31T00:37:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/08/29/only-love-can-conquer-hate-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bay.jpgBayPete and I needed peace and quiet and some clams, so we drove down to Atlantic Highlands yesterday. The weather was bright and sunny, the breeze fresh, the boats all had good dogs. We ate steamed clams dipped in butter and jalapeno sauce until butter dripped from our elbows. I really needed that.2018-08-29T00:46:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/08/08/well-be-able-to-fly/2018-08-08T13:26:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/07/19/to-lose-these-walking-blues/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/chicken-4.jpgchicken 4I'm thinking of going into business in my retirement as the lady who brings goats to your overgrown yard for a constructive nibble, but now I visualize a side gig where I bring chickens to gobble Japanese beetles. I'll be rich!https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/chicken-3.jpgchicken 3Andie watched Chicken Chicken chase bugs around a garden for a couple of hours and brought her home, stuffed and happy.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/chicken-2.jpgchicken 2Years ago, I read that the ancient Chinese battled swarms of locusts armies of hungry ducks and chickens and I told this story to Andie. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/chicken-1.jpgchicken 1Yesterday, Andie took Chicken Chicken, the artist formerly known as both Cat the Chicken and Other Chicken, on a pest control field trip. In other words, Andie took Chicken Chicken out to lunch and said, "No thanks. I'm good."2018-07-19T23:09:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/07/17/shatter-your-illusions-of-love/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/clam-shelly.jpgclam shellyPretty, pretty clam shells after a thunderstorm. As a silly treat, we get those super cheap grocery store stuffed clams, then crush the shells to let calcium leech into our garden soil for about a hundred years. I'll let you know how it turns out.2018-07-18T00:17:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/07/14/the-village-the-peaceful-village-2/2018-07-14T01:02:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/07/10/strange-how-the-night-moves/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/green-and-greener.jpggreen and greenerVegetables: possibly actual size, depending upon what you're viewing this on.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/harvesty.jpgharvestyMy garden is producing herbs and vegetables and herbs and vegetables. Abbondanza!2018-07-10T01:21:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/06/26/our-best-wine-is-clotting/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/wednesday-in-the-window.jpgWednesday in the windowAdorable Wednesday is adorable, but also brilliant and ferocious. And adorable!https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/pancake-stack.jpgpancake stackMy pet sourdough starter Frothy, Jr. needs regular feeding. So do chickens. Guess who ate these rhubarb pancakes?2018-06-26T11:39:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/06/05/the-goat-wont-stop-shrieking/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mon-4-june.jpgMon 4 JuneIt's rained every day or every other day for about two weeks. The ground is saturated, the river is high and lettuces laugh maniacally. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/carrot-greeny.jpgcarrot greenyA lot of people will tell you carrot greens are not edible. Those people are full of shit. Carrot greens - especially young carrot greens - belong in salads and soups.2018-06-05T02:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/05/23/suitcase-and-guitar-in-hand/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/backyard-eight.jpgbackyard eightBehind the berm/plant prison, looking straight back at potatoes, the garlicky higher raised bed, the future home of an asparagus forest, and the fence between me and the little boy singing, "JET! OO OO OO OO! JET!" over and over again.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/backyard-seven.jpgbackyard sevenTurning directly around, this is the backside of the berm/plant prison; beyond on the left, the higher raised bed filled with garlic; beyond right is the chicken run and coop. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/backyard-six.jpgbackyard sixWalking around the berm/plant prison, there's the tumbling composter, the stairs Pete built to hold planted containers, the layer composter, a container of potatoes. Also visible: a whole lot of garden fence pieces put away carefully.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/backyard-five.jpgbackyard fivePresently, the somewhat anemic forest of peas & beans. The favas are doing well. The beans sprouted nicely. The peas? I've re-seeded.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/backyard-four.jpgbackyard fourThe higher raised bed is full of garlic and clover. I love garlic and I'm experimenting with cover crops. I'm at that age, you see. Against the fence to the left will be a forest of peas & beans; against the forest to the right will be a forest of asparagus, a couple of years in the future.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/backyard-three.jpgbackyard threeStanding in front of the greenhouse and looking straight back at containers full of potatoes, sweet potatoes and asparagus. The higher raised bed in the distance is full of garlic. The chicken chateau to the right is full of surly chickens.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/backyard-two.jpgbackyard twoAt the bottom of the steps, slightly less left: the berm in the foreground; in the background, the stairs that will be covered with window boxes, a composter, the high raised bed.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/backyard-one.jpgbackyard oneAt the bottom of the back steps and to the left, the temporary greenhouse and the solarizing bed. 2018-05-23T02:51:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/05/16/ive-created-a-devastating-masterpiece/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/pinkypinkpink.jpgpinkypinkpinkThese flowers are not my pink flowers. I am not a pink&purple girl. A little girl living on the other side of the house brought home a doomed begonia, which I replaced with these flowers because pink is her favorite color. Am I pink-complicit? 2018-05-16T11:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/05/09/now-to-let-me-go/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/rightest.jpgRightestThe chickens amaze me every day. I'm not sure how they feel about me, though.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/right.jpgrightThe lower raised bed, the higher raised bed and the edge of the chicken run. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/center.jpgcenterThe berm is filling out. The stairs, behind the raised bed, are still mostly empty. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/left.jpgleftA tumbling composter makes short work of the kitchen scraps your chickens don't eat, but we're getting ahead of ourselves. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/leftest.jpgleftestYou remember the greenhouse. It's especially green now that pollen is falling from the maple tree in our backyard. Note the new, tall solarizing bed.2018-05-09T12:14:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/05/05/7809/2018-05-05T01:33:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/04/19/goes-far-flies-near/2018-04-19T02:12:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/04/13/only-thing-to-guide-them/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/branches.jpgbranches2018-04-13T00:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/03/21/hours-in-an-offhand-way/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/view-to-the-north.jpgview to the northThe same garden bed viewed from the opposite corner. Not pictured: beavers. Not at all. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/view-to-the-south.jpgview to the southThe raised bed, viewed with my back to the house, in the first stage of reshaping the surface.2018-12-29T21:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/03/17/my-armor-is-destroyed-2/2018-03-17T00:56:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/03/06/yesterday-she-joined-the-line/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/x.jpgxTick tock, tick tock.2018-03-17T01:16:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/03/01/i-am-i-am-i/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/diagonaly.jpgdiagonalyMy life is changing. Don't know what will happen next. I am inclined to spend all my time in footie pajamas.2018-03-01T23:31:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/02/17/and-we-are-all-together/2018-02-22T17:09:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/02/14/no-no-no-no-i/2018-02-14T02:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/02/04/expert-texpert-choking-smoker-dont/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/angular.jpgangularSo many intersections, so few red lights.2018-02-04T22:32:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/01/17/no-end-and-no-beginning-2/2018-01-17T15:21:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2018/01/04/deep-and-crisp-and-white/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/stichy.jpgstichyAction photo of baby blanket. 2018-01-08T15:55:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/12/13/fight-and-never-lose/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/shamashy.jpgshamashyMy tiny town has a menorah lighting ceremony ceremony next to its Christmas tree and reasonably naked busker. My union president, walking briskly toward me on the main drag, urged me, "Go get a doughnut!"2017-12-13T15:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/12/12/alabamas-trying-for-none-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/diamondy.jpgdiamondy2017-12-12T02:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/11/29/we-know-how-many-holes/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/liney.jpglineyWelp, I'm on this side, and it has leaves. But there are leaves on that side, and they are dead to me.2017-11-29T03:32:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/11/28/come-back-to-you-again/2017-11-28T02:59:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/11/27/smiling-faces-tell-lies/2017-11-27T01:58:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/11/05/took-me-years-to-write-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/orchid-abode.jpgorchid abodehttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/orchidses.jpgorchidseshttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/leafses.jpgleafses2017-11-06T01:38:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/10/25/with-your-stone-blind-love/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ceilingy.jpgceilingy2017-10-25T02:28:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/10/12/nothing-can-keep-me-2/2017-10-12T01:05:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/10/08/sting-and-look-down/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/no-cars.jpgno carsSeriously: no cars.2017-10-08T00:18:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/10/05/part-of-your-crazy-love/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/unexploded.jpgunexplodedMy mother is in a hospital, where she is safer than if she were not. Every day is more horrifying than the last, for the last few weeks. I feel like bombs are going off in my life.2017-10-05T00:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/09/26/your-heartbeat-drives-you-mad/2017-09-26T01:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/09/11/its-a-clean-machine/2017-09-11T13:31:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/08/30/you-cant-take-the-things/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/baby-laverne.jpgbaby LaverneThis is our baby. You can't tell here because she's the only visible chicken, but she is tiny and makes baby chick peep-peep sounds. She's totally cute!2017-12-30T01:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/08/25/wheels-on-on-her-feet/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_7195.jpgIMG_7195So close, and yet so gross.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_7193.jpgIMG_7193Listen, I've been here awhile and seen a few things. For instance, you would not want to see what's stuck to the bottom of your shoe. 2017-08-25T01:38:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/08/16/the-killer-awoke-before-dawn/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/backbreaking-haul.jpgbackbreaking haulSunday's backyard harvest: potatoes, a cucumber, a hot pepper, green beans. I'd planted early, the squirrels ate everything, then I planted again, so in August, I'm gathering in July goodies.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pint-quartet.jpgpint quartetAfter a cold spring and a wet summer, we worried this might be the Year Without Tomatoes. Fortunately, the farmers are finally bringing them in. These roasted heirloom tomatoes will taste like sunny summer in darkest winter.2017-08-16T01:32:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/08/03/your-accent-mixing-with-mine/2017-08-03T00:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/07/30/the-air-that-i-breathe/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/husky.jpghuskyStill Life With Young Compost And Left-handed Scissors2017-07-30T23:40:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/07/19/out-for-black-and-white/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cat-the-chicken.jpgCat the ChickenWe're very close, by which I mean near, especially when I'm holding food.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/unfamiliar-chickens.jpgUnfamiliar ChickensThese hens are not my friends.2017-07-19T12:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/07/14/to-be-under-the-sea/2017-07-14T23:40:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/07/07/a-little-east-coast-swing/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/clues.jpgclues!Sunday morning, I watered the plants, sat down with breakfast and discovered this mystery: an office chair in the driveway and a spilled plate of food in the street. Were these unrelated or did we miss a really good party?2017-07-07T00:46:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/07/05/words-are-made-to-bend/2017-07-05T02:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/06/28/a-rocket-to-the-ocean/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tractory1.jpgtractoryMy organic farming class visited an organic farm, walked through organic fields, admired organic crops, sampled organic strawberries and coveted this interesting tractor. I've never coveted a tractor before and never figured out where I'd keep it if I stole it and drove 30 miles to my tiny town at 10 mph. This experience has been full of tingly firsts.2017-06-28T01:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/06/24/she-even-saw-me-play/2017-06-24T19:35:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/06/15/here-we-manufacture-dreams/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_7111.jpgIMG_7111Blank canvas.2017-06-15T01:56:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/06/08/lawn-chairs-are-everywhere-2/2017-06-08T23:33:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/05/30/hard-not-hard-to-reach/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/kitty.jpgkittyAndie's cat Kitty is a feral pussycat who marched into Andie's house and demanded food and lodging. Kitty is a lovely old girl who loves nothing more than lying on a mossy spot in the garden on a sunny day. I love her placid company while I'm trying to see what's going on in the garden.2017-05-30T00:49:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/05/20/if-i-start-a-commotion/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/group-photo.jpggroup photoOur weather is full of invigorating crazy. Yesterday and today, the temp beat 90 degrees. Tomorrow, we expect no more than the early sixties. Not only don't I know how to dress, I'm not sure I want to.2017-05-20T00:23:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/05/10/you-and-you-are-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/strawy.jpgstrawyThat's five bales of straw between friends.2017-05-10T01:02:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/05/04/100-fires-100-days/2017-05-04T00:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/05/02/to-eradicate-my-negative-views/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/bag-garden.jpgbag gardenAfter last year, I opened the old bags and added the soil to the solarizing beds. This year, I started fresh again. These bags are planted with lettuce, spinach, tarragon and other herbs, but I didn't label because I like surprises. Speaking of surprises, in my area, people plant after Mothers Day, so we can all be surprised my garden's sprouting so cheerfully.2017-05-02T23:57:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/04/21/all-week-and-still-i/2017-04-21T11:19:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/04/13/me-us-we-are-one/2017-04-13T01:51:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/04/06/and-melt-into-this-lake/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/its-dead-jim.jpgit's dead, JimThe dead Christmas tree was an outlier.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/so-yellow.jpgso yellowPete and I walked around the tiny town, taking pictures of spring. This patch of daffodils brightened our street.2017-04-06T01:17:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/04/02/i-cant-see-nothing/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/spring-springs.jpgspring springsThe reason this looks wrong is I'm trying to do it right.2017-04-02T13:53:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/04/02/promises-in-the-dark/2017-04-02T00:46:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/03/20/happy-hope-youre-happy-too/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_6896.jpgIMG_6896And the angels sing.2017-03-20T00:53:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/03/05/laugh-and-cry-and-shine/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hearty.jpgheartyI dunno. What are the odds that you can find a person you like a whole lot, and somehow figure out who's going to clean the bathroom when?2017-03-05T23:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/02/27/or-anywhere-to-be-found/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dough.jpgdoughBreadbaking is my new love, and we're still in the honeymoon phase.2017-02-27T22:58:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/02/27/ride-upon-your-mystery-ship/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/seedy-sort.jpgseedy-sortNow's a great time to lay out your seeds, check dates and plan your garden. You are gardening, aren't you?2017-02-27T01:21:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/02/21/never-gonna-fall-for-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/loafy-in-twilight.jpgloafy-in-twilightThe small loaf doesn't fall far from the large. There's a joke in there someplace.2017-02-21T09:22:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/02/19/7408/2017-02-19T21:57:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/02/19/you-look-good-to-me-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_6849.jpgimg_6849I got six. That's all there is.2017-02-19T00:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/01/14/things-that-life-is/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/surly-pet.jpgsurly-petI post pictures of my other pets, so here is a portrait of my sourdough starter. Nicest thing I can say about Frothy here is that it doesn't poop in the attic.2017-01-15T00:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2017/01/11/i-sing-in-silent-harmony/2017-01-12T22:13:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/12/27/his-pot-is-blacker-than/2016-12-27T16:55:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/12/21/the-night-belongs-to-us/2016-12-21T01:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/12/05/a-fine-and-natural-sight-2/2016-12-05T01:15:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/11/28/to-do-nothing-to-lose/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6760.jpgimg_6760I grew some carrots! They were carroty!2016-11-28T00:45:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/11/11/the-dice-were-loaded/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_6752.jpgimg_6752I know you're scared, but I am with you. 2016-11-11T11:52:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/10/26/to-have-fun-with-anyone-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_6743.jpgimg_6743I added matchsticks of swiss cheese and a chiffonade of basil, which means I chopped them up with a sharp knife, which you can do! Everyone wins!2016-10-26T12:48:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/10/19/you-on-a-rainy-night/2016-10-19T02:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/10/09/sing-in-a-visible-voice/2016-10-09T01:44:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/10/05/be-there-till-the-end/2016-10-05T21:28:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/09/29/did-you-know-you-did/2016-09-29T03:05:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/09/20/the-docks-are-all-swarming/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/and-me-too.jpgand-me-tooCome here often, sailor?2016-09-21T00:13:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/09/13/one-way-or-another-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/spork-in-the-road.jpgspork-in-the-roadI'm a little worried about the arrow on the left that seems to point toward the local drugstore.2016-09-13T02:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/09/09/can-analysis-be-worthwhile/2016-09-09T02:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/09/07/surely-youre-not-saying-we/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pancakey.jpgpancakeyWhen life gives you sourdough goop, get yourself going on some pancakes.2016-09-07T02:55:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/08/29/be-just-like-starting-over/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/peppers-at-the-jar.jpgpeppers at the jarSometimes I too feel like I'm full of tiny bubbles.2016-08-29T01:21:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/08/17/the-sign-of-the-wave/2016-09-26T12:37:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/08/05/birds-and-snakes-an-aeroplane/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_6612.jpgIMG_6612Someone else's driveway can seem ancient, broken and glamorous. However, this is just a shady spot on a damp street.2016-08-05T02:01:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/08/01/they-tell-all-your-children/2016-08-01T02:23:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/07/21/glittering-prizes-and-endless-compromises/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_6565.jpgIMG_6565Invisible bad kid sits in yard corner, contemplating what nobody saw him do.2016-07-21T01:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/07/19/caught-in-a-landslide/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/or-not.jpgor notNo. No one is home.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/open.jpgopenLights on, somebody home.2016-07-19T00:57:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/07/05/they-fought-with-expert-timing/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sez-you.jpgsez youSez you, lady.2016-07-05T00:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/06/30/he-turns-down-the-street/2016-06-30T01:39:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/06/20/their-battered-dreams-to-heaven/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/agog-aghast.jpgAgog, aghast2016-06-20T02:35:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/06/10/bound-to-win-a-prize/2016-06-10T02:40:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/06/07/the-darkness-of-everybodys-life/2016-06-07T01:48:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/05/31/everybodys-feeling-warm-and-bright/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/chimetastic1.jpgchimetastic2016-05-31T01:57:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/05/24/granny-does-your-dog-bite/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_6381.jpgIMG_63812016-05-24T23:32:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/05/19/7072/2016-05-19T02:21:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/05/12/his-heart-of-their-anger/2016-05-12T01:59:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/05/02/calling-a-name-thats-lighter/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/everyone-knows-its-windy.jpgeveryone knows it's windyPortrait of the Artist As A Person Puzzled By Cloudy Cuba2016-05-02T03:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/04/30/you-dont-know-what-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/henny-hen-hen.jpghenny hen henOur eyes met across an empty coop.2016-08-21T04:56:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/04/29/into-the-flood-again/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/spring-garlic.jpgspring garlicSmell this!2016-04-29T00:50:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/04/14/oh-bondage-no-more/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/especially-rough-edges.jpgespecially rough edgesLast week, I looked up and saw nothing but sticks. 2016-04-14T01:36:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/04/07/a-little-is-all-right/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/chive.jpgchiveThese are the front yard chives, no relation to the backyard chives. They speak different dialects and don't get them started on whose ancestors shot whose a thousand years ago. Criminy! Let it go, guys!2016-04-07T01:17:58+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/04/03/as-i-lose-my-light/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gorgeous-topaz.jpggorgeous TopazTomorrow, we expect a brief return to wintery weather, followed in the coming days by the breathtaking newness of spring. Already, green is nearly everywhere. I am uncharacteristically hopeful.2016-04-03T00:33:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/03/24/cool-down-stop-acting-crazy/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/african-daisy.jpgAfrican daisyThe “African daisy” (Osteospermum app.) a half-hardy perennial native to southern Africa. It comes in many colors and is a popular bedding plant. Photographed at Longwood Gardens. Photo: Bob Hosh2016-03-24T01:57:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/03/16/ive-seen-blue-skies-through/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/improbable-moss.jpgimprobable mossThis wood chip plotted its escape from the yard, but did not get far.2016-03-16T01:01:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/03/04/heaven-on-an-empty-meter/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/leftover-shells.jpgleftover shellsAny weather forecast including snow should come with sooooothing pictures reminding us of the summer to come.2016-03-04T01:29:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/02/14/we-are-billion-year-old/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/drusy-in-twilight.jpgdrusy in twilightFerocious!2016-02-14T23:31:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/02/11/all-your-friends-were-so/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cuba.jpgCubaHere, you can see some detail, but in person, Cuba looked like a lovely cloud formation on the puzzling horizon.2016-02-11T02:49:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/02/03/i-lead-you-to-your/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dark-water-full-moon.jpgdark water full moonPete and I went on vacation on a giant boat with a million bands, but mostly with the ocean itself and nothing much to do. And what more could we want out of life?2016-02-03T02:48:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/01/21/search-for-your-demi-god/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/honeycomb.jpghoneycombBusy busy busy busy!2016-01-21T03:29:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/01/14/anything-out-of-the-blue/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/polka-dot-plaything.jpgpolka dot playthingDrusy could not believe I could take a picture without her, so she fixed that for me.2016-01-14T01:53:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/01/05/a-million-for-you-overnight/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/afternoon-light-show.jpgafternoon light showJust so you know: it's not merely crocheting cat blankets on a west-facing couch in late afternoon. It's a personal light show opportunity.2016-01-05T02:50:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2016/01/03/things-that-make-you-say/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/not-noose-like.jpgNot noose-likeYou're thinking the Funny Thoughts. I can tell.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/starbursty.jpgStarburstyThis stitch might make a nice - wait, what did you call it?2016-01-31T09:44:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/12/23/foundations-that-lasted-the-ages/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/asbury-casino.jpgAsbury CasinoA week ago, Pete and I scampered up and down the boardwalk. Seasonal music at the Asbury Park Bazaar was "Love Will Tear Us Apart."2015-12-23T03:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/12/12/minor-fall-the-major-lift/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/angular-and-beautiful.jpgangular and beautifulSo - uh - what's your sign?2015-12-12T01:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/12/11/ill-learn-how-to-bend/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/a-glass-onion.jpga glass onionSuddenly, Pete and I had a houseguest, which reminded us that when we were kids, people used to visit each other all the time. "I gotta go, we've got company," was a kid-thing to say. So I went. But I'm back now.2015-12-11T01:23:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/11/24/a-wheel-inside-a-wheel/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/a-lotta-grass.jpga lotta grassFriend and original instigator of the blog Paulie Gonzalez renewed the domain name for another year. It's time for me to work my way back to being who I am, which is a writer, and doing what I do, which is writing. Probably.2015-11-24T23:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/11/23/be-warm-in-your-coat/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/acorny.jpgacornyLately, our weather could drive you up a tree - or out of it.2015-11-23T01:47:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/11/12/fall-in-love-sometimes/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/glam-photo-of-yarn.jpgglam photo of yarn"Confidentially, I could never stand Gable. His height gave me a stiff neck and his dentures smelled like licorice."2015-11-12T01:53:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/11/10/everything-all-the-time/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/leafy.jpgleafyWe were wearing the same outfit. I was so embarrassed.2015-11-10T02:14:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/10/30/up-with-your-favorite-disguise/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/and-its-moist.jpgand it's moist!A little at a time, I am putting the garden to bed for the winter. Also: I keep trying to put me to bed for the winter because hibernating sounds better than frozen slush any day.2015-10-30T00:30:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/10/28/i-go-there-with-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/its-hopeless.jpgit's hopelessPortrait of the artist as a terrible housekeeper.2015-10-28T00:02:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/10/19/down-comes-the-night/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/icy-relations.jpgicy relationsWarned of a sudden freeze, we brought in a number of outdoor plants. Not everyone was overjoyed. 2015-10-19T23:48:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/10/14/kittens-cats-sacks-wives-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/new-sensations.jpgnew sensationsThe Drusy-approved project room is a work in progress. On the left, cat blankets; center, scarves and hats for whichever project asks; on the right, loosely organized ideas and a photo of my grandfather from The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight. This evening, I accidentally shut Wednesday in this room by accident, of which Drusy also approved.2015-10-14T01:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/10/06/take-nothing-with-you-but/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ammo.jpgammoToday's horse chestnuts are tomorrow's seed bombs. I shall fling them everywhere in hopes of feeding critters or planting trees that feed critters, because critters need to eat and we need trees to breathe.2015-10-06T22:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/10/05/only-see-whats-real/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/new-blue-crew.jpgnew blue crewToday's potato: blue!2015-10-05T00:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/09/24/your-servant-is-your-master/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/a-big-idea.jpga big ideaThis is an IQ test I both passed and flunked.2015-09-24T01:17:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/09/21/knew-what-she-was-doing/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/home-again.jpghome againThe tourist season over, we returned to the bike paths at the Shore. We've been riding almost every day all summer and we're fast, so it was fantastic when two geezers on fixies totally smoked us on the way back.2015-09-21T01:10:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/09/17/a-girl-who-claims-that/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/light-reading.jpglight readingEven Topaz won't argue the point.2015-09-17T01:13:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/09/13/blue-days-black-nights/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/avec-fromage.jpgavec fromageThey volunteered and I thank them for it.2015-09-13T16:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/09/07/ourselves-under-pressure/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/carrot-frizz.jpgcarrot frizzSummer, like a bad boyfriend, departs without a word, but with the scent of lighter fluid.2015-09-07T22:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/09/03/wrong-or-if-its-right/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tomatillo-territory.jpgtomatillo territoryBefore he died, Grandpa mentioned he'd had an Aunt Leaf. She's somehow missing from the family tree.2015-09-03T02:26:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/08/26/no-better-and-neither-are/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/improper-proportions.jpgimproper proportionsYou may remember the fellow on the left from such places as yesterday's blog post, when I referred to him facetiously as a hat. Still, I learned so much from knitting that guy I was able to make an actual hat by switching to smaller needles and casting on a number of stitches divisible by four, which a knit-two, purl-two rib needs. It's not pretty, but our friend on the right there is actually a hat.2015-08-26T09:37:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/08/24/the-loose-out-of-time/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/not-really-a-hat.jpgnot really a hatIn the coldest, darkest weeks of last winter, the soup kitchen asked for hats, scarves and gloves. It seemed like a super-constructive idea to learn how to knit a hat, but I'm still a terrible knitter. Technically, this is a hat, though it looks like a bowling ball cozy. I don't want bowling balls to be cold, either.2015-08-24T10:47:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/08/21/a-voice-like-ellas-ringing/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/topaz-on-the-half-shell.jpgtopaz on the half shellI slow-blink you, Mama.2015-08-21T02:08:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/08/14/what-was-it-that-fell/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/spiny-normal.jpgspiny normalThis loner, this rebel hangs outside my garden fence, smoking cigarettes and talking about Society. Someday - someday! - he'll meet his fate in a pickle, just like all the rest.2015-08-14T10:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/08/13/one-with-the-fuzzy-hair/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/losers-and-winners.jpglosers and winnersJarring is like performance art: no one knows what you meant to do. This isn't failed ground cherry jam; it's ground cherry syrup! 2015-08-13T10:48:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/08/11/running-wild-and-looking-pretty/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/small-tamatas.jpgsmall tamatasI promised myself I'd work less on food and more on exercise this year, but I did not listen to me. Though I am getting more fit, I am aerobicizing next to the pressure canner. Where did July go?2015-08-11T10:48:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/07/31/i-guess-i-never-will/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mini-mini-mini.jpgmini mini miniThese mysterious mini cucumbers were sitting all lonesome on the organic farmer girls' table, so I adopted them as pets - pets that I will pickle and eat in salads and on sandwiches.2015-07-31T22:40:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/07/24/the-hypnotized-never-lie/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/forty-winks.jpgforty winksSwashbuckling really takes it out of our little pirate.2015-07-24T11:35:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/07/22/guess-its-just-a-feeling/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/self-portrait-987b.jpgself portrait #987BWhere am I? I was hoping you knew, because I'm stumped.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/lettuce-pray.jpglettuce prayThis is the first peaceful moment since Miss Sasha, Panky and Buckwheat arrived on Saturday. Bonus: I'm not sure what day it is, but I've probably aged five years.2015-07-22T11:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/07/10/happy-make-me-feel-good/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/be-pods-people.jpgbe pods, peopleTime got away from me, but I've cuffed it to a radiator and fed it nothing but starch. Time's going nowhere for a while.2015-07-10T02:01:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/07/02/the-world-is-the-world/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/artisanal.jpgartisanalI have come to think of myself as a free-range knitter of artisanal cat blankets.2015-08-04T01:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/06/30/in-some-fresh-clean-air/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/detail-of-de-leis.jpgdetail of de leisYesterday, we walked around town and through gardens. My reconstructed butt and I were on our mutual feet for more than 2.5 hours. It's a freaking miracle!2015-06-30T01:58:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/06/25/took-me-years-to-write/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/a-smoke-tree.jpga smoke treeAs rain poured down, I looked up the smoke tree and found this cloud.2015-06-25T01:35:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/06/17/my-armor-is-destroyed/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/me-me-me-me-me-me.jpgme me me me me meMushroom! Mushroom!2015-06-17T02:01:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/06/16/time-to-play-our-game/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/one-of-these-things.jpgone of these things…is not like the others.2015-06-22T03:34:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/06/15/me-back-in-your-heart/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/what-the-what.jpgwhat the whatBasil, damn it!2015-06-15T01:21:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/06/11/youve-got-everything-you-need/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/blue-buckets.jpgblue bucketsI was only slightly tempted to steal all this just a little and then some.2015-06-11T01:27:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/06/10/in-2080-im-sure-to/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/you-oughta-know.jpgyou oughta knowThe lights are often on, but we never see anyone there. 2015-06-10T02:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/06/04/but-im-still-dreaming/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/time-traveling-with-daylight.jpgtime traveling with daylightPhoto by Pete.2015-06-04T01:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/05/28/he-speaks-the-languages-of/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/new-staircase-motif.jpgnew staircase motifThe seedlings look like they're cheating off each others' math tests.2015-05-28T21:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/05/26/the-past-was-close-behind/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/free-food.jpgfree foodWild grape vines block sunlight at the community gardens near us. The administrators were fine with my request to cut leaves, or as I called it, "shop for unusual produce."2015-05-26T03:23:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/05/20/hey-where-did-we-go/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/not-nostalgic.jpgnot nostalgicDon't miss this a bit.2015-05-28T17:11:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/05/13/as-i-waved-and-went/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/seeds-seeds-everywhere.jpgseeds seeds everywhereAmmo, art supplies or weapon of vengeance, but also seeds.2015-05-13T18:45:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/05/09/i-you-and-everyone-we/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/my-friend-mat.jpgmy friend matMantra: "Exercise is always the answer."2015-05-09T02:04:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/05/01/people-need-some-reason-to/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/corner-corner-corner.jpgcorner corner corner2015-05-01T01:44:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/04/30/a-dollar-and-a-half/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dandelion-buds.jpgdandelion budsThese taste nothing like green Tic Tacs.2015-04-30T01:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/04/28/the-only-thing-i-could/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/every-house.jpgevery house2015-04-28T21:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/04/23/rose-tint-my-world-and/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tier-and-tier-alike.jpgtier and tier alikeOur little greenhouse turned to rusty dust, but I had an idea. I described this to Pete and he built these planter stairs, giving me lots more clean, sunny, organized space. Next, I have to teach the groundhogs to nosh at another salad bar.2015-04-23T00:56:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/04/22/let-me-pull-something-through/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/solar.jpgsolarIt's spring and I am hungry for color. This is just a snack.2015-04-22T01:47:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/04/19/i-gotta-be-forgiving-if/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/happy-arugula.jpghappy arugulaIn related news, the window box arugulas and spinaches dance for joy!https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/garden-4.jpggarden 4Yippee! After a month of working my reconstructed butt off, much of the garden is planted, maybe just a little more than half. Pete took down the ruined fake greenhouse. This week, he and one of my larger nephews will build a set of steps for my planters. Yippee!2015-04-19T20:27:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/04/14/stoking-up-the-fires-of/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/couchy.jpgcouchyWent back to work this morning. Generally speaking, having to go back to work after healing up seems like less of a reward than a punishment. I would have preferred a pleasant month off, contemplating the many delights of sangria.2015-04-14T02:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/04/13/a-potion-full-of-warm/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/omenish.jpgomenishTomorrow, I go back to work, but can't bicycle for another month. This driving thing is highly overrated and will never catch on!2015-04-13T03:15:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/04/12/taking-everyone-for-a-ride/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/red-hot-reds.jpgred hot redsBright red thing is bright red!2015-04-12T00:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/04/09/painted-ponies-go-up-and/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/brrrrr.jpgbrrrrr!Suddenly, it's freezing again! Brrrrr!2015-04-09T12:44:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/04/06/thats-why-you-want-to/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/plantastic.jpgplantasticSpent a good deal of today cleaning up my garden and planting the first window boxes. This one's full of arugula and spinach. I adore leaning out the window to pick a salad!2015-04-06T00:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/03/31/youll-find-you-cant-get/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/blanket-yarn-scarf.jpgblanket yarn scarfPlanning is impossible, but I know later in the year, I'm going to need a metric buttload of scarves for a bunch of projects. Blanket yarn crochets up into scarves tickety-boo, because scarves are just blankets you stop stitching at an awkward moment.2015-03-31T01:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/03/28/couple-in-the-next-room/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/squeaky-squeaky.jpgsqueaky squeakyWednesday is a busy black cat hunting ladybugs in a dark kitchen. Glad I wasn't wearing camo.2015-03-28T15:25:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/03/23/for-the-rest-of-all/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/most-glam-cookbook.jpgmost glam cookbookI find a rustic rosemary bread recipe. And the angels sing.2015-03-23T02:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/03/21/who-had-tried-to-calm/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/primavera.jpgprimaveraToday was the first day of spring and, tonight, the trees are so pretty they don't even look real, which is weird because trees are pretty.2015-03-21T01:08:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/03/18/chairs-are-everywhere-in-my/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/the-living-room-set.jpgthe living room setThe tiny town recently set up lawn furniture without corresponding lawns. The town is so small, no one has much lawn. Thus, no one is jealous and anyone can take a seat.2015-03-18T21:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/03/16/but-i-was-only-dreaming-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/teapot-tempest-with-fruit.jpgteapot tempest with fruitBecause I spend mornings in my house, I see light travel in places I don't normally see it. This makes me wonder what else light is doing behind my back.2015-03-16T00:35:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/03/11/another-town-and-one-more/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/end-of-the-season.jpgend of the seasonWe are back from the post-surgical appointment. Everything was so positive that tonight we took an ambitious, long walk, but it was to the liquor store, so everyone wins.2015-03-11T01:02:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/03/08/and-a-place-of-my/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pete-size-blanket.jpgpete-size blanketBad things happen when I am bored, so before the surgery, I lined up some projects and put together the materials. Here, we see some art supplies in the process of becoming a blanket for my husband, who asked for one. A blanket, not a husband. I couldn't crochet him one of those.2015-03-08T23:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/03/07/upon-the-cold-stone-like/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/feline-fatale.jpgfeline fataleLovely Topaz wud like to be alone.2015-03-07T03:21:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/03/06/you-more-than-want-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/slat-screen.jpgslat screenIt snowed like a sonofabitch all day today, which is our new normal in New Jersey, but it turns out Miss Sasha is snowed in in Dallas. Dallas?2015-03-12T02:24:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/03/05/listened-too-long-but-then/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gumless.jpggumlessEnough time has passed and anesthesia has left my brain that I feel ready to start blogging again. It remains to be seen if I can take pictures and spell words and sense-make. Other than that, blogging is a GO.2015-03-05T03:21:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/29/now-youve-disappeared-somewhere/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bart6.pngbart6AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! 2015-03-01T03:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/03/01/to-where-we-started-from/2015-03-01T04:12:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/02/27/to-the-bottom-and-down/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pink-zinnia.jpgPink zinniaPhoto by Bob Hosh, who says, "Nothing says Summer like Zinnias (Zinnia elegans)! I used to grow the variety Benary’s Giants at Hageman Farm and they were beautiful!"2015-02-27T02:17:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/02/19/appreciate-that-you-get-tired/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/i-owe-i-owe.jpgI owe I oweMy second hip surgery is scheduled for Unknown o'Clock this Friday. The paperwork my job and the state needed for my absence was still at the doctor's this morning, but the women there are total aces. I have informed Pete that while I'm having my hams renovated he will be delivering chocolates to those women who have repeatedly saved my bacon.2015-02-19T02:29:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/02/18/sweet-but-the-fruit-of/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pondlike.jpgpondlikeIt was snowing when I got up this morning and all was frozen until it melted this afternoon and is refreezing now. I am shopping for Meyer lemon plants in self-defense.2015-02-18T02:50:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/02/12/i-passed-along-the-way/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sidewalk-and-stars.jpgsidewalk and starsIt snowed, then rained, then sleeted, then snowed, then rained. We are now surrounded by crunchy ice banks. They are as much fun as a day at the beach, if the beach had land mines and aggressive hecklers.2015-02-12T01:38:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/02/07/watch-the-summer-fade-away/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/timmy-on-friday.jpgTimmy on FridayFor two days, we found Timmy hiding behind the toilet, but today, he's behind the fridge again. Ah, well. Tomorrow, his disastrous human returns and while I don't expect her to kiss my ass, I expect her to kiss Timmy's from now on.2015-02-07T00:20:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/02/06/will-you-wont-you-want/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/garter-stitch.jpggarter stitchWe go back to New York in the morning for pre-op testing. Yes, the same surgeon will be fixing the other hip, but don't worry. I've been telling everyone I'm getting matching jewelry.2015-02-06T02:51:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/02/04/youre-not-the-only-one/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/lonesome-timmy.jpglonesome TimmyPoor Timmy. He's been Island-Of-the-Blue Dolphinned.2015-02-04T02:37:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/02/01/its-a-habit-i-have/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/the-weave.jpgthe weavePete's mother made tablecloths thirty or forty years ago out of long pieces of bright, floral fabric. They are simply done, but the seams are straight and the corners crisp. My mother laughed when she saw them. I said, "Sylvia made those." My mother, who knew Sylvia well and misses her, stopped laughing and ran her fingers gently around the petals, around and around.2015-02-01T02:09:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/28/if-you-feel-like-happiness/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/flurry-y.jpgflurry-yPerhaps you've heard we had a few flurries. Many people were very upset, but not me. I had SNOW DAY JOY!2015-01-28T03:54:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/25/time-they-want-to-take/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/halopotamus.jpghalopotamusDo not be fooled by the halo and the pretty face. Wednesday is TOTALLY NAUGHTY.2015-01-25T01:55:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/23/slipping-away-what-can-i/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/basket-weave.jpgbasket weaveStarted taking vitamins again this week because I was feeling a little weak. If I don't feel stronger by next week, I may resort to cans of spinach and a skinny girlfriend.2015-01-23T03:31:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/22/the-promise-of-the-joker/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/trunk-and-root.jpgtrunk and rootWhen snow is on the way, it's important to recall that, last year, we were up to our knees in it. This year: meh.2015-01-22T02:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/20/ponies-go-up-and-down/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/doorway.jpgdoorwayFunny, you seldom find circles in Nature.2015-01-20T03:17:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/18/ill-ever-write-for-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/abandonment-issues.jpgabandonment issuesA gas station closed and nothing took its place. I suggested we plow the ruins under and plant a small, concentrated forest in the center of the tiny town. It's been years and somehow no one's rushed over there with a backhoe and seedlings.2015-01-18T02:24:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/13/wont-you-move-over/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/perpendicularly.jpgperpendicularlyBehold my exercise mat, often shared with some downward-facing cats.2015-01-13T22:26:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/12/a-sweater-like-that/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/waffletastic.jpgwaffletasticDo you really need toast?https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/batter-future.jpgbatter futureFor December Holiday, I got Pete a waffle iron. Small waffle irons are things of genius.2015-01-12T04:53:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/08/myself-in-a-familiar-song/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dust-and-glass.jpgdust and glassI have reading glasses in every room. Somehow, that's still not enough.2015-01-08T02:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/07/the-village-the-peaceful-village/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sunny-16.jpgsunny 16Today, my department was reunited in a sunny building on the other side of the river, where I hula'd through the aisles and unpacked a whole lot.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sunny-13.jpgsunny 13Yesterday was my last in the library where I've worked since 1986. It could have been a crisis, but it only involved some heavy lifting.2015-01-07T03:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/06/i-have-to-smile-myself-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/shadowy-planet.jpgshadowy planetOne of my favorite things about photography is the later WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? moment.2015-01-06T01:01:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/05/that-used-to-go-around/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lovely-corner.jpglovely cornerToday is the birthday of the Lovely Georg. Happy birthday, Georg!2015-01-05T03:01:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2015/01/01/fight-fight-the-power/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hidden-path.jpghidden pathHappy New Year! I went without swearing at someone on the internet until 12:36, because I slept in somewhat. Still: a fucking record!2015-01-01T22:08:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/30/us-what-they-wanted-was/2014-12-30T18:37:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/30/and-thats-whats-bothering-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/intersectionally-speaking.jpgintersectionally speakingTaking a buttload of finished projects to the post office tomorrow morning. Further: it's totally pleasant to see big bundles of organized stuff 100% not on its way into my house.2015-01-08T02:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/27/time-now-that-nobody-gives/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/drama-queen.jpgdrama queenSometimes it's obvious another stitcher learned to hate a yarn mid-project and sent it to me. This one is such a bitch I'm surprised it didn't come with a suicide note.2014-12-27T22:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/22/things-are-the-things/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bark-bark-bark.jpgbark bark barkThis cooling but still hot mess is chocolate bark, which I had never made before last week. Turns out bark is ridiculously easy to make. You might be making it RIGHT NOW.2014-12-22T22:52:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/22/have-time-we-might-still/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/a-set-of-stairs.jpga set of stairsFriend of the blog Paulie Gonzalez renewed the domain names for another year of Poor Impulse Control. I mean, unless we learn or something.2014-12-22T01:42:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/17/to-break-free/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/baby-blanket-bonanza.jpgbaby blanket bonanzaBlankets for the hospital project: even the yarn is amusing. Let's hope distressed little children take one look at them and howl with healing laughter.2014-12-17T04:21:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/16/youd-think-that-her-head/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pinwheelio.jpgpinwheelioLast week, I felt three shades of stiff and terrible; today, I felt well enough to chop the ferny asparagus plants to helpless bits. Oh, it's great when I feel up to knife-wielding monkeyshines. I just know the neighbors shared my glee.2014-12-16T03:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/14/on-the-carousel-of-time/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/leaves-and-gravel.jpgleaves and gravelFunny how the seasons change with us and without us, mostly without us.2014-12-14T23:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/14/one-seems-to-hear-words/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/doorway-detail.jpgdoorway detailYesterday, the unnamed university's hunger project wrapped up; for half an hour, I was a middle-aged woman walking up and down the avenue with a hand truck. The Devil is in the details and, though I was overjoyed to be finished, I would have been happier riding in a litter, holding a cocktail. 2014-12-14T02:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/09/about-it-all-the-way/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/obvious-cry-for-help.jpgobvious cry for helpI doubt I'm overstating the case when I say this gorgeous, ungodly expensive ribbon yarn is such a giant pain in the ass to work with I'm sure someone sent it to me rather than look at it even one. more. %^#^@&#%^. minute.2014-12-09T22:56:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/06/aint-got-nothing-on-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/windowbox-carrots.jpgwindowbox carrotsWhat's up, Doc?2014-12-06T21:04:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/04/in-the-cloud-of-history/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/parts-is-parts.jpgparts is partsTomorrow is the official last day of the unnamed university's holiday collection project. Over the weekend, everyone does a bit of last minute shopping, then on Monday morning, about one third of our collection boxes will be picked up for afternoon delivery to local seniors affiliated with a small food pantry. I'm all aflutter!2014-12-04T21:57:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/12/03/you-know-youre-nobodys-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/stalks.jpgstalksStill knitting like a mad woman who knits a lot, but in my spare time, I'm also crocheting. One week to go!2014-12-03T03:47:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/11/30/over-hill-and-highway-the/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shredding-shredders.jpgshredding shreddersWe are bolstering the local nephew-based economy with some old-fashioned raking and newfangled shredding. Mulch, here we come!2014-11-30T19:18:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/11/30/get-up-gotta-get-out/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/i-didnt-say-banana.jpgI didn't say bananaBUSY! If I could knit with my feet, I'd do it!2014-11-30T03:21:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/11/27/is-different-in-my-eyes/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sunny-ceiling-rainy-day.jpgsunny ceiling rainy daySometimes, I look up and mutter, "Goddamn, I wish I knew how to paint."2014-11-27T02:36:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/11/23/you-take-is-equal-to/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/powdery.jpgpowderyI am now such a live wire I roll out ravioli for fun on a Saturday night.2014-11-23T03:34:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/11/21/to-the-border-of-mexico/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/acrylic-blend-ambition.jpgacrylic blend ambitionProblem: six people in need of stuff and two weeks to make stuff. Solution: buy a bigger crochet hook.2014-11-21T01:52:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/11/20/a-dog-hanging-on-your/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/needs-salt.jpgneeds saltIn this life, we are all broken, but some of us hold onto salsa to the end.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tortilla-noir.jpgtortilla noirLast night, I made tortillas. In this light, their plight is tragic, their end foretold. It is too bad they were born delicious.2014-11-20T00:53:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/11/13/in-an-illusion-of/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/corner-piece.jpgcorner pieceEvidently, a corner can have had enough bump-bumping.2014-11-13T23:48:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/11/12/when-theres-nothing-to-be/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/night-sunflower-3.jpgnight sunflower 3https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/night-sunflower-2.jpgnight sunflower 2https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/night-sunflower-1.jpgnight sunflower 12014-11-12T03:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/11/10/dont-you-think-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hypno-slipper.jpghypno slipperI swear to Dog Almighty I am going to figure out where I left me and go find that slacker. In the meantime, look into my eyes and cluck like a chicken.2014-11-10T01:49:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/11/03/after-age-their-tragic-empires/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/turn-back-oh-man.jpgturn back oh man2014-11-03T22:40:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/29/its-gray-its-gray/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/not-pleased.jpgnot pleasedThe nice lady who clips cat nails came and went. Sweetpea is not pleased! 2014-10-29T00:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/28/how-she-was-when-she-was-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/scarf-2.jpgscarf 2Twenty-one scarves packed and ready to go to the men's shelter tomorrow.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/scarf-1.jpgscarf 1You sent me yarn. I did this with it.2014-10-28T01:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/24/a-game-of-horseshoes/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/changing-leaves.jpgchanging leavesAnother adventure with the new camera. I didn't crop this image because the level of detail had me agog. Agog!2014-10-24T22:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/24/that-youll-never-get-burnt/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/candlelit.jpgcandlelitI don't know. Real life has some rough edges.2014-10-24T00:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/22/heard-we-havent-been-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/youre-a-writer.jpgyou're a writerThat reminds me: my favorite music is stuff I've never heard before.2014-10-22T21:47:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/22/it-so-alive-and-alone/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shadows-2.jpgshadows 2https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shadows-1.jpgshadows 12014-11-02T04:47:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/20/love-and-wear-a-smile/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/goggles-anew.jpggoggles anewNew goggles! We went looking for insulating waffle shirts and found goggles for riding bicycles in cool weather. They feel great and I wanted those! Did you know that if you hand people money, you can leave stores with stuff? 2014-10-20T01:28:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/15/when-you-wont-take-it/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/the-view-from-there.jpgthe view from thereWe're discovering we have a long-term family crisis on our hands. In other news: the new World Trade Center is plainly visible across the bay from our Happy Place. 2014-10-15T02:18:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/13/best-but-i-could-do-without/2014-10-13T01:06:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/11/give-you-my-prime-time/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tomatillo-splash.jpgtomatillo splashTomatillos infusing vodka because Christmas really is coming.2014-10-11T00:53:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/08/you-there-are-heavens-everywhere/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0068.jpgDSC_0068FLOWER MOB!https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0074.jpgDSC_0074Another pretty flower!https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0072.jpgDSC_0072Pretty flower.2014-10-08T02:18:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/05/of-the-now-late-afternoon/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/stairwell-october-afternoon.jpgstairwell october afternoonSomething about turning the corner and finding this light there surprised me. You know, like finding someone named Ted where you don't expect one.2014-10-05T23:07:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/05/point-to-the-fact-that-time/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/flour-on-the-board.jpgflour on the boardAfter a day in the kitchen, my back has had its ass kicked and I am bushed. A friend suggested I try baking for a living. That was a kind thought, but I still cannot bake a pie without a spotter.2014-10-05T02:28:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/04/the-rain-by-complaining-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nothing-seems-to-fit.jpgnothing seems to fitI am willing rain to come. Everything is dry. Dry things are too dry. It's dry!2014-10-04T01:37:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/02/my-mind-up-youre-going-to/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/purple-project.jpgPURPLE projectThis envelope contains two crocheted purple baby hats for the <a href="http://preventchildabusenj.org/purple/clickforbabies.shtml">Period of PURPLE Crying</a> project. That name is unfortunate, but I'm overjoyed to send out materials.2014-10-02T01:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/10/01/make-a-home-down-there/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_0304.jpgIMG_0304This stunning photo was taken by Pete on the Albany Street Bridge this morning. The light was so full of strange tricks, I demanded Pete leave me at the library and grab a camera. Yahtzee!2014-10-01T01:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/30/or-take-me-for-a-ride/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/park-place-4.jpgpark place 4https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/park-place-3.jpgpark place 3https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/park-place-2.jpgpark place 2https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/park-place-1.jpgpark place 12014-09-30T01:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/29/the-feeling-that-im-under/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/shadowy-planetoid.jpgshadowy planetoidIt's all a matter of fucking perspective, my dainties.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/new-batch-and-old-wall.jpgnew batch and old wallRustic!2014-09-29T00:43:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/26/you-shed-its-a-lonely/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pas-de-deux.jpgpas de deuxSweetpea and Topaz bask in the afternoon sunlight, only occasionally meowing, "Don't touch my Justin Bieber posters. Just…don't."2014-09-26T20:02:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/23/looking-up-i-noticed-i-was-3/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2012-heather-morton-in-ganda-bherundasana-formidable-face-pose.jpg2012-Heather-Morton-in-Ganda-Bherundasana-Formidable-Face-PoseShe looks fit and isn't me. 2014-09-23T22:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/23/you-run-when-you-know/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tomahto-tomayto.jpgtomahto tomaytoWe're finally finished making our winter marinaras, which is great because last winter's basting ourselves in the blood of virgins wasn't a big hit with the roused local rabble.2014-09-23T00:35:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/22/swarming-with-men-coming-off-of-that/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/black-freighter.jpgblack freighterAs we pedaled around Sandy Hook, this ship appeared through the mist. I thought it was an hallucination, but Pete seemed sure it was angry locals dressed like pirates, looking for something maraudable.2014-09-22T01:49:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/15/knock-on-the-window-pane/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/eucalyptus-at-an-angle.jpgeucalyptus at an angleEucalyptus and Asparagus, obviously on their way out for a couple of cosmos.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/replantery-lettucesque.jpgreplantery lettucesqueLettuce. Is too!2014-09-15T22:55:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/11/music-plays-i-sit-in-for-a-few/2014-09-26T19:59:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/10/and-well-meet-again/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/epic-trolling.jpgepic trollingSuper!2014-09-10T01:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/07/to-swap-our-places-id-be/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pommes-de-terre.jpgpommes de terreThough I had searched the garden bed pretty thoroughly with my bare hands and clothed husband, I suspected the garden contained more potatoes. I further suspected a scooping and sifting tool might help me and realized I used such a tool almost every day to scoop cat boxes. I bought a new one - you are relieved! - and discovered the shape is right, but the tool is insufficiently sturdy. Even so: my bare hands found more potatoes in the garden where I had searched at least three times. This growing potatoes thing is FASCINATING.2014-09-07T22:03:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/07/what-i-can-but-i-cant/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/edges.jpgedgesLearning to use the new camera is like learning to use new eyes on the same weeds and sidewalk cracks. 2014-09-07T00:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/05/and-the-world-is-full/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0010.jpgDSC_0010Photo: also Bob Hoshhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0008.jpgDSC_0008Photo: Bob Hosh2014-09-05T01:30:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/09/02/new-year-ill-be-glad-to-be/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/seed-potatoey.jpgseed potatoeyWe have three egg cartons, filled with blushing ingenues awaiting their star turns in the potato pool. We shall see who is a chorus girl and who breaks the surface with sparklers and a waterproof tiara.2014-09-02T01:57:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/28/live-without-me-no-more/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/patterblankets.jpgPatterBlankets2014-09-18T04:24:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/25/and-the-radios-playing-some-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/two-point-six.jpgtwo point sixIf you've ever wondered what 2.6 lbs. of homegrown, potato happiness looks like, wonder no more! Also: wonder less and get out more, willya?2014-08-25T03:16:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/22/maybe-once-maybe-twice/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/seventeeny.jpgseventeenyToday, seventeen new blankets went out to Georg's favorite shelter.2014-08-22T03:21:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/21/sung-by-anyone/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/its-not-all-glamor.jpgit's not all glamorEven so, it's not all glamor being me! This weekend, I smashed my thumbnail below the nail line, necessitating the cutting of my nails. TRAUMA! I also steamed the crap out of my thumb, during which moment my one thought was, "Shit, I will NEVER do this to an entire lobster!"https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/unretouched.jpgunretouchedI'm no better at crocheting than knitting - at which, you may recall, I am terrible - but it occurred to me I might stitch up scarves for the men's shelter, though not the shelter itself. It is a building and does not wear scarves, silly.2014-08-21T01:02:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/18/and-ill-be-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/potato-accomplishment.jpgpotato accomplishmentYesterday's potato harvest will feed us for the week. I am totally in love with growing my own food and this would seem like a big accomplishment if my cousin weren't swimming the English Channel this week.2014-08-18T00:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/16/what-she-said-to-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sweet-potato-pre-vine.jpgsweet potato pre-vineUsing what we have on hand to learn more about what we'd like to do, we planted a sprouted sweet potato to find out how the plant grows, probably for next year's planting. First thing: plant sweet potatoes after the thaw. Oops. Second: plant it in crappy soil and ignore it a lot. Oops. Guess I should quit asking it, "Who's a pretty sweet potato? Who? Who?"2014-08-16T01:12:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/15/a-beauty-way-to-go/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/syrupy.jpgsyrupyPeach syrup. We have two cases of peaches simmered in syrup and jarred; this is the reduced, strained remainder and it is AWESOME.2014-08-15T01:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/14/what-i-want-any-old/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/labelpolooza.jpglabelpoloozaLabel time. Just looking at this, you could get a cramp.2014-08-14T01:27:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/11/before-too-long-id-fall/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bushel-of-some-odd-fruit.jpgbushel of some odd fruitPeaches, ready to strip down and skinnydip in spicy syrup.2014-08-11T22:02:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/10/dont-have-to-dream-alone/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/heirlooms-jarred.jpgheirlooms jarredDid I mention they're organic and free-range?https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/heirloom-colors.jpgheirloom colorsHeirloom tomatoes, as beeeyootiful as jewels.2014-08-10T02:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/07/all-the-sinners-saints/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/gritty-realism-potato-style.jpggritty realism, potato styleJoy! Potato Joy! Joy!2014-08-07T21:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/05/that-heaven-is-like-tv/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/one-evenings-work.jpgone evening's workSeven quarts of peach pie filling and four jars of roasted tomato halves with salt and olive oil. Yippee!2014-08-05T02:02:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/04/dont-listen-to-my-replies/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/frond-through.jpgfrond throughWHAT DOES IT WANT?https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/branch-out.jpgbranch outThis volunteer squash won't take no for an answer.2014-08-04T01:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/03/they-were-the-devils-children/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pretty-looking-people.jpgpretty looking people2014-08-03T02:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/08/01/if-a-picture-paints/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/rolls-for-science.jpgrolls for scienceBut there is more to learn! Do they freeze well? I do not know! Ask me in a week!https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/milk-bread-rolls.jpgmilk bread rollsSiobhan warns me not to overproof my breads and what do I do? Overproof! In the process, I learned that cookbook proofing times are twice what a baker should use in New Jersey in July and August. I get it! Fortunately, these are tender and the flavor is a knockout.2014-08-10T02:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/29/the-feeling-that-i-should-have/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/the-power-to-annoy.jpgthe power to annoyArt supplies I will mail to Supreme Court justices, congressmen and governors. 2014-07-31T14:30:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/27/red-flame-light-the-sky/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/colors-colors-colors.jpgcolors colors colorsThe usual chaos, now in a variety of colors not found in Nature.2014-07-27T20:48:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/27/its-not-that-i-dont-care-yo/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/win-for-losing.jpgwin for losingA co-worker donated yarn for the blanket project and she is super nice to do that, even though the yarn is so fine I'm knitting four strands together to generate fabric, enthusiasm.2014-07-27T00:53:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/26/a-brave-new-world-unfurled-beneath/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/where-the-edges-meet.jpgwhere the edges meetNowhere do straight lines look more quirky than against the sky. The corners are practically satire.2014-07-26T01:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/24/rendez-rendez-rendezvous/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/plant-of-the-eggs.jpgplant of the eggsEggplant slices, salted and now stashed in the fridge, awaiting frying and freezing. 2014-07-24T01:01:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/22/in-the-streets-in-the-town-of/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/carrot-thumbs.jpgcarrot thumbsWhile weeding my window box carrots, I pulled up these little thumbs, which Pete thinly sliced and tossed into tonight's pasta.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/strange-sunbeam.jpgstrange sunbeamSweetpea sweetly snores.2014-07-22T00:35:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/21/these-boots-were-made-for/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/for-caulking.jpgfor caulking2014-07-21T02:36:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/18/smoke-is-all-billows-and-curls/2014-07-18T01:22:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/14/talk-like-lovers-do/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/beet-bop-a-lula.jpgbeet bop a lulaPickled beets, at the scene of its improbable triumph: the great outdoors. Later, we will try hiking. No, we will not. We will not try that with glass. 2014-07-18T01:20:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/14/where-im-calling-you-from/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/feet-up-feet-up.jpgfeet up, feet upThings go better for me when I remember to stop in between and put up my feet. Today, I kind of forgot. My back is going to kick my ass.2014-07-14T00:47:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/11/him-loose-hard-to-swallow/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pawprinty-cementy.jpgpawprinty cementyI happened to be going the same way, but with a different destination.2014-07-11T01:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/10/get-a-shoe-thrown/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/planter-mohawk.jpgplanter mohawkWe're having a family situation. Please set yourselves up with popcorn, Raisinettes and an excellent defense attorney.2014-07-10T03:23:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/08/whatever-do-you-want-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/right-angles.jpgright anglesCrooked is as crooked does. Also: straight lines seem very silly to plants.2014-07-08T03:33:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/06/a-million-ways-shakes-the-devil/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/solar-and-wiry.jpgsolar and wiryGoogle seems to be spamming Poor Impulse Control, though what the point of that could be I will never guess. There's no money to be made in art-makerizer, bread-bakerating, yarn-knittifying, ride-bikity, cat blogging. Sorry!2014-07-06T01:16:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/03/down-in-all-of-this/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/raindrops-in-the-air.jpgraindrops in the airThe temperature peaked at 99 degrees today with humidity do-si-do-ing around 100%. We watched lightning in the distance inch toward us until it and torrential rain arrived as we walked the four blocks under tall trees from a restaurant to our home, where we were happy to be and where tomato plants were overjoyed. 2014-07-03T01:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/07/01/you-should-have-left-the-light-on/2014-07-01T23:57:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/30/my-friend-neither-do-i/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/crunch-blossoms.jpgcrunch blossomsConfession: if you stuffed it with pesto and cheese, then breaded it, I'd probably eat a washcloth.2014-06-30T23:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/30/in-a-strange-world-maybe-its-his/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/arrow.jpgarrowThat-a-way. I guess. 2014-06-30T01:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/29/there-where-things-are/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sketchy-figures.jpgsketchy figures2014-06-29T01:39:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/26/weather-so-happy-together/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/leafy-canopy-of-leafiness.jpgleafy canopy of leafinessAccording to the weather maps, we should be canoeing around town right now. Mysterious! The streets aren't the slightest bit floody.2014-06-26T00:55:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/24/good-deeds-and-good-work-earn-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/powdery-mildew.jpgpowdery mildewIs this a thing? IT IS.2014-06-24T01:23:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/21/a-song-that-was-a-hit-before/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/travel-with-light.jpgtravel with lightAcross the room, I saw light clinging to the wall in a way my father photographed a thousand times, though I see now it is surprisingly camera-shy.2014-06-21T00:51:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/19/now-i-know-the-rules/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/bannister.jpgbannisterSuddenly, I need a bathing cap with green plastic leaves. I assume that's the hormones talking.2014-06-19T01:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/18/here-she-comes-shining-like-a-light/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/broken-sidewalk.jpgbroken sidewalkSuddenly, it's hot. The sun's hot, the air's hot, people are sweaty and hot and miserable. I love it.2014-06-18T00:12:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/17/sell-a-couple-bottles-of/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/some-mild-trespassing.jpgsome mild trespassingSuppose there's a redheaded grandmother standing on your lawn, pointing a camera at the uppermost branches of your Japanese maple. Fear not! She will take only pictures and be gone in a flash.2014-06-17T01:53:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/16/walking-on-by-the-arcade/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/crack-in-everything.jpgcrack in everythingThat's how the life gets in.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/going-walkies.jpggoing walkiesDer Seedulatorhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/seedy.jpgseedyIt's a subtle history of stuff I failed to do.2014-06-16T02:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/13/and-watches-the-ships-that-go/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/stop-thief.jpgstop thiefAfter four or five cat blankets, I've got enough scraps for an ugly but fluffy blanket for the animal shelter. Drusy loves this and steals the little yarn balls. She is definitely grounded!2014-06-13T00:54:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/12/sun-shine-down-my-way/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/stems.jpgstemsI am glum! A critter ate the stems supporting these very blossoms, leaving the plant blossom-free. Alack!2014-06-12T01:17:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/07/youre-going-to-be-mine/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/14later.jpg14laterFourteen seconds and a breeze later.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/7.jpg78:47:20 a.m. this morning.2014-06-07T16:07:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/07/with-her-feet-out-the-door/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/improbable-but-likely.jpgimprobable but likelyHow did I, your ferocious blind kitty, find this sink and why do I like it so much? If I told you, you might quit wearing all your shoes.2014-06-07T01:31:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/05/hot-and-black-as-ink/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sprinklerie.jpgsprinklerieGot my hands full tonight. Keep your noses clean, Poor Impulsives!2014-06-05T02:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/03/never-believe-its-not-so-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lettuce-in-a-bag.jpglettuce in a bagThe neighbors looked so happy when I stabbed this bag with a garden spade like it owed me a ten spot.2014-06-03T02:37:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/06/01/now-i-know-now/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sprinklerizing.jpgsprinklerizingI am NOT obsessed. Okay, I am obsessed.2014-06-01T02:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/30/roll-all-night-long/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/invisible-airplane.jpginvisible airplaneThis form of advertising must be very effective. Sometimes they don't even wait for snow to thaw before they send planes over concerts and minor league games where, one assumes, parking lots are full of insured drivers operating oversize grills with open flames. So, no. No disasters there.2014-05-30T01:09:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/29/what-you-do-but-the-way/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tool.jpgtoolDoes this wheelbarrow make me look fat? You'd tell me, right?2014-05-29T00:50:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/27/the-heart-says-whatever-it-is/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/vegetation-location.jpgvegetation locationLeft to right: carrots, radishes, beets where no critters molest and no neighbors can steal.2014-05-27T02:20:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/22/i-have-to-smile-myself/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/proper-response.jpgproper responseI do love an opportunity to make productive mischief.2014-05-22T21:08:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/22/be-there-for-bungling-at-which-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bag-o-lettuce.jpgbag o' lettuceSomewhere, I read about folks growing food plants in potting soil bags. I was all LET'S SCIENCE IT! and here we are.2014-05-22T01:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/19/one-summer-never-ends/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/micro-mesclun.jpgmicro mesclunSomeday, this mesclun will be fully grown and we will send it on its way, possibly with a peppery vinaigrette.2014-05-19T22:12:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/19/got-to-do-something-bout/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/calabash.jpgcalabashThe squash plants pose like little girls in mom's prom dress. 2014-05-19T03:26:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/16/only-you-can-cure-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cleverly-disguised-as.jpgcleverly disguised asI'm a little under the weather. Fortunately, the potato plants are bursting through the straw cover with sunlight on their tiny minds.2014-05-16T00:30:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/13/my-friend-nothing-else-matters/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/storm-damage-etc.jpgstorm damage etcYesterday, Pete resurrected the clothesline, which was damaged during a fall storm and later snapped like a thing that snaps in two useless pieces. Today, it stands as a tribute to Pete's ingenuity, in stark contrast to the still visible damage from when the renter kid next door accidentally set a fire with cigarette butts and stupidity.2014-05-13T02:03:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/10/let-the-bad-guy-win-every-once/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/beans-and-peas.jpgbeans and peasCame up so fast I looked around for giants.2014-05-10T21:56:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/07/nine-lives-cats-eyes-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/radish-riot.jpgradish riotRadishes, baby!2014-05-07T23:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/06/playgrounds-will-laugh-if-you-try/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1554443_3955949153401_517794574_n.jpg1554443_3955949153401_517794574_nhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3719_3306979049554_1347877436_n.jpg3719_3306979049554_1347877436_n2014-05-06T01:37:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/05/01/stop-the-rain-by-complaining/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/kale-sprouts.jpgkale sproutsGROW!2014-05-01T21:08:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/29/bound-to-be-proposing-on/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/row-row-row-your-groats.jpgrow row row your groatsBackstrain: it's not just for breakfast anymore!https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spring-2014-pots.jpgspring 2014 potsAfter weeks of shopping and planting, shopping and planting, nearly all of my spring planting is finished. I say nearly all because there is zero possibility I will develop some self-control and quit shopping and planting.2014-04-29T01:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/27/hold-all-the-seeds-of-happiness/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/corner-and-back.jpgcorner and backDang, I do love a shiny thang.2014-04-27T02:14:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/26/care-about-that-anyway/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/but-mama.jpgbut mamaScratch me, Mama, and all is forgiven. All of what? Oh, you know. Something about the last two giant kittens.2014-04-26T03:13:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/24/while-all-of-the-signs-are/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/concrety.jpgconcretySo: ten years of Poor Impulse Control. You'd think there'd be a cure by now.2014-04-24T01:52:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/22/i-heard-it-through-the-grapevine-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/edible-book-trial-run.jpgedible book - trial runArt project. You can tell by the way you suddenly feel inspired to throw eggs at it.2014-04-22T02:30:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/19/the-only-starfish-in-the-sea/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/a-selection-of-greeneries.jpga selection of greeneriesAsparagus: it's what's for dinner.2014-04-19T15:51:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/19/just-look-over-your-shoulder-and/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/yarn-ball.jpgyarn ballThe moment before you start is when you love the project most, but sending it on its way is great, too.2014-04-19T01:11:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/18/too-late-and-im-out/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sheep-charade.jpgsheep charadeWHAT does it WANT?2014-04-18T01:52:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/17/all-the-lights-that-lead/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hey-big-fella.jpghey big fellaYesterday, we walked around the Metropolitan Museum until my back was as stiff as his. Then we ate Mexican without him.2014-04-17T01:00:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/15/floodland-and-a-river-apart/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/return-to-happy-place.jpgReturn to Happy PlaceWith the suddenly wonderful weather, we decided to head out to Sandy Hook, where the temperature was clement and the wind was a relentless bitch. Fortunately, so am I or I never would have made it back to the car on two wheels.2014-04-15T00:12:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/14/you-know-youre-not-dreaming/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/grate-and-glass.jpggrate and glass…aaaaand we're back. This moment of radio silence honors our hearing-impaired listeners...2014-04-14T00:46:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/08/your-time-will-come-yes/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/red-scarf-demo.jpgred scarf demoRedder in person, like all celebrities.2014-04-08T20:48:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/08/his-world-a-little-colder/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/rooty.jpgrootyI have a terrible feeling I've forgotten something, like where I buried my more persistent enemies and sensible cousins.2014-04-08T02:26:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/06/on-a-magic-carpet-ride/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/overhead-view.jpgoverhead viewLights out. Stars on2014-04-06T01:17:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/04/ask-me-ask-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/house-of-the-moon.jpghouse of the moonWhat is it about the sky over this particular house that draws my eye? Don't know. Still no bats.2014-04-04T01:34:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/02/know-where-weve-been/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/livid-tulips.jpglivid tulipsPurple tulips photographed at Longwood Gardens by Bob Hosh.2014-04-02T22:43:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/04/02/song-ive-got-a/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sweetpea-in-shadow.jpgsweetpea in shadowUnlike the other cats, lovely Sweetpea snoozes near you, but not on you. 2014-04-02T00:55:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/29/why-cant-i-get/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/meeting-of-muds.jpgmeeting of mudsWelp, we're all going to smell faintly of asphalt this summer, what with repairs to potholes so deep you could hide a body. If you had one that needed hiding.2014-03-29T01:54:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/28/who-is-on-the-phone/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lean-fro.jpglean froFinished another round of exhausting but productive physical therapy this morning and my shoulder's recovery was blessed by the sports doc this afternoon. I am free to get to work on the hip that is actually kicking my ass, yay!2014-03-28T00:40:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/26/to-dress-this-up-so-bloodless/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/craven-crap.jpgcraven crapFuck you, you fucking craven fucks, you soulless fuckers, you fucking grave-robbing pigfuckers, you are fucking worthless.2014-03-26T02:19:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/25/down-dont-let-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/scrapheap-at-the-curb.jpgscrapheap at the curbYou could get splinters from across the street.2014-03-25T02:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/23/the-sunlight-plays-upon-her/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/promising-after.jpgPromising Afterhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mortifying-before.jpgMortifying before2014-03-23T20:51:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/22/its-now-the-mash/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/xy.jpgxyAlas, no bats.2014-03-22T00:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/19/you-if-you-dont-mind/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/streaky-tarmacky.jpgstreaky tarmackyIt's cold, rainy and bleak, which is so inconvenient. Will no one think of my needs?2014-03-19T21:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/19/thatll-see-you-through/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/the-myth-of-fingerprints.jpgthe myth of fingerprintsDetails, details.2014-03-19T02:25:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/18/pulsing-light-goes-to-my-head/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/red-scarf-project.jpgred scarf projectIt sure is red. 2014-03-18T01:26:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/14/is-my-image-just-a-bit/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/just-joey.jpgJust JoeyBred in 1972, Just Joey a hybrid tea rose is justly famous as it has dazzling colors of orange, yellow, apricot and red! And it is also very fragrant! Photographed at the R. W. van der Goot Rose Garden in Somerset, NJ. Photo: Bob Hosh2014-03-14T01:24:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/12/that-can-ever-replace-that/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/everyone-is-happier.jpgeveryone is happierThe blind kitty was visibly overjoyed when I opened the window and birdies tweeted sweetly.2014-03-12T01:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/11/and-sing-it-with-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/turkey-stock-turkey.jpgturkey stock turkeyPete's making turkey stock and our house smells beyond fantastic, by about thirty feet.2014-03-11T01:05:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/09/you-such-a-phantom/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/clock-change-day.jpgclock change dayYesterday, I got outside on my bicycle for the first time in months. Today, the sunset came indoors.2014-03-09T21:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/09/vibrate-forth-in-brain-wave-time/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/if-it-werent-for-your.jpgif it weren't for yourSorry about the radio silence. Had a very minor medical trauma, but things are looking up. 2014-03-09T03:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/05/the-acme-of-kindness-and/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/i-am-their-hat.jpgi am their hatThe slippers, they stare with eyes that have seen up your pant leg.2014-03-05T02:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/03/02/ten-steps-back-all-my-dreams/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/parking-lot-with-gum.jpgparking lot with gumI am Princess Tata, Curator of Sidewalk Cracks, Cataloguer of Abandoned Gum. 2014-03-02T03:30:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/02/28/a-room-without-a-roof/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/an-idyll-worth-worshipping.jpgan idyll worth worshippingDamn, do I miss the bike path, the blue sky and the New York City skyline.2014-02-28T02:30:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/02/26/lost-in-a-paper-cup/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/corner-and-shadow.jpgcorner and shadowThat's it. I'm breaking up with winter. 2014-02-26T01:48:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/02/23/hey-man-nice-shot/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/things-in-my-house-for-some-reason.jpgthings in my house for some reasonPirate Wednesday is chasing a red glitter lipstick around the dining room floor. And then there's this, found in a forgotten cabinet.2014-02-23T17:39:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/02/22/aint-no-rhyme-for-oranges/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/finite-flatness.jpgfinite flatnessSince you asked, I do love a good tablecloth.2014-02-23T17:35:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/02/19/in-a-little-while-youll-see/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rose-marie.jpgrose mariePhoto by Bob Hosh. He says, "This lovely white rose infused with the palest shell-pink is labeled "Rose Marie" at the R. W. van der Goot Rose Garden in Somerset, New Jersey."2014-02-27T21:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/02/15/many-fantasies-were-learned-on-that-day/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/brownie-so-glossy.jpgbrownie so glossyStill hot, like me.2014-02-19T14:37:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/02/15/people-get-sick-they-play-the-wrong-games/2014-02-15T03:01:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/02/10/a-bit-of-what-is-all-around-you-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/inspection-detection.jpginspection detectionDrusy and Topaz inspect today's shipment of art supplies, by which I mean yarn from a nice person in Casper, Wyoming for the cat blanket project. If you open the door, someone else's generosity can barge in and blow your mind.2014-02-10T21:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/02/09/the-point-i-can-tell-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/whaddyoo-expect.jpgwhaddyoo expectWe're expecting more - I can't even say it.2014-02-09T03:03:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/02/06/to-love-somebody-the-way/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/what-its-like.jpgwhat its likeWhen the snow is especially deep, we bundle up like cartoon characters and undertake the traditional Arctic Excursion to the Grocery Store, though we can plainly see others have gone ahead to the Pole.2014-02-06T15:21:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/02/04/like-youre-lots-of-fun-open/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wednesday-on-monday.jpgWednesday on MondayOn this snowy afternoon, Pirate Wednesday temporarily eschewed swashbuckling for snoring in a cozy cave next to Pete's parents' coffee table books.2014-02-04T01:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/02/01/teacher-gets-annoyed/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/tea-and-light.jpgtea and lightBecause I am - like - six, I will put a tea bag in water just to watch color swim into light.2014-02-01T20:59:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/31/the-handshake-that-hides/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/this-exact-road.jpgthis exact roadSouth Middlebush Road during the snowstorm on Tuesday, 21 January, 2014.2014-01-31T03:48:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/30/a-hundred-ships-a-day/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/yarny-shiny.jpgyarny shinyCopper yarn: proof that dreams really do come true if you're me and your dream is to knit something out of yarn that is coppery and you happened to elbow your way through a scrum of grandmothers to the display when coppery yarn was on sale. Because I am awesome.2014-01-30T02:28:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/28/im-not-alone-at-being/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pawprintses.jpgpawprintses"I'm not in right now. Please leave a message after the tree."2014-01-28T02:26:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/26/just-put-your-feet-down/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wall-two.jpgwall twohttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wall-one.jpgwall one2014-01-26T21:16:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/22/as-the-moon-rises-he-sits/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tulips-du-jour.jpgtulips du jourTulips photographed by Bob Hosh in Colonial Park.2014-01-22T19:58:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/22/not-even-the-chair/2014-01-22T03:22:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/20/her-daisy-head-is/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cracked-out.jpgcracked outNothing like clothes shopping to tie a sheepshank in my EEG. 2014-01-20T02:04:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/16/a-ball-with-such-velocity-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pebble-and-earth.jpgpebble and earthAside from a delicious sandwich, what is more fundamental than our relationship to the ground?2014-01-16T23:20:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/16/looking-nice-with-a-ribbon/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/besh.jpgbeshChef Besh seems like a nice man and his food looks deeeelicious.2014-01-16T18:46:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/14/tonight-come-out-tonight/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/by-the-light-of-the.jpgby the light of theSome parts of town have not recovered from the weekend's power outage and the full moon is watching.2014-01-14T03:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/11/blue-and-sea-of-green/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/chrysanthemum.jpgchrysanthemumPhoto by Bob Hosh, taken at Longwood Gardens.2014-01-16T02:14:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/09/your-shoes-and-your-spirits-rise/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/single-sock-drama.jpgsingle sock dramaI'm doomed.2014-01-09T19:17:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/07/to-someone-who-is-very/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/leftover-and-under.jpgleftover and underWhat can you do with the last of your holiday leftovers? Make pizza - in this case, ham, spinach, goat cheese and cranberry sauce, which was very damn delicious.2014-01-07T02:39:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/05/is-your-own-imagination/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mando-footloose.jpgMando FootlooseMando Footloose chainless folding bike. I love it more than chocolate.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/kitty-and-catty.jpgkitty and cattyPirate Wednesday, author of such remarks as, "Arrrrr!", would like Drusy, Queen of Our House to am-scray. Countdown to cat fight in 3, 2, 1 -2014-01-05T01:45:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2014/01/03/where-they-all-hang-around/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/flaky.jpgflakyThe schools are closed, so we went out with cameras into the snow, though now we are indoors and covered with cats.2014-01-03T02:23:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/12/31/nine-lives-cats-eyes/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/two-cat-kaboodle.jpgtwo cat kaboodlePirate Wednesday cuddled up to Sweetpea in a way that could also be construed as ignoring her big sister. We have houseguests and today is Panky's 6th birthday. Even my hair is sticky!2013-12-31T15:08:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/12/24/your-umbrella-is-upside-down/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/panetone-time.jpgpanetone timeSay what you will, I actually like fruitcake. If I am the only one, why are they everywhere?2013-12-24T12:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/12/23/if-were-here-or-not/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/stitches.jpgstitchesThe temperature exceeded 70 degrees, so I turned over the compost pile and broke up chunky soil in the solarizing bed with a pitchfork. Spring is on its way.2013-12-23T02:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/12/20/our-own-you-and-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0108.jpgDSC_0108Photo: Bob Hosh Yellow spider mum photographed at Longwood Gardens2013-12-20T02:10:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/12/19/whatever-flag-they-offer/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/crunchy-paper.jpgcrunchy paperTiny Drusy's favorite part of the holiday season: the Dance of the Crunchy Paper.2013-12-19T02:32:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/12/17/was-like-any-other-until-i/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/persist.jpgpersistDirect action: return credit card solicitation envelopes with two shims and your rejection because fuck those well-heeled parasites. Also: one-third of bank employees is paid so little and requires public assistance to make ends meet. 2013-12-17T02:18:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/12/14/you-know-that-im-in-a-trance/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bouquet-of-frowers.jpgbouquet of frowersThe adopt-a-family project at work wrapped up today in a flurry of inventories and gift cards. To celebrate, Pete brought home a bouquet of bucatini, which is of course Drusy-approved.2013-12-14T01:47:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/12/12/and-youre-gone/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/glazing-forms.jpgglazing formsTo take a group photo at work, I made the biggest person I could find climb a ladder and stand on a desk. He braced his head against he ceiling and barely cracked a smile when I declared him "professionally tall."2013-12-12T01:30:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/12/09/getting-better-all-the-time-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/stock-photo.jpgstock photo2013-12-09T03:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/12/06/there-is-dust-on-my-guitar/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cat-and-cow.jpgcat and cowDrusy and her girlfriends.2013-12-06T00:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/12/04/custom-made-for-a-daydreaming-boy/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/identity-ethnic.jpgidentity ethnicThe family crisis is ongoing. The work crisis is more serious with each passing day. The volunteer project is reaching a critical stage. I'm knitting my hands off. The weather is about to change and I'll be damned if I can find my Chapstick.2013-12-04T02:16:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/30/diamonds-and-an-ace-up/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/possible-persimmons.jpgpossible persimmonsEvery year, this mysterious tree looks depressed until all that parasitic fruit migrates to the lawn.2013-12-31T15:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/29/my-my-my-imagination/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/just-one-of-the-guys.jpgjust one of the guysThree blocks from my house, this interesting fellow is slowly disintegrating behind some shrubs. One day, I will leave some ditalini as an offering for its journey.2013-11-29T00:14:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/28/girl-has-lost-her-way/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nosey.jpgnoseyKitten says you smell like trouble!2013-11-28T02:19:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/25/as-if-i-was-just-another-one/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sweetpea-at-sunup.jpgsweetpea at sunupBut soft, what light on yonder window breaks? It is the east and Sweetpea is the sun.2013-11-25T23:46:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/24/the-hot-wind-on-my-shoulder/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/last-night-on-earth.jpglast night on earthShhh! Don't tell the poor darling it gets the axe in the morning and tomorrow night: stuffed cabbage feast!2013-11-24T00:59:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/21/jump-into-a-brand-new-skin-2/2013-11-21T02:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/19/saffrons-mad-about-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/middle-child.jpgmiddle childMama, I love you, love you more, love you most. I love you, Mama. Love you! You, I love you! Love you, Mama! This has nothing whatsoever to do with that yummy Aspercreme on your neck.2013-11-19T01:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/18/a-lot-of-it-about/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mooned-by-the-moon.jpgmooned by the moonWell, no wonder I feel like crap.2013-11-18T03:32:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/15/of-the-world-looking-over/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ambitious-hunter.jpgambitious hunterBreaking news: blind kitten hunts improbably tiny bug. Curtains see dark future.2013-11-15T23:47:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/13/what-youre-up-to-just-the-same/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/waves-and-waves.jpgwaves and wavesThis morning, we had an exciting snowfall of which there is not now a speck of evidence in sight. For the next six months, we have to dress for all possible weathers, every day.2013-11-13T02:29:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/10/every-garden-grows-one/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/youd-break-a-tooth.jpgyou'd break a toothPsst! Avoid the fruit salad.2013-11-10T02:37:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/09/youre-not-unlucky-knowing-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/matched-set-upset.jpgmatched set upsetPete and I scrubbed the kitchen to within an inch of its life, signaling the end of the kitten's stinky tyranny. Drusy, above, remains concerned.2013-11-09T02:00:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/07/nice-with-a-ribbon-in-my-hair/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pirate-wednesday.jpgPirate WednesdayPirate Wednesday sits on this kitchen island shelf while I putter around the galley. That is the weakest excuse ever for this -2013-11-07T05:13:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/05/theyre-covered-with-a-bright-elation/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sunbow.jpgsunbowTime changes make me stupid, so instead of making messes at work, I went with Pete to the Shore bike path. Almost nobody was there - besides Apollo here, who was visible for over an hour.2013-11-05T00:41:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/11/04/those-eyes-i-wonder/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/current-courant.jpgcurrent courantOur red currant vodka is aging gracefully in the cool, dark place where we put it and forgot about it. Yay memory loss! 2013-11-04T01:42:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/31/looking-for-an-island-in-our-boat/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/souvenir.jpgsouvenirMy sisters attached this to the outside of my living room window. Had I discovered this at 5:56 a.m. tomorrow morning, you would have heard that from your house. 2013-10-31T02:24:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/30/what-you-can-truly-be/2013-10-31T02:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/28/like-the-bluebird-who-never-is/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/white-afternoon-light.jpgwhite afternoon lightMy family is in an awful, familiar state of suspense. I can only make so many pots of soup.2013-10-28T02:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/27/think-of-girl-constantly/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/brass-band.jpgbrass bandPhoto: Bob Hosh. Brass Band is a floribunda rose that was bred in the U.S. in 1993. A repeat bloomer with yellow, apricot and peach blend of colors with a moderate damask fragrance. Photographed at the R.W. van der Goot Rose Garden in Somerset, NJ. 2013-10-27T01:33:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/23/in-league-with-the-freeway/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/empty-highway.jpgempty highwayIf Angelo Badalamenti's playing on the radio, change the station.2013-10-23T01:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/21/a-pocket-with-nothing-to-lose/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/not-a-bottlecap.jpgnot a bottlecapI stepped several times over what appeared to be a bottle cap before I thought, "Pick that up before something stupid happens." But too late for that, because my driveway contained money.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/not-a-bottlecap-2.jpgnot a bottlecap 2Don't spend it all in one place.2013-10-21T01:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/18/have-anything-you-want-but/2013-10-18T18:07:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/18/one-little-flower-in-my-hair/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/variegated.jpgvariegatedLast night, I heard a story so funny I felt like I sprained a lung. Fortunately, tonight it's good and humid out. 2013-10-18T00:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/15/ive-got-the-system/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/harper-street.jpgHarper StreetJersey question: moon or streetlight?2013-10-15T00:03:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/13/another-race-to-come-along/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/inflatable-pets.jpginflatable pets2013-10-13T01:23:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/10/where-people-play-games-with-the-night/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/holiday-shopping.jpgholiday shoppingJarring simple applesauce for babies, cinnamony applesauce for big kids and spicy stuff for our winter potato latkes and pirogies. Tonight, I finally sat down just before 10. This is how I make December holiday gifts for the grandchildren of those wolves that raised me.2013-10-10T02:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/07/as-sharp-as-knives/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/me-worried.jpgme worriedWorried about the present, I'm knitting for the future.2013-10-07T01:32:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/10/03/my-mad-existence/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/balcony.jpgbalconyWe bought these little suction cup balconies for the shower and they are smart, but our housemate complains when I chant, "Evita! Evita!" at my haircare products.2013-10-03T00:59:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/30/im-not-surprised-to-see-you-here/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/confined-space.jpgconfined spaceDo not enter that confined space. It is the only one!2013-09-30T01:40:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/27/way-back-in-the-middle-of/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/petes-so-saucy.jpgPete's so saucyPete pours the first round of what's probably the last batch of the season's tomato sauce. Next stop on our mad spree: apples.2013-09-27T01:50:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/26/a-lie-or-two-upon-the-wall/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/architectural-interest.jpgarchitectural interestBy the time I sit down to blog, all I can do is stare at the ceiling and wish I were a better fucking painter.2013-09-26T00:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/23/for-this-moment-to-be-free/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sweetpea-in-fading-light.jpgsweetpea in fading lightLovely Sweetpea trains the boo boo eyes on you. You are helpless before her!2013-09-23T01:29:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/19/maybe-just-maybe-thats/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/shadow-monster.jpgshadow monsterHow To Tell When Trees Are Bored, Chapter 1: Shadow Puppets2013-09-19T00:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/18/slowly-toward-the-sun/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hinty-hint.jpghinty hintI stayed home sick today. The kitten stole my bicycling glove.2013-09-18T00:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/16/a-lock-of-hair-an-invisible-smoke-trail/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dentition.jpgdentitionThese are the backs of the buildings. I was struck by their even spacing against the bright sky and the blue of the inlet. I love this place so.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/storm-damage.jpgstorm damageThe rest of the park looked fresh. The roads had been repaved, parts of the bike path were repaved and some new fencing protected goats. I don't remember goats out there before. Maybe the park upgraded.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/porch-perch.jpgporch perchLast year, these buildings were in use. This year, they look unstable. Some look quite dangerous.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/decrepitude.jpgdecrepitudePete and I rode our bikes around Sandy Hook, which took a hellacious beating during Superstorm Sandy. The Park Service and volunteers did a fantastic job.2013-09-16T02:06:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/13/all-the-rooms-they-smell-like-diesel/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/unusual-trophy.jpgunusual trophyPoor little buzz-buzz thing with little x's over its eyes. We believe our blind kitten caught it and brought us presies.2013-09-13T02:25:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/09/the-whole-damn-bus-is-cheering-and/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/disco-ball-and-balcony.jpgdisco ball and balconyProof that disco did not die.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/for-hire.jpgfor hireIt is a construction company in the same way bears are sometimes bipeds.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/evergreen-bistruction.jpgevergreen bistructionThis jaw-dropping construction project has proceeded slowly, but that's okay, since no matter how many times you see this, it still seems like a hallucination as yet unsure about casting the part of the elephant.2013-09-11T02:26:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/11/i-like-toast-and-jam/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/east-millstone.jpgEast MillstoneIt's idyllic, right? Wish I had a sandwich.2013-09-11T02:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/05/behind-you-i-see-the-millions-2/2013-09-05T01:25:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/behind-you-i-see-the-millions/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wire-rewire.jpgwire rewireStanding in your street and pointing a camera straight up may attract the attention of the local gendarmerie. Your neighbors will talk!2013-09-05T01:22:57+00:00weekly0.6https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/03/to-me-nothing-bad-ever-happens/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/new-toys.jpgnew toysYesterday wasn't a complete wash for everyone. Tippi got new bell balls. 2013-09-03T02:19:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/09/02/dreams-may-toss-and-turn-you-now/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bebehkitteh.jpgbebehkittehMeet Tippi, formerly Darla, our current adorable kitten. Her birthday is in December. We hope we will survive to see it. 2013-09-02T01:59:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/08/30/pushing-too-hard-on-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/watercolor-topaz.jpgwatercolor topazMe? I got nothing today. Topaz, perturbed, eschews even hard edges.2013-08-30T01:37:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/08/27/youre-gonna-shock-the-monkey/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/first-gnocchi.jpgfirst gnocchiI made terrible gnocchi! From scratch! 2013-08-27T00:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/08/22/at-the-top-of-the-greenest-tree/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/innumeracy.jpginnumeracyOver the weekend, I suddenly learned how to cable knit, though, as the lower right hand side demonstrates, I did not suddenly learn to count.2013-08-22T21:28:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/08/19/im-always-counting-down-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/action-photo-de-steve.jpgaction photo de steveImmortality achieved.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/glam-like-tamata.jpgglam like tamataMovie stars!2013-08-19T00:42:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/08/18/when-i-do-im-a-fool/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/fooling-no-one.jpgfooling no oneTopaz, who is not Swiss chard, is fooling no one, which I mean me.2013-08-18T01:22:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/08/16/and-try-and-try-and-try/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pommes-de-terre.jpgpommes de terreThe rest of the potatoes, freshly dug up and still in their happy soil. Note their rustic charm! In an interesting turn of events, when I turned over a spot I thought I'd turned over before, all the red potatoes turned up. Yahtzee!2013-08-16T02:19:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/08/15/and-never-made-no-past/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/three-cable-needles.jpgthree cable needlesAdventures come in many forms. This one starts with a cable pattern.2013-08-15T02:16:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/08/11/better-run-better-run-faster/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/fawn-stuck.jpgfawn stuckWhaddoo I do whaddoo I do whaddoo I do?https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/waiting-and-hoping.jpgwaiting and hopingWord to the wise, buddy: if your wife hurts my baby, we're gonna rumble.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/wait-for-me.jpgwait for meMama mama mama mama mama mama mama!2013-08-11T01:18:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/08/07/feel-so-lucky-you-want-to/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/bitey-chewy.jpgbitey chewySproing chomp chomp chomp!https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/chewy-bitey.jpgchewy biteyChomp chomp chomp sproing!2013-08-07T02:15:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/08/05/east-end-boys-and-west-end-girls/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/whole-red-beets.jpgwhole red beetsWhole red beets are both beautiful and slightly spooky.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tomatoes-two-types.jpgtomatoes two typesHeirloom tomatoes roasted with olive oil and salt on the left; roasted red tomatoes with olive oil and salt. We jar whole tomatoes from organic farm girls who humor me about my unusual art supplies.2013-08-05T01:50:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/08/02/watch-her-watch-the-morning/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/furfuffle.jpgfurfuffleWhat's all this, then?2013-08-05T00:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/31/throw-all-the-songs-we-know/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/topaz-protests.jpgtopaz protestsWHAT is that GODDAMN kitten DOING?2013-07-31T02:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/30/and-in-her-mouth-an-amethyst/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/golden-golden-beets.jpggolden golden beetsI feel drab and uninspired. These golden beets, however, look like they could dance until dawn.2013-07-30T00:25:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/25/come-to-a-decision-on-it/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/three-two-one.jpgthree two oneLeft to right: last night's potatoes, this afternoon's, shift supervisor Topaz, who reminds you tardiness will not be tolerated.2013-07-30T00:20:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/25/a-ball-with-such-velocity/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kale-la-la-la-la-la.jpgkale la la la la laHave you ever seen greens so glam? Of course you have not. These are the Hedy Lamarr of hardy greens.2013-07-25T00:49:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/21/all-the-time-they-want-to-take-your-place/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/fake-redneck.jpgfake redneckWhere I live, no one does this. Pete said, "Idiot doesn't even know a real redneck would be driving a Ford or a Chevy."2013-07-21T21:29:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/21/well-secluded-i-see-all/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/topazs-grape.jpgtopaz's grapeThis grape mourns for the death of afternoon. Topaz gazed at it for a moment, but their love was not to be.2013-07-21T00:21:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/19/a-pool-hall-where-they-all-hang-around/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/lovely-bookends.jpglovely bookendsDarla and Drusy. The kitten is now larger than the other black cats and completely pushy. Last night, though, Darla lay her head on Drusy's back and Drusy did not storm off. It was a sweet moment, shortly followed by the usual fight about who loves Justin Bieber more.2013-07-19T01:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/17/like-the-wind-before-i-get-old/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ambitious-art-walk.jpgambitious art walkAfter my six-month appointment at the Hospital For Special Surgery, Pete and I walked around and around the Guggenheim. The uneven surfaces proved difficult and challenging, but ultimately, we saw wonderful canvases and had a wonderful time. At home, we collapsed on the couch and wished we could sleep for a week.2013-07-19T01:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2008/06/29/the-sun-shine-in/2013-07-17T18:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/15/you-give-yourself-to-him/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/not-at-all-related.jpgnot at all relatedLeft: sugar plum chutney; right: pickled beets. 2013-07-15T02:09:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/12/ive-got-to-be-a-macho/2013-07-12T02:07:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/10/something-about-you-girl-that-makes-me/2013-07-10T15:26:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/10/you-take-youve-got-to-give-or-let-go/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/brass-band.jpgbrass band"Brass Band" is a multiflora rose cultivar introduced in 1994. The melon-colored flowers are scented. Photographed at R.W. van der Goot Rose Garden, Somerset, NJ. Photo: Bob Hosh2013-07-10T01:12:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/06/from-the-west-down-to-the-east/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/panky-and-the-dinosaurs.jpgpanky and the dinosaursWhat? There are more dinosaurs? Lemme at 'em!2013-07-06T00:45:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/02/say-the-next-big-thing-is-here/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/panky-searches.jpgpanky searchesWhen I got home from work, Panky was rolling across the couch, Buckwheat demanded I unwrap her toothbrush, the kitten was huddled in the kitchen, the other cats shivered in the attic and Miss Sasha was holding the dog. The TV was on. South Indian food was spread out across the table. So I unwrapped the toothbrush and told the kitten I was doubling her allowance.2013-07-02T15:07:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/07/01/to-let-the-big-words-come-right-out/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/walk-through-the-front-door.jpgwalk through the front doorRoadside memorial on Route 18. Trees in the distance line the riverbank near where my old apartment stands. The whole place is so blood-soaked we should see ghosts panhandling on Albany Street.2013-07-01T01:16:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/28/running-high-run-deep-run-wild/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jar-o-vodka.jpgjar o vodkaFortunately, I don't really drink much hard liquor anymore and Pete knows if he touches this, I'll murder him in his sleep. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cleaning-currants.jpgcleaning currantsCurrants are ungodly expensive, so as projects go, they're strictly gift food. 2013-06-28T01:25:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/27/and-shout-the-earth-it-moves/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hydroponic-inspiration.jpghydroponic inspirationAt the American Museum of Natural History, Pete and I stumbled into an exhibit about food anthropology and a demonstration about the magic of pectin. I answered questions because Dad died and left me homework. Thanks, Dad! 2013-06-27T01:36:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/25/this-is-a-long-distance-call/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/yogurt-pot-temp.jpgyogurt pot tempMom's having two surgeries this week. Two. By Thursday, I shall be speaking in tongues and all of them will be asking for egg rolls and disinfecting wipes. 2013-06-25T00:43:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/22/right-time-somebody-outside-the-door/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/archive-and-expert.jpgarchive and expertDarla's medical records paint a grim picture of three months in which the kitten's survival was in doubt. Drusy, however, is interested in literature for literature's sake.2013-06-22T00:43:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/21/when-you-hit-that-high/2013-06-21T01:24:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/17/something-tells-me-im-into-something/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p-p-p-paella.jpgp p p paellaBrown rice paella, which is easier to make than you might imagine, if you imagine it's not easy. But it is. If you can boil water, you can make paella and should!2013-06-17T01:52:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/16/the-things-you-threw-the-phones-i-deflected/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/silhouette.jpgsilhouetteBlack kitten emerging from a dark room. When I imported this image it was so dark I saw no kitten at all.2013-06-16T01:11:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/12/remember-searching-for-the-perfect/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/flightless-waterfowl.jpgflightless waterfowl2013-06-12T01:48:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/11/your-dreams-a-dollar-down/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/astroturf-welcome-mat.jpgastroturf welcome matProving that I have a life outside of my indoor cats, I have taken this picture of the astroturf welcome mat literally just outside my house.2013-06-11T01:03:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/08/every-little-thing-just-turns-me-on/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/whiskers.jpgwhiskersMistakes are shiny.2013-06-08T02:07:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/05/county-fair-in-the-country-sun/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pillar-cat.jpgpillar catPete looked up and discovered the tiny kitten perched atop the pillar. He panicked. She climbed down and skipped off to climb something else. 2013-06-05T22:26:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/04/valued-destiny-comes-to-nothing/2013-06-04T02:50:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/06/01/please-me-please-me-please-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/quick-study.jpgquick studyMoments later, the tiny kitten discovered climbing onto the couch would mean jumping off it later.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/not-speaking-ish.jpgnot speaking-ishTopaz is not speaking to me. Sweetpea is unsure of our commitment to one another. Drusy here is not speaking-ish. That is not stopping her from trying to have me all to herself.2013-06-01T03:33:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/30/we-are-we-are-mature-children/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/minky.jpgminkyPete says the new kitten's name might be Minky, but only time will tell. 2013-05-30T03:00:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/28/how-to-be-you-in-time/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dining-room-diva.jpgdining room divaMysterious Topaz rests in fresh breezes and lazy afternoon sun. 2013-05-28T01:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/25/friday-night-and-everyones-moving/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/chain-chain-chain.jpgchain chain chainEnd of the road, beginning of the driveway I'd hate to shovel.2013-05-25T02:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/24/anybody-love-anybody-anyway/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/casualty.jpgcasualtyTopaz contemplates the fall of her mortal enemy Mr. Spray Bottle. 2013-05-24T01:00:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/22/youd-bet-on-they-that-canter/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rainee.jpgraineeApropos of nothing, I've always hated Frankie Valle and the Four Seasons.2013-05-22T23:53:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/20/breakdowns-come-and-breakdowns-go/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/silent-silver-beach.jpgsilent Silver BeachThis was the last time Silver Beach Road would be quiet until October. As we were leaving, the tourists were already gumming up the bridge.2013-05-20T01:15:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/16/there-was-something-in-the-air-that-night/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/stylish-in-seventy-five.jpgstylish in seventy-fiveThis sunny bathroom in Gramma's house has remained virtually unchanged since Daria and I first sang "Fernando" into our hairbrushes. 2013-05-16T19:50:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/16/surprised-theres-so-much-to-be-done/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hobbes-waits.jpghobbes waitsMy brother Hobbes, currently nesting on my shoes.2013-05-16T01:57:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/13/and-the-radios-playing-some/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/go-west-to-the-sea.jpggo west to the seaThe City of New Brunswick keeps repainting this spot because apparently homeless artists will one day run out of spray paint and homelessness.2013-05-16T01:50:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/11/for-sure-i-got-the-fever/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/arugula-et-cetera.jpgarugula et cetera2013-05-11T21:25:58+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/11/see-that-destiny-you-sold-turned-into/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/moss-peat-moss.jpgmoss peat mossIt's not all glamor, but mostly, yeah.2013-05-11T02:13:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/09/i-knew-we-were-falling-in-love/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/do-wah-diddy.jpgdo wah diddyBeautiful Sweetpea wants to know more about agriculture. All the kids are doing it!2013-05-09T02:09:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/06/and-chewing-up-all-those-letters/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/rosemary-who.jpgrosemary whoThat other rosemary bush is a dirty whore. I mean, just look at her!https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hey-macarena.jpghey macarenaTell the cashier you're buying swirly straws for your plants. She's already looking at you funny.2013-05-06T00:40:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/04/i-always-feel-like-somebodys/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jewely-velvety.jpgjewely velvetyThey look friendlier in person.2013-05-04T02:22:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/05/02/you-singing-through-the-wires/2013-05-02T23:14:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/30/of-everything-now-the-ape-regards/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wrought-irony.jpgwrought ironyPete fenced in the garden, then installed crooked gates, which beat all to hell last year's arrangement where my gamey hip and I were intended to climb over some chicken wire because HAHAHAHAHAHA. Now I have gates. 2013-05-02T01:24:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/29/and-say-your-life-is-on-fire/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/directionless.jpgdirectionlessUh...okay.2013-04-29T00:26:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/25/you-can-feel-it-everywhere/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/flowers-and-flamingoes.jpgflowers and flamingoesSo busy I went to physical therapy an hour after my appointment. Genius! 2013-04-25T22:47:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/25/be-running-up-that-building/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/but-committed-no-crime.jpgbut committed no crimeAdjust your seat belts, passengers. I am cleared for take off. 2013-04-25T00:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/24/thursday-i-go-waltzing-to-the-zoo/2013-04-24T01:21:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/23/i-have-no-opinion-about-me/2013-04-24T00:51:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/20/walking-on-the-water-walking-on-the-air/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/magnolia-three.jpgmagnolia threePhoto: yep, Bob Hosh. That guy can take a picture that makes you smell the summer sunblock.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/magnolia-two.jpgmagnolia twoPhoto: Bob Hoshhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/magnolia-one.jpgmagnolia onePhoto: Bob Hosh2013-04-20T01:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/18/mama-just-dont-understand/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/asparagus-onions.jpgasparagus onionsIt's a small pile, but these asparagus and those green onions grew in our garden and I love these little guys. Later, I'll hold them like puppets and act out La Boheme.2013-04-18T22:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/17/your-alibis-your-telling-me-whys/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/field-of-dweams.jpgfield of dweamsRaised bed from which you can practically hear seed potatoes howling with laughter.2013-04-17T01:50:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/15/hes-up-on-his-latin-and-greek/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/counterpoint.jpgcounterpointThe garden, cleaned out and ready. Today, I planted potatoes around the sage bush at left. Though my own personal potato blight two years ago hurt my delicate fee-fees, I'm trying again.2013-04-15T00:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/14/and-this-is-where-you-are/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dos-gatos.jpgdos gatosThe store was closed, but the concrete lions seemed anxious to get in.2013-04-14T01:29:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/11/couldnt-say-what-i-wanted-to-say/2013-04-20T17:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/10/about-a-dog-that-licked-two-bones/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/polleny.jpgpollenyYes. Right now, my Docs are empty.2013-04-10T01:05:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/09/and-the-baby-with-the-baboon-heart/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/creamy-pipedream.jpgcreamy pipedreamBeen under the weather for a few days and haven't eaten much. Suddenly, I have a yen for brandade de morue. Maybe I'll make that in a few days, when I feel less likely to hork up even delicious treats.2013-04-09T01:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/29/whos-to-blame/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/completely-out-of-bounds.jpgcompletely out of boundshttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/surprise.jpgsurprisehttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/houseatosis.jpghouseatosishttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/drop-in.pngdrop inhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/housitosis.jpghousitosishttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/punch.jpgpunchhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/icebox.jpgiceboxhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/in-line.jpgin linehttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/you-can-save-a.jpgDebt Showdownhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/it-in-time.jpgit in time2013-04-07T01:28:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/07/make-like-a-turtle-and-dive/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dont-dont-dont-lets-start.jpgdont dont dont lets start2013-04-07T01:24:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/04/03/and-just-like-us-you-must-have/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/eye-of-the-tigress.jpgeye of the tigressTopaz knows. Yes indeed. Topaz sees, Topaz knows.2013-04-03T00:27:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/18/me-ill-be-sitting-by-the-water-fountain/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sprouty.jpgsproutyThe first wave of seeds have sprouted just in time for me to go back to work. It is so inconvenient to have to make a living at the time when flora comes to life.2013-04-01T02:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/31/the-moment-is-a-masterpiece/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/basement-garden.jpgbasement gardenBasement garden, soon to be porch, window box, greenhouse and raised garden gardens. You read that right. 2013-03-31T22:10:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/30/they-pushed-the-jug-about/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/seedy-and-baggy.jpgseedy and baggyA professor at the unnamed university gave Pete several dozen seed packets today and pressed into Pete's hands the Western Fertilizer Handbook. However did he guess? 2013-04-08T04:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/27/i-go-from-here-to-a-better-state-than-this/2013-03-27T00:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/26/for-love-under-the-light/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/shaggy-topaz.jpgshaggy topazDrowsy Topaz, sporting her thick winter coat, contemplates a cozy nap on a comforter of contrasting color.2013-03-26T01:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/23/no-walls-only-the-bridge-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/happy-foot.jpghappy footAt eight weeks post-surgery, one is allowed to cross ankles, pivot awkwardly and bend at the hip more than ninety degrees. My foot met me half-way, which was right friendly.2013-03-23T21:52:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/22/we-get-together-and-call-ourselves-an-institute/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/silver-screen.jpgsilver screenIt's not easy to be so glamorous. I do it all for you.2013-03-22T00:47:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/20/lightning-pushes-the-edges-of-a-thunderstorm/2013-03-21T18:16:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/16/we-thinking-of-romance/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/more-fake-snow.jpgmore fake snowStick season. My favorite!2013-03-18T22:35:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/15/she-sings-from-somewhere/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sweetpeas-sleep-spot.jpgsweetpeas sleep spotSweetpea's favorite new snooze spot doubles as her favorite squirrel-spotting spot. 2013-03-15T01:16:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/12/this-time-of-year-its-so-fashionable/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/seediest.jpgseediestThis morning, I planted nine cartons of herbs, spinach and lettuce seeds that will later fulfill their leafy destinies in the raised garden. Next: hanging planters and tomato anarchy.2013-03-12T16:53:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/11/they-really-want-you-but-i-do-too/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/frowers.jpgfrowersSpring! It's fucking spring!2013-03-13T19:34:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/09/talk-about-the-people-going-under/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/seuss-like1.jpgseuss likeweirdhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/seuss-like.jpgseuss likeA recent yarn donor asked me to make a lap blanket for the place where her mother is receiving cancer treatment. Of course, after the panic and speaking in tongues, it turned out fine, if slightly smaller than expected, because knitting ain't rocket surgery unless Georg is doing the ballistic stitchery. Actual dimensions: 30" x 44"2013-03-11T01:06:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/09/a-drink-of-water-a-drink-of-wine/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pillaresque.jpgpillaresqueToday, I'm six weeks out from hip replacement surgery and I can't say enough about HSS, which I know because they keep sending me surveys. Also: I'm up to 29 minutes on the stationary bike, which - survey says! - should be unpossible!2013-03-09T03:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/07/go-waltzing-to-the-zoo/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/i-begin-again.jpgi begin againDuring today's six week visit to the surgeon's office, doc said I can begin lifting weights again. Neglected 10 lb. body bar says, "About frigging time."2013-03-07T02:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/03/05/everybodys-looking-for-something/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/still-life-with-bale-o-sugar.jpgstill life with bale o sugarThis morning, I walked to the nail salon, had a pedicure because I can't touch my toes and someone has to, then walked home and passed out for an indecent interval. Spring is nearly upon us. Wake me when it arrives.2013-03-05T01:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/28/big-wheel-keep-on-turning/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/theres-a-light.jpgtheres a lightYesterday would have been my grandmother Edith's 94th birthday. Wish I could make her blueberry blintzes.2013-02-28T22:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/26/you-still-cant-get-enough-of-the-stuff/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/animal-printy.jpganimal printyBecause it's funny - the same reason I do anything.2013-03-05T05:55:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/25/a-simple-year-of-volunteers/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/yarnbally.jpgyarnballySpeaking of eggs, this one is actually a giant ball of fabric I cut into strips over a month ago. Today, I started knitting it into a terrifying and cozy yellow rag rug. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/action-photo-of-eggs.jpgaction photo of eggsWhile Pete remains chicken-suspicious, I continue to be chicken-jealous. I went out to pick rosemary for dinner and my neighbor gave me today's eggs, which are simply gorgeous.2013-02-25T01:31:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/22/everywhere-a-sign-blocking-out/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/adorable-monster.jpgadorable monsterSuddenly, I'm nervous, too.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/flower-cower.jpgflower cowerWhy is this lovely bouquet of birthday flowers shivering atop the bookcase?2013-02-22T02:34:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/20/girl-so-much-to-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/don-yor-goggles.jpgdon yor gogglesThis box full of cat blankets readies itself for the ejector seat flight to Georg's house, though chances are excellent it will go by the postal system, which loves me back.2013-02-25T01:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/17/all-i-hear-is-your-gears/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/feetses.jpgfeetsesLast night, these feet walked out of the house to a car, then from the car to a restaurant and back again. Quite a few people were surprised I'd left my cane at home. Also: in real life, that pink piping is a definite purple.2013-02-17T02:52:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/14/you-screen-out-the-light-that-colors/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marcella-et-cetera.jpgmarcella et ceteraLook at it, just sitting there. It mocks us all.2013-02-14T20:06:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/11/for-him-as-he-would-do-for/2013-02-11T23:44:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/10/hungry-night-wants-more-and-more/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/fontana-dietro.jpgfontana dietroYeah, we got some snow. You got some drought? For a modest fee, Jersey might be persuaded to help you heartland fuckers with that.2013-02-10T02:16:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/09/one-monkey-dont-stop-no-show/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hand-detail.jpghand detailAs our expedition left the hospital yesterday, Pete snapped a picture in which we are waiting for a ride and trying to pound out of our heads the whinging of a soulless bastard asking his nurse to do something not just illegal but genuinely bad. Later, we had a nice lunch.2013-02-09T01:38:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/07/the-number-of-clocks-by-exactly-one/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/science-project.jpgscience projectThe knitting loom has potential for when I need a change, but so far it appears to have limited application. That is the EXTREME KNOWLEDGE acquired in three days I slept more than half of.2013-02-07T03:05:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/05/on-the-drum-all-day-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/not-bored-not-at-all.jpgnot bored not at allTough day with pain and I kept trying to sleep with my eyes open. To combat ennui, Mom brought by a knitting loom set - for SCIENCE!2013-02-10T02:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/03/and-she-was-holding-my-right-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/treasury.jpgtreasuryAnother of Georg's friends sent us productive pressies.2013-02-03T03:18:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/02/01/in-mysterious-ways-its-alright/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/trio.jpgtrioIt's good to have goals. My goal today was to wash my hair. Topaz, Drusy and stuffed penguin approve.2013-02-03T02:55:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/30/signed-sealed-delivered/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/throne-room.jpgthrone roomHome now, foot propped up, cats piled high, husband handy. Ready to start my projects and/or nap.2013-01-30T03:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/10/better-run-better-run/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/tomatoey.jpgtomatoey2013-01-29T23:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/24/time-is-a-living-prize/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/drusy-e-lidia.jpgdrusy e lidiaDrusy watches Lidia as I buzz around the house, preparing for surgery. Pete and I expect to find shopping lists and demands for better jewelry.2013-01-24T03:48:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/23/turn-the-color-of-the-avocado/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/recline-and-no-fall.jpgrecline and no fallThe new chaise where I will probably sleep next week arrived today. Pete immediately covered it with throws to fool the cats into thinking the couch was preemptively clawed.2013-01-23T00:57:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/19/ill-be-around-whenever/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/transquil-ravioli.jpgtransquil ravioliMade ravioli with Mom all day today. Here, we see Pete's dinner awaiting its moment of truth, brown butter sauce.2013-01-19T23:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/18/you-know-youre-nobodys/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/still-life-without-stillness.jpgstill life without stillnessThis week: fruit juice and watchful cats. Next week: fruit juice and watchful cats and surgery. 2013-01-18T03:44:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/15/i-understand-about-the-food-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/topaz-demands.jpgtopaz demandsGeorg put out the word that I can't be left to my imagination and yarnworkers have responded in a big, big way.2013-01-15T02:42:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/12/so-i-cant-go-into-town/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gato-e-ursa.jpggato e ursaSweetpea and friend regale us from atop the mantle. Art is life, life is art, cats is cats.2013-01-12T02:09:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/11/planning-on-going-solo/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/holiday-ruin.jpgholiday ruinDuring our Christmas Day Walkabout, Pete photographed this ruin and walked home with me.2013-01-11T03:15:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/09/night-long-ruffled-the-waves-of-dew/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/camera-shy.jpgcamera shyPreparations for the surgery started several years ago, but tonight, Pete and I drove over to the blood center, where they drew a pint of blood to perk me up later. Presently, I am most flat.2013-01-09T03:12:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/08/silver-hammer-head/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/january-idyll.jpgjanuary idyllSummer, why are you in the other hemisphere?2013-01-08T00:59:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/05/in-our-minds-and-our-toes/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/drusy-shaped-backdrop.jpgdrusy shaped backdropGeorg's friend sent six skeins for the cat blanket project. Thank you, friend! Georg is also making sure I have plenty to do after surgery later this month because Georg knows verrrry bad things happen when I fold my hands politely. 2013-01-05T22:49:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/04/the-griffin-keeps-losing-his-hair/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sedimentary-crock.jpgsedimentary crockPro: turkey stock, golden and translucent, fragrant and familiar, a joy. Con: tedious skimming and repetitive straining is enough of neither. 2013-01-04T01:46:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2013/01/01/burning-with-the-hope-of-insight/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/thirteen.jpgthirteenThe waning year had thirteen full moons. May the new year bring you prosperity and every happiness and bring me better punch lines.2013-01-01T02:24:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/31/get-to-the-bottom-and-i-see/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/gopankygo.jpggopankygoToday's my grandson Panky's fifth birthday. In related news: no one's heard about a party clown gone - um - missing. NO ONE.2012-12-31T01:30:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/28/so-we-can-stop-repeating/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/drusy-approved.jpgdrusy approvedThis rag rug for my stepmommy and friend Darla is Drusy-approved.2012-12-28T21:37:58+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/28/the-story-of-how-we-begin-to-remember-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hematite.jpghematite2012-12-28T03:32:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/26/hey-la-hey-la-hey-lo/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/halpful.jpghalpfulThough Sweetpea is sanguine, Drusy is unimpressed with my use of art supplies she could be napping in. Have I no shame? No, in fact, I do not.2012-12-26T04:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/23/twenty-twenty-twenty-four/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/art-supply-happiness.jpgart supply happinessReason #7,592 to love the Post Office: friends send art supplies for your project that also entertain your Furry Overlords.2012-12-24T22:27:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/08/that-something-somewhere-has-to-break/2012-12-23T01:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/22/think-of-right-words-to-say/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/result-of-public-television.jpgresult of public televisionAs a direct result of watching America's Test Kitchen, my husband is making homemade tater tots right now and they are DELICIOUS. Is a tote bag in my future?2012-12-22T00:06:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/20/and-now-im-ready-to-start/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/completion-is-temporary.jpgcompletion is temporaryThis year, thanks to yarn donors, we're sending three to the hospital's baby blanket project. Many thanks to you and you and you and you. You, too.2012-12-20T04:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/18/see-the-world-spinning-round/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/drusy-in-twilight.jpgdrusy in twilightLadybugs: friends or crunchy snack?2012-12-18T02:51:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/16/be-long-or-i-may-be/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/big-pan-fandango.jpgbig pan fandangoCooking Sunday dinner for the volunteers working at the Shore. Today, I heard a rumor that to fully restore the Shore towns may take seven years.2012-12-16T03:17:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/15/to-take-you-away-leaving-today/2012-12-15T02:35:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/13/tomorrow-will-be-a-tree/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sage-advice.jpgsage adviceDon't worry. I'll make sure she mails out your package. I nip to correct bad behavior.2012-12-13T02:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/12/its-like-a-disease-son/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/statement-of-fact.jpgstatement of factGerri Santoro was a real woman with real problems and no way out except a back alley abortion.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/truthinadvertising.jpgtruthinadvertisingA load of this shit, you must get it.2012-12-12T02:45:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/09/so-happy-together/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/three-and-one-for-the-road.jpgthree and one for the roadThanks, I'll get a chair.2012-12-09T01:09:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/06/the-needle-returns-to-the-start-of-the-song/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/peppers.jpgpeppersSmall, red ornamental peppers are often used in landscaping for added color at Longwood Gardens. Photo: Bob Hosh2012-12-06T17:57:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/06/all-i-want-to-say-to/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/small.jpgsmallLa la la la da doo doo doo da da da da LEONARD BERNSTEIN! What the -https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/medium.jpgmediumCould it be...?https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/laaaarge.jpglaaaargeAAAAAAAH!2012-12-06T17:59:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/05/softer-than-the-summer-night/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/knitty.jpgknittyHoly Toledo! Georg knitted socks for me and they fit like she measured feets in my sleep!2012-12-06T01:51:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/04/ever-lasts-forever-everybody/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/squirmy.jpgsquirmyAdorable Buckwheat is adorable.2012-12-04T03:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/12/02/the-night-life-baby/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/macaroni-car.jpgmacaroni carThis car-car is a paper weight-weight.2012-12-02T00:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/30/roads-we-have-to-walk-are/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sheetpannery.jpgsheetpanneryPirogies are your friends.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/floury-tableau.jpgfloury tableauTurns out to be easy, even without an Eastern European grandma.2012-11-30T01:00:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/28/one-knows-what-its-like-to-be/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/exceedingly-silly.jpgexceedingly sillyNew bathroom mirror. Note the gouge in the wall made by its predecessor during its tragic fall from grace and a plate hanger.2012-11-29T03:38:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/24/from-standing-in-the-english/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ladybug-and-sunbeam.jpgladybug and sunbeamIf you can't beat 'em, dance with 'em.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mighty-hunter-stares.jpgmighty hunter staresThe mighty huntress eyes her prey.2012-11-28T03:05:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/24/and-down-to-idaho/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/boo-boo-eye-for-you.jpgboo boo eye for youSweetpea gives you the boo boo eyes. You are powerless before them!2012-11-24T00:37:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/22/im-not-proud-or-tired/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/deliciousy-and-tasty-y.jpgdeliciousy and tasty-yThe cook's breakfast: duck liver sauteed with butter, onions, dry sherry, basil, salt and pepper, served on toasted garlic naan. I make coping with anemia look vaguely...what's the word I'm searching for?...inconspicuous.2012-11-22T15:52:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/22/a-superhero-everyones-a-captain-kirk/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sources-of-warmth.jpgsources of warmthFunny, I don't feel nostalgic.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/monday-crepes-for-lunch.jpgMonday crepes for lunchCrepes. Because why the hell not?https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bear-tracks.jpgbear tracksExcellent footwear. Not my size.2012-11-22T02:52:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/19/to-know-that-you-are-dreaming/2012-11-19T03:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/18/to-have-fun-with-anyone/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/not-at-all-groceries.jpgnot at all groceriesHere in New Jersey, you can't go three feet without someone mentioning relief efforts because it is no exaggeration to say whole neighborhoods and a few towns along the New York and New Jersey coasts have been damaged or destroyed. We're cooking or shopping or moving things from donor to donation center or looking for something specific. There are benefit concerts, dinners and drives. This is our life now, perhaps for some time. In related news: cats love reusable bags and Drusy is sometimes a cat.2012-11-18T01:28:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/16/the-ice-is-slowly-melting/2012-11-16T02:55:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/15/the-love-that-lights/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/apple-butter-extravaganza.jpgapple butter extravaganzaThis cooked down for several days, which was much too long. The apple butter and I will be on speaking terms again when I open one of these jars in the dead of winter and all is forgiven.2012-11-15T01:50:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/14/your-kingdom-up-for-sale/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pop-top-sundae.jpgpop top sundae2012-11-14T03:49:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/13/the-sun-will-be-shining/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pretty-pretty-sweetpea.jpgpretty pretty sweetpeaLovely Sweetpea and her friend Someone Else's Sandal recline in sunbeam and shadow. Both look happy.2012-11-13T02:35:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/11/chances-are-your-chances/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/time-capsule-frosting.jpgtime capsule frostingThe tiny town is staging a benefit for Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. I baked carrot cakes and even got over myself enough to make cream cheese frosting with orange juice, which is goddamn delicious and annoying. New Jersey and New York were badly damaged by the storm and recovery will take a very long time and a metric buttload of bake sales.2012-11-11T02:57:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/09/go-when-the-wind-blows/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/casserole-happens.jpgcasserole happensComfort me, oh casserole.2012-11-09T20:03:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/08/fly-again-and-learn-to/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/princess-sweetpea.jpgprincess sweetpeaCurrently a bit stinky.2012-11-08T02:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/06/my-whole-life-spins/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/voting-is-your-right.jpgvoting is your rightPass this on.2012-11-06T02:13:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/03/she-walks-looks-and-drives/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/least-sincere.jpgleast sincereThe least sincere pumpkin patch in all the world.2012-11-03T17:36:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/01/always-feel-like-somebodys-watching/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/scale.jpgscalePete, the cats and I are fine. Power and heat was restored to our house last night, but we still have no cable, internet and intermittent phone services. Posting will resume, but it will be defensive and nervous. AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED.2012-11-02T12:08:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/11/02/im-something-she-owns/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pulverized.jpgpulverizedWhen we opened the door Tuesday morning, everything was covered with a layer of pulverized leaves and broken branches. Untidy!2012-11-02T12:04:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/29/and-skipping-over-the-ocean-like-a-stone/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/super-tomato-powder.jpgsuper tomato powderI only regret that I was born delicious.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/skins-and-seeds.jpgskins and seedsAny last words, Dehydrated Tomato Skins And Seeds?2012-10-29T01:51:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/27/dont-wait-to-make-the-twirl/2012-10-27T20:34:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/25/you-find-out-in-a-little-while/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/confetti.jpgconfetti2012-10-25T00:25:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/23/boy-shell-chew-you-up/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/slices.jpgslicesPete prepares peppers.2012-10-23T15:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/22/leaving-me-here-on-my-own/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/disguised-as-patience.jpgdisguised as patienceMama Mama Mama open a can of treats open a can of treats open a can of treats I want that I want that I want that. Don't tell my sisters!2012-10-23T15:01:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/21/rise-up-so-early-in-the-morn/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/corn-stock-miracle.jpgcorn stock miracleStill life with corn stock.2012-10-21T18:04:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/20/that-flash-at-the-sound-of-lies/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/corn-stock.jpgcorn stockBuying local corn from the farmers market makes for fantastic summer meals, supports local farmers and the cobs can turn into corn stock to fortify your soups. What seemed like an indulgence is actually thrifty and super smart.2012-10-21T18:06:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/18/wear-sandals-in-the-snow/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/danger-will-robinson.jpgdanger will robinsonApple butter: 1980, Rhubarb pineapple jam: 1991, Blueberry jam: 1992. Two kitchens, three decades. Do not eat these artifacts, crazy people!2012-10-18T00:30:21+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/16/the-keys-to-your-ferrari-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rightly-so.jpgU.S. Vice President Biden debates Republican vice presidential nominee Ryan during the U.S. vice presidential debate in Danville2012-10-16T13:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/13/stare-out-at-the-auburn-sky/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/chase-and-chickens.jpgchase and chickensChase, the next door tenant's ambassador to the chicken kingdom.2012-10-13T23:36:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/12/my-spheres-are-in-commotion/2012-10-12T01:16:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/10/you-dont-have-to-be-a-star/2012-10-10T12:13:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/10/tell-me-how-to-get-how-to-get-to/2012-10-10T01:58:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/08/with-no-shoes-on-their-feet/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/treats-please.jpgtreats, pleaseWhat it looks like when cats tap their watches.2012-10-08T00:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/07/one-path-and-the-second-in/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/slow-down.jpgslow downMore than I could see at the time.2012-10-07T03:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/06/and-give-them-things-to-do/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/girders-and-angles.jpggirders and anglesCenter section of the Tappan Zee Bridge, where getting to the other side seems as implausible as rescue, and yet, the sky is so very blue. 2012-10-07T03:25:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/04/about-the-french-i-took/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edges-borders.jpgedges, bordersThe edge of a cranberry bog surrounding the bike path. The colors were luscious. Pete took this picture.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/seagull-playing.jpgseagull playingThe seagull played with waves, foam and seaweed, then flew off to be someone else's metaphor. I took this picture.2012-10-04T22:58:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/03/for-men-the-sea-has-found/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/harbor-at-the-island.jpgharbor at the islandPete and I took the ferry to Martha's Vineyard, where we walked, ate appetizers, walked, ate more appetizers and sailed in dense fog. It was crazy cool. Why did we never beer-stumble and oyster-slurp around tVineyard Haven before?2012-10-03T22:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/02/a-lot-of-mighty-men-a-lot-of-mighty-might/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/salt-marsh.jpgsalt marshThe salty, slightly brackish fragrance of the salt marsh is a reason to live.2012-10-02T23:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/10/01/let-the-music-move-me-around/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dance-that-aint-got-no-steps.jpgdance that ain't got no stepsThese things are all over the place on Route 95 in New England and out on Cape Cod. Also: we are in Cape Cod and the catsitter should be facing a somewhat hostile audience just about...now.2012-10-01T21:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/29/she-used-to-be-mine/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tools.jpgtoolsSlaw.2012-09-29T00:11:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/27/thoughts-and-dreams-are-scattered/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/blizzardy.jpgblizzardyDrusy bathes in the middle of my art supply blizzard whileTopaz supervises from a discrete distance.2012-09-27T14:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/25/i-used-to-think-that-the-day/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/solar-trees.jpgsolar-treesSolar trees now collect energy in parking lots near us, but <a href="http://www.environmentphilippines.com/2012/05/technology-solar-trees-to-fill-metro.html">these ideas</a> from Manilla are practical and glamorous. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/anemone.jpganemoneAnemone coronaria, the one you find as cut flowers in a florist shop. Photographed at Longwood Gardens by Bob Hosh.2012-09-25T13:33:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/24/a-fuck-about-anybody-else/2012-09-24T21:36:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/22/better-run-better-run-outrun/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/green-monster.jpggreen monsterColor me impressed: I thought this bastard had finished off my parsley a week ago.2012-09-22T19:45:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/21/scavenger-hunt-or-queen/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mighty-hunter.jpgmighty hunterConfidentially, my favorite meals begin with a murder, preferably one I commit myself.2012-09-21T23:54:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/21/the-lemon-flower-is-sweet/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pearl-gray-sky.jpgpearl gray skyYesterday, we took the train to New York to meet with an orthopedic surgeon. The surgeon gets my jokes, which is way dreamy, but the trip was exhausting, so we spent this afternoon riding bikes around Sandy Hook, minutes ahead of splashy-bangy weather. And there were clams.2012-09-21T01:01:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/19/from-here-now-that-all/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sweaty-figs.jpgsweaty figsThey look nervous. As they should.2012-09-19T00:34:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/17/if-i-have-money-if-i-have-children/2012-12-02T04:08:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/17/want-thats-what-i/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/drusyfig.jpgdrusyfigMom and Tom brought figs from their fig tree. Drusy promptly claimed them for her own. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sweetpea-greets.jpgsweetpea greetsDuring dinner, Sweetpea stared Pete in the eye and tossed her head toward the porch. Pete stood up, opened the door and let in Mom and Tom. Apparently, Pete speaks cat.2012-09-17T02:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/16/moved-under-moon-and-star/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/my-own-piazza.jpgmy own piazzaPete took this picture of a hidden house from a secret backyard in a crooked spot in our tiny town. I have no idea where this is, less than half a mile from my house.2012-09-16T02:53:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/15/you-were-until-i-saw-the-morning/2012-09-15T01:20:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/13/you-look-into-the-future-never/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/now-is-the-place-where.jpgnow is the place whereTo save what remains of what's passing for my sanity, I would like to spend future September 11ths picking raspberries and baking bread, unless the Mayans were right and this time next year we're nothing but space dust. I mean, imagine our chagrin then!2012-09-18T17:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/10/no-walls-only-the-bridge/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sandy-hook-coney-island.jpgSandy Hook Coney IslandOn a clear day, you can see goddamn Coney Island.2012-09-10T02:00:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/09/summer-blondes-revealing-tan-lines/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mad-mistake.jpgmad mistakePerhaps the tastiest mistake I've ever made without tequila shots and a resulting lost weekend.2012-09-09T01:35:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/08/get-right-back-to-where/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/certo.jpgcertoLiquid pectin, a hero in three-quarter profile.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tapioca-starch.jpgtapioca starchhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/plain-coconut-yogurt.jpgplain coconut yogurtPlain coconut yogurt, tiny container.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/coconut-milk.jpgcoconut milkCoconut milk, large can. 2012-09-08T02:40:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/06/when-i-could-wear-a-sunset-3/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/entreaty.jpgentreatyThe least you could do, Mama, is boil her in oil.2012-09-08T01:29:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/03/feel-to-be-one-of-the-beautiful/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/limey.jpglimeyThe aroma of limes may be my favorite of all of the aromas, not to mention fragrances and smells. No, really. Don't mention them.2012-09-03T23:28:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/03/and-send-you-a-slow-reply/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/tomato-pepper-pepper.jpgtomato pepper pepperHeirloom tomatoes, purple peppers in sherry vinegar, the sinister red peppers. These guys don't really speak to each other. I mean, I'm guessing.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/red-peppers.jpgred peppersRed and orange peppers in red wine vinegar. Sinister!2012-09-03T00:32:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/09/01/thats-where-im-coming-from/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sweetpea-snoozes.jpgsweetpea snoozesLovely Sweetpea lounges on a favorite windowsill on one last fragrant August night.2012-09-01T01:00:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/30/in-time-i-walk-and-talk-in-two/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ricy-menace.jpgricy menaceThe 5 lb. bag of jasmine rice sees you, you know.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/puddingy-menace.jpgpuddingy menaceTerrifying in its homey goodness - I mean, eeeeeeeevil. 2012-08-30T01:45:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/29/radical-mind-day-and-night-all/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/random-cabbage.jpgrandom cabbageChicken coop, topped with random cabbage. Bon appetit!2012-08-29T01:20:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/27/sarcasm-in-the-classroom/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/penniosity.jpgpenniosityObviously, the penny on the right came from the Netherlands. How it came to rest between my compost heap and back porch? Ya got me there.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/peel-me-a-peach.jpgpeel me a peachDRAMA!2012-08-29T17:56:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/26/just-keep-the-groove-and-then-3/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/look-drusy-in-the-eyes.jpglook drusy in the eyes2012-08-26T02:29:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/23/i-see-you-i-see-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/white-peaches-british-pickles.jpgwhite peaches british picklesYesterday, I took a vacation day to jar white peaches with ras el-Hanout (left) and British bread and butter pickles (right). It was a very satisfying work day.2012-08-23T00:29:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/22/in-our-little-hideaway-beneath-the-waves/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/roasted-heirloom-tomatoes.jpgroasted heirloom tomatoesRoasted heirloom tomatoes with olive oil and sea salt. https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/three-day-sauce.jpgthree day saucePete's in day 2 of a three-day sauce we'll jar tomorrow. 2012-08-22T00:52:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/20/where-the-chess-players-used-to-sell/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/a-cynical-arrangement.jpga cynical arrangementAt last, my camera phone captures both angst and ennui. Pulitzer, please!https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/arrangement-in-retrospect.jpgarrangement in retrospectAt this point, I was looking for store security but they were probably on their phones, too. In grocery stores, everyone is. 2012-08-21T00:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/18/spinning-in-infinity/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/livers-in-butter-and-sherry.jpglivers in butter and sherryIt helps to want what you also need. In this case, chicken livers with butter and sherry, because this is delicious and I am anemic.2012-08-18T15:51:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/18/a-street-in-a-strange-world/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/white-peaches.jpgwhite peachesWhite peaches. These are less ripe than I would like and difficult to work with. Later, I will Krazy Glue their toothbrushes to the sink and short sheet them. That will show them! 2012-08-20T21:19:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/16/build-up-a-meteor-tower/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/surface-unremarkable.jpgsurface unremarkableTo say that one feels flat offers room for a variety of interpretations.2012-08-16T21:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/16/a-comedown-of-revolving-doors/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sidewalk-slurry.jpgsidewalk slurryAugust showers bring August bowers. 2012-08-16T00:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/12/when-you-could-stop-a-clock/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/craftsy-artsy.jpgcraftsy artsyCutting up t-shirts to make yarn is 100% easier when Drusy, my tiny protector from all things yarn-like, is not helping. Or halping. Because she is not helpful.2012-08-12T15:05:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/10/and-chopping-men-down/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mysterious-lettuce.jpgmysterious lettuceWindow box lettuce on the front porch. It's raining and the light is most peculiar.2012-08-10T16:34:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/10/the-thought-alone-is-killing-me-right-now/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/actual-rags.jpgactual rags- and a mess.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/crappy-knitter.jpgcrappy knitterOne of my co-workers gave me ancient t-shirts. I've cut them up to make rag rugs - 2012-08-10T01:26:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/08/red-red-roses-pinks-and-posies/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/fourteen-labels.jpgfourteen labelsLabeling the jars is my least favorite job, but it's not like you can ask them to travel incognito. 2012-08-08T19:23:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/06/some-people-are-in-charge-of-bombs/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/the-winner.jpgthe winnerHas the gold medal. And detention, apparently.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/alicia-in-pink.jpgalicia in pinkPretty, which counts bigtime in gymnastics.2012-08-13T19:16:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/06/youre-out-of-touch-im-out-of-time/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/the-blackerries-jam-and-sauce.jpgthe blackerries jam and sauceBlackberry jam, blackberry barbecue sauce. I know: they looked like Hall & Oates to me, too!2012-08-08T19:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/05/a-thing-from-you-your-life/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/kitten-pile-olympic-style.jpgkitten pile Olympic styleTwo cats, ten legs.2012-08-05T01:34:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/02/if-the-lights-keep-flashing/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/scoreboard.jpgscoreboardNo black athlete, male or female, has ever won the All-Around gold at the Olympics. 2012-08-02T18:43:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/08/02/drinking-heavy-water-from-a-stone/2012-08-02T00:18:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/29/the-things-you-say-youre/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bon-chance-brioche.jpgbon chance briochehttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/attend-brioche.jpgattend brioche2012-07-29T00:35:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/26/a-rainstorm-and-you-howl-like/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/atticus2-717226.jpgatticus2-717226A sweet guy with a keen fashion sense.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/atticus1-769506.jpgatticus1-769506Atticus among Dad's bonsais.2012-07-27T00:08:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/24/be-anything-but-be-in-love/2012-07-24T20:40:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/24/and-if-so-id-like-to-know/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/blackberry-syrup.jpgblackberry syrupBlackberry Syrup from the Ball Recipe Book. Minor pain in the ass to make, a cinch to jar, easy on the eye. I think this is the first time I've made a fruit syrup, which begs the question: what's in that jar in the basement fridge labeled SYRUP?2012-07-24T01:22:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/23/shes-singing-hey-la-my-boyfriends-back/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cream-up-early.jpgcream up earlyThis is Cream, who lay on the porch last week. After I took this picture, I misplaced the camera for a couple of days. Meow meow crap meow!2012-07-23T01:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/21/seasons-change-and-so-did/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pretty-brioche.jpgpretty BriocheThis pussycat I've been calling Brioche has been waiting for me on the porch at 7:30 every morning since last winter. Her people started putting their stuff out on the curb early last week and it became clear they were moving. On Tuesday morning, she was waiting. On Wednesday, I saw her walking across a lawn. I guess she's gone now. I miss her chatty voice and her lovely blue-green eyes.2012-07-21T01:43:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/19/fly-and-find-the-new-green-bough/2012-07-21T08:34:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/19/cold-the-ground-is-still-warm-to-touch/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/keen-observers.jpgkeen observersDrusy and Sweetpea considered why we would want to be so close to all that wet, wet peril.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/monsoon-du-jour.jpgmonsoon du jourSiobhan predicted a rainstorm at 5 and at 5 came the cloudburst. Pete and I sat on the porch while garbage floated downstream - I mean, down the street.2012-07-19T00:02:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/17/out-there-theres-nothing-to-do/2012-07-17T00:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/14/smiling-from-her-head-to-her/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hat-and-cat.jpghat and catDrusy watches us from her mantletop fortress.2012-07-14T14:43:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/14/dont-fool-with-fools-who-turn/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/very-matte-shiny-objects.jpgvery matte shiny objectsIt's the personality crisis your therapist won't see coming. Or going.2012-07-14T02:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/13/and-its-turning-out-all/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/preteen-nightmare.jpgpreteen nightmareYou may be trying to outrun a terrible memory. I tried to sew once.2012-07-13T02:10:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/12/somebody-outside-the-door/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/still-funny-after-all-these.jpgstill funny after all theseAnother batch of cat blankets just about ready to mail to Georg. If you are not a fan of the postal system, I urge you wrap up something unusual and mail it to someone. Not salami, though. Not that.2012-07-13T02:13:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/10/will-people-think-of/2012-07-10T16:18:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/09/here-but-im-not-here/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pete-fixes.jpgpete fixesDuring this morning's off-road bike ride, Pete came to a sudden stop and I skidded right into his back wheel. On my hands and knees in the gravel, I said, "Pretend I meant to do that. Also: my rear brake is shot." Thus we spent part of our afternoon in the bike shop.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/look-martha.jpglook marthaThe Doonesbury strip I waited 20 years to see again.2012-07-09T00:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/05/always-walking-with-you/2012-07-05T18:55:58+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/05/word-was-heard-from-the-people/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/freezy.jpgfreezyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ready-to-wrap.jpgready to wraphttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/four-flavors.jpgfour flavorshttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/herbs-fresh-from-the-yard.jpgherbs fresh from the yardhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rosemary-and-sage.jpgrosemary and sage2012-07-05T17:50:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/03/out-tonight-its-bound-to/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/the-moon-i-saw-you.jpgthe moon I saw youThis parking space across the street from our house was recently repainted by a spiteful and clever municipal worker with a wicked sense of humor. Of course, I approve.2012-07-03T23:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/07/02/i-was-nowhere-in-sight-when/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pic-night-parade-3.jpgpic night parade 3https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pic-night-parade-2.jpgpic night parade 2https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pic-night-parade-1.jpgpic night parade 12012-07-02T17:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/29/is-all-i-need-to-hear/2012-06-29T23:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/29/live-it-up-and-die-in-bed/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/a-one-and-a-two-a.jpga one and a two aPet'e's feets, being feety, doing feet things.2012-06-29T01:17:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/28/out-of-his-haunted-sleep/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/salvia-and-her-two-friends.jpgsalvia and her two friends2012-06-28T01:33:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/27/be-guarded-by-monkeys/2012-06-27T02:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/25/you-follow-you-wherever-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/johnson-park.jpgJohnson ParkPete and I went out for a rather long bike ride through Johnson Park, over the Lynch Bridge, around Bucchleuch Park, down College Avenue and along the river to the boat house, where we ate empanadas that tasted like garlicky sunlight. 2012-06-25T00:56:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/23/if-im-still-in-love-with-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/triple-flatness.jpgtriple flatnessThe only other place where these three would be this close is small claims court.2012-06-23T02:44:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/22/in-just-awhile-because-youre-on/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/topaz-loves-the-window-sill.jpgtopaz loves the window sillLovely Topaz wants nothing more on a one hundred degree day than a window sill and a breeze.2012-06-22T21:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/20/in-you-yet-i-know-youve-got/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/gingerbread-loaf.jpggingerbread loafWhen you see into the loaf, the loaf sees into you.2012-06-20T01:30:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/18/ive-asked-myself-how-much-do-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/war.jpgwar2012-06-19T12:42:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/18/ho-ho-ho-its-magic/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/three-dozen-new-friends.jpgthree dozen new friendsRhubarb in jars, Tata in a heap on the couch.2012-06-18T00:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/14/in-the-sycamore-tree-dream-a-little/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/pretty-green-stones.jpgpretty green stonesA kind of drusy you can buy.2012-06-17T02:14:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/17/the-house-of-the-future-together/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/rhubarbalula.jpgrhubarbalulaMoney can't buy happiness, but it can buy sixteen pounds of rhubarb.2012-06-17T02:04:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/15/with-you-but-you-are-not-with-me/2012-06-15T14:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/13/however-do-you-need-me-3/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/fragoli.jpgfragoliStrawberry bread gives you the eye.2012-06-13T01:34:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/11/like-years-since-its-been-clear-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/backyard-deluge.jpgbackyard delugeRain barrels Pete set up this morning sit full tonight.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/beet-greens-after-a-storm.jpgbeet greens after a stormWindow box beet greens after the storm.2012-06-11T01:39:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/09/doing-all-right-getting-good/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/correct-but-so-wrong.jpgcorrect but so wrongYes, but not for long.2012-06-09T21:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/09/look-deep-in-my-eyes-like-i-was/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/the-stoopid-burns.jpgthe stoopid burnsThat is the fucking Science Channel.2012-06-09T01:55:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/08/look-into-the-eyes-of-the-sun-2/2012-06-08T01:10:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/06/its-alarming-how-charming-i-feel/2012-06-06T01:53:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/04/sometimes-run-and-chase-the-moon/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cake-too.jpgcake tooToday is Buckwheat's second birthday, celebrated in Colorado. I would have worn my tutu, but I was turning over the compost heap and I was afraid of catching the pitchfork.2012-06-04T00:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/06/02/and-still-my-lights-on-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/claude-et-amis.jpgclaude et amisGoodbye, Claude.2012-06-02T17:26:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/31/draft/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dough-theory.jpgdough theoryis it possible?https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/yield.jpgyieldApparently, it's possible!2012-06-01T01:14:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/31/feel-no-shame-for-what-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/invisicat.jpginvisicatBehold the cat-free window sill. I could hardly believe my eyes.2012-05-31T00:43:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/30/no-reason-just-seems-so/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/the-freshest-hell.jpgthe freshest hellTopaz well knows the fresh hell that is having two sisters.2012-05-31T00:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/28/in-know-where-weve-been/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/treehouse-confab.jpgtreehouse confabGigi said, "Everyone don't forget about me!" So I climbed into the treehouse and remembered.2012-05-28T01:27:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/26/you-have-you-to-complete/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/pink-dresses.jpgpink-dressesLet nothing stop you from seeing this video. PROMISE ME.2012-06-27T07:09:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/24/you-some-terrible-thrills-like-a/2012-05-24T18:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/23/you-are-the-eggman-i-am/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/condimento.jpgcondimentoPortrait of the Artist and Her Friend. Photo by Pete2012-05-23T00:52:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/21/and-filled-with-mad-shadows/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bread-roll-pesto.jpgbread roll pestoToday's rolls were rounder and taller than last week's and the flavor is better.Downside: the dough was too wet as I was mixing and I grabbed whole wheat pastry flour out of the cabinet, giving the rolls a gritty texture. Plus: delicious; minus: gritty. I'm learning!2012-05-21T00:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/19/your-wings-unfold-them-twice/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/odile.jpgodileMiss Sasha made me a tutu for my birthday. Drusy, of course, could not wait to try it on.2012-05-19T21:47:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/18/ill-throw-off-my-shawl/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/kitchen-in-twilight1.jpgkitchen in twilightThe weather: I am under it. Fortunately, here in Brigadoon, weather changes seven, eight, even nine times a day. So I'm optimistic.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/kitchen-in-twilight.jpgkitchen in twilight2012-05-18T00:31:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/16/is-67-more/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/pane.jpgpaneBelieve it or not: edible!2012-05-16T01:12:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/13/the-river-are-happy-to-give/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/towpath.jpgtowpathWe spent our Sunday bicycling on the towpath around Carnegie Lake. The awesome is unpossible to describinate.2012-05-13T22:47:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/13/you-begin-to-sway/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/avatar.jpgavatarThis pineapple bears a striking resemblance to Sweetpea. On the counter in shadow: two avocados I keep mistaking for Simon Cowell.2012-05-13T00:53:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/11/of-mothers-to-the-terrifying/2012-05-11T02:27:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/09/see-the-evil-and-the-good-without-hiding/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tools-for-tools.jpgtools for toolsNeutrality favors the oppressor 100% of the time.2012-05-09T18:32:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/09/the-blues-get-ahold-of-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/vigil.jpgvigilMutts on leashes. Squirrels. Outdoor cats. Birdies. Fat, tasty toddlers. It's sort of a miracle screens contain tiny couch panthers and window sill mountain lions.2012-05-09T01:44:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/07/words-are-meaningless-and-forgettable/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/oopsie.jpgoopsiePlease hold and our next available representative will be with you shortly.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/harshy-harsh-harsh.pngharshy harsh harshComplaints Department. How can I help you?2012-05-08T12:17:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/07/all-i-ever-wanted-vacation-had/2012-05-07T00:13:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/04/trust-me-not-to-think/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/coopy2.jpgcoopyOur neighbor has four young hens, which means all our neighborhood cats now have Chicken TV.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/coopy1.jpgcoopyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/coopy.jpgcoopy2012-05-04T22:16:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/04/ten-nine-eight-im-always-counting/2012-05-04T01:08:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/03/if-i-should-call-you-up-invest/2012-05-05T02:13:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/05/01/by-what-my-eyes-could-see/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/two-thirds-accord.jpgtwo-thirds accordI broke up a cat fight by putting down food, though I have a vague suspicion I've been outwitted by people who are cats who weren't actually angry at one another.2012-05-01T01:30:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/30/the-love-light-that-you-shine-on/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/globey.jpgglobeyAt home this week on staycation, which is fine by me. I'm gonna do some stuff, organize some junk, file some crap and shop for bras. Bra shopping may cause me to drink a lot, so I'm - like - festive!2012-04-30T01:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/27/someone-there-can-hit-the-switch/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/simple-solutions.jpgsimple solutionsThe thing about making fresh pasta is that it keeps teaching humility through tasty mistakes. We needed a drying rack, but pasta + drying + rack = $1,000,000.95. This hanger with swinging arms: $7 at Bed, Bath & Beyond. As you know, I always have coupons, but now I have dry pasta.2014-01-02T22:40:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/25/though-youre-many-years-away/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/a-year-of-volunteers.jpga year of volunteersThese lettuces are nearly salad-tastic and dressing-worthy. In other news: this morning, I wore mittens to work.2012-04-25T22:45:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/23/close-as-three-part-harmony/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bat-signal.jpgbat signalWhen emergency signal appear in store window, super heroes grind their teeth.2012-04-23T14:57:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/22/im-sure-it-could-be-mended/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/nose-of-sweetpea-sniffs-you.jpgnose of sweetpea sniffs youSweetpea knows what you've been up to. And down to.2012-04-22T17:29:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/20/thats-what-its-all-about/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/rhumba.jpgrhumbaWell, if they do get it, I'm sure there's a cream for that.2012-04-22T17:28:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/19/hit-and-run-transmission/2012-04-19T14:27:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/19/dont-forget-to-pack-a-wife/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/future-shocking.jpgfuture shockingOne day, I will be a little blue-haired great-grandmother tooling around the old domestic castle, warbling Holiday In Cambodia. 2012-04-19T01:50:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/17/the-jungle-v-i-p/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/topaz-box-panther.jpgTopaz, box pantherTopaz is the tiniest ferocious panther you have ever seen. Mrrow.2012-04-17T00:56:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/16/a-big-bad-wolf-could-want/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/spring-afternoon.jpgspring afternoonWe took up our posts on the porch this afternoon. Buds perfumed the breeze while our friends the outdoor cats lounged in lazy afternoon sunbeams. We cursed the ancestors of drivers speeding to the dog park, though not their happy dogs.2012-04-16T01:05:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/14/all-your-letters-in-the-sand/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jennie-of-all-things.jpgjennie of all thingsWhen filling out forms your great-grandchildren will see copies of seventy years later, please write in heavier ink. 2012-04-14T15:55:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/13/always-in-the-arms-of-somebody-else-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/topaz-reveals.jpgtopaz revealsBeautiful, brilliant little Topaz has stolen my pants. Yes, pants.2012-04-13T00:13:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/11/off-the-clock-make-it-all/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/this-person-is-a-child.jpgthis person is a childThe situation in Sanford, Florida has gone completely off the rails. As the public players do increasingly crazy public things in public, it is important to remember that the teenage boy who did nothing wrong is quietly disappearing from the story.2012-04-11T15:08:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/11/our-ways-taking-different-roads/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sunrise-kitchen.jpgsunrise kitchenWe just got back from Lowe's and, boy, are my arms tired!2012-04-11T02:18:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/09/the-street-pass-under-your-feet/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/he-was-in-a-jam.jpghe was in a jamIt must take almost superhuman restraint to make museum signs without punch lines.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/up-saturns-skirt.jpgup saturns skirtDUCK! THE GIANT FAKE PLANETS MIGHT SEE YOU!2012-04-11T02:21:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/06/signals-in-my-power-cord/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/claude-still-as-a-bunny.jpgclaude still as a bunnyThe neighbors' handsome outdoor cat pretends to be a flamingo. I've been calling this cat Claude.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/petes-paparazzo.jpgpetes paparazzoBack off, paparazzo! Pete will vex you!2012-04-06T20:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/05/in-the-air-besides-the-atmosphere/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/silk-cord.jpgsilk cordI was hungry for blue, but I could look at a dessert menu.2012-04-05T16:32:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/03/promote-the-general-welfare-and-secure-the-blessings-of/2016-04-22T15:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/01/in-things-we-say/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/parsleys.jpgparsleysDad died five years ago today. I'm sure he's still laughing.2012-04-09T01:16:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/04/01/when-all-the-worlds-asleep-the-questions-run/2012-04-01T01:34:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/30/waiting-for-the-end-of-the-world/2013-01-04T01:48:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/30/a-magnet-and-i-am/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/pete-cooks-and-i-dont.jpgpete cooks and I don't2012-03-30T04:34:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/29/i-can-still-hear-you-saying-you/2012-03-29T01:53:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/28/living-in-a-world-of-make-believe/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/princess-drusy-models.jpgprincess drusy modelsDrusy models this silver paisley collar, but she'd look beautiful in any old thing. Topaz, on the other hand, is completely freaked out and once again has told me to talk to the paw.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sans-a-bell.jpgsans a bellTopaz went on walkabout, so now everyone covered with fur gets a collar with the bell snipped off. Sweetpea sports this topical green peace sign collar which sets off her lovely honey boo-boo eyes.2012-03-28T01:25:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/26/thered-never-be-a-love-song/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/prodigal-committee-member.jpgprodigal committee memberTo no one's surprise: not talking.2012-03-26T22:08:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/24/longing-to-linger-till-dawn/2012-03-24T17:08:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/23/fever-when-you-kiss-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/thermometer.jpgthermometerBlerg!2012-03-23T16:10:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/21/the-boy-for-the-last-time/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lazing-on-a-sunny.jpglazing on a sunnyPete plays with my camera. I am filled with ennui!2012-03-21T22:27:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/18/start-now-im-ready-to/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lovely-topaz-apresmidi.jpglovely topaz apresmidiNo one is happier that spring brings open windows and fragrant breezes.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/topaz-in-sumbeam.jpgtopaz in sumbeamBeautiful Topaz. 2012-03-19T17:44:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/19/girls-against-the-world/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bad-bad-man.jpgbad bad man2012-03-19T13:20:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/16/things-nice-have-you-confused/2012-03-16T13:12:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/14/turning-round-and-round-they-go-back/2012-03-14T21:43:23+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/14/two-steps-on-the-water-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/monsta.jpgmonsta!As one drives around on Cape Cod, one sees giants through the trees.2012-03-14T00:43:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/12/swaying-and-the-radios-playing-some/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/breakfast-is-soived.jpgbreakfast is soivedhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ingrediments2.jpgingredimentsFlan mix - caramel packet + almond milk + peaches we jarred last summer = breakfast Monday through Friday without a footrace.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ingrediments1.jpgingredimentshttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ingrediments.jpgingredimentshttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/cups-o-fruit.jpgcups o fruitBy Tuesday mornings, I'm guaranteed to sprint in circles, looking for something to stuff in my bookbag for breakfast - unless I make something well in advance.2012-03-12T11:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/10/happen-to-see-the-most-beautiful/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/silver-beach-sunset.jpgSilver Beach sunsethttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bourne-bridge-cape-cod-canal.jpgBourne Bridge Cape Cod Canal2012-03-12T02:13:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/09/ill-see-you-in-another-life/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/military-honors.jpgmilitary honors2012-03-21T22:28:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/06/return-to-me-and-always/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/stock-exit1.jpgIMG_0256https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/stock-exit.jpgIMG_02562012-03-06T04:01:50+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/05/never-believe-its-not-so/2012-03-13T15:47:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/02/they-think-hes-gangster-number-one/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/red.jpgredLike a record, baby, right round.2012-03-02T18:57:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/03/01/thats-the-way-it-seemed/2012-03-02T04:56:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/28/next-time-around-you-could-be/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dudesdudesdudes.pngdudesdudesdudesI lifted this piksha from Think Progress and my fingers are still sticky.2012-02-28T01:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/27/a-rocket-launched-to-the-great-blue-yonder/2012-02-27T16:33:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/25/clearly-a-case-for-cornflakes-and-classics/2012-02-27T16:38:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/23/do-you-dont-you-want/2012-02-25T00:54:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/22/in-and-around-and-through/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/green-blue-paisley-lyt1.jpggreen-blue-paisley-lythttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/green-blue-paisley-lyt.jpggreen-blue-paisley-lytPattern from <a href="http://www.layoutsparks.com/1/227104/green-blue-paisley-lyt.html">here</a>2012-02-22T19:01:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/22/water-some-people-walk-on-broken-glass/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/product-safari.jpgproduct safariSome people hunt critters. I seek the elusive diamond top coat at 20% with a $2.00 manufacturer's coupon.2012-02-22T08:17:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/20/as-far-beyond-as-i-can-see/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/destination.jpgdestinationDrive home first, kids, <i>then</i> drink.2012-02-29T22:20:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/18/watching-the-wheels/2012-02-18T21:36:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/18/cant-be-silent-cause-they-might-be/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sweetpea-examines.jpgsweetpea examinesSweetpea cannot believe her smelly good fortune.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/drusy-expert-shopper.jpgdrusy expert shopperBeautiful Drusy tests her glamorous felted bed for softness.2012-02-18T03:20:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/16/it-goes-like-this/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cena.jpgcenaYes. I was distracted. Why do you ask?2012-02-19T13:43:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/14/search-the-clouds-for-a-star-to-guide-us/2012-02-14T15:41:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/13/days-were-different-when-you-counted-them/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/aunt-florence.jpgaunt florenceAunt Florence. 2012-02-13T19:52:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/10/might-be-big-big-fake-fake-lies/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/industrial.jpgindustrial2012-02-13T01:53:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/13/point-to-the-fact-that-time-is/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ancients-of-muumuu.jpgancients of muumuuSpring curtains: the curtaining.2012-02-13T07:32:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/12/yourself-low-but-not-too-low/2012-02-12T01:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/08/thou-shalt-not-quote-me-happy/2012-02-10T14:56:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/07/take-long-to-find-me-and-are/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/black-bread-with-carrot.jpgblack bread with carrotAfter yoga class, we're hungry enough to bite each other's arms. Cheese toast saves us a trip to the Emergency Room.2012-02-07T03:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/06/4413/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tamales-for-tomorrow.jpgtamales for tomorrowTamales are a bit of an undertaking, no trouble at all and completely worth the work.2012-02-07T04:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/04/i-cant-be-one-ill-be-two/2012-02-06T03:38:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/28/things-havent-really-changed-as-such/2012-02-02T02:37:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/02/the-toy-and-all-it-meant/2012-02-05T20:04:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/02/01/when-the-heat-dies-down/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ransom-note.jpgransom notePhoto: Doug Vizthum. Used by permission.2012-02-01T03:27:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/31/since-i-dont-have/2012-01-31T02:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/30/of-ice-to-reach-your-soil/2012-01-30T03:13:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/29/you-make-me-feel-like-i/2012-01-29T03:47:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/26/let-me-be-your-ocean/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/the-new-sheriff.jpgthe new sheriffhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/regret.jpgregret2012-01-26T22:43:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/25/the-world-looking-over-the-edge/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bathy-licky.jpgbathy lickyAdorable home from the hospital kitty gets busy getting rid of the home from the hospital bath smell.2012-01-27T18:20:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/24/a-guitar-to-punish-your-ma/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/reclining-sweetpea.jpgreclining sweetpeaSweetpea's favorite chair, where my butt is currently parked.2012-01-24T19:08:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/23/between-the-saltwater-and-the-sea/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sad-evidence.jpgsad evidencehttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/snowy-pawy.jpgsnowy pawyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pathway.jpgpathway2012-01-24T03:06:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/22/now-just-like-the-war/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/printy-printy.jpgprinty printyFound on my camera: Pete's fingers.2012-01-22T02:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/19/talking-straight-to-you-and-me/2012-01-19T12:59:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/18/a-walk-down-in-the-moonlight/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bye-bye-love.jpgbye bye loveLast night, the rumor floated that our little slice of drunken, scandalous, punk rock Heaven is history this morning. Well, shit.2012-01-18T11:52:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/17/im-traveling-im-flying/2012-01-17T13:21:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/16/it-is-the-enormous-night/2012-01-16T01:23:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/13/she-took-she-took-a-little-sip/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/filling-station.jpgfilling station2012-01-16T01:25:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/12/and-back-on-the-road-again/2012-01-12T18:01:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/12/your-heart-pumps-and-your-blood-will/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cast-irony.jpgcast ironyYou do not need a tortilla press to make tortillas. A rolling pin or the bottom of a plate will do, so you can, too.2012-01-12T02:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/11/in-madland-i-will-make-a-deal-with-her/2012-01-11T02:12:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/10/on-you-now-would-i-turn/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/my-very-own-throne.jpgmy very own throneThe view from atop my elliptical. For three weeks, upside down books bugged me because I forgot them the moment I jumped off the pedals.2012-01-10T19:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/09/nothing-can-keep-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/modeling-cat.jpgmodeling catSweetpea has her own ideas about art.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cat-still-in-a-bag.jpgcat still in a bagLovely Topaz examines the shopping bags from the inside, where she seems a little blurry around the edges.2012-01-09T02:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/07/when-my-life-would-depend/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/roomiissimo.jpgroomiissimoTook less than a week to break that paragraph-a-day resolution, but what'd you expect from whimsical me?2012-01-07T17:51:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/06/if-not-in-the-first-move/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/a-nion.jpga nionOnce upon a time, Paulie Gonzalez rescued this critter in a raging snowstorm; today, Hobbes is King of the Couch at Mom's house.2012-01-06T02:25:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/05/come-together-yeah/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/annatto-oil.jpgannatto oilOne of life's great tiny pleasures is the aroma of infusing olive oil, in this case with annatto seeds.2012-01-05T01:04:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/04/to-stand-up-ill-make-it/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mangez.jpgmangezChicken soup, matzoh balls, baguette, fruit and vegetable juice: a lovely dinner on a cold, blustery night.2012-01-04T00:23:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/02/4259/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pink-puzzle1.jpgpink puzzlehttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pink-puzzle.jpgpink puzzle2012-01-02T21:53:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2012/01/02/but-well-make-only-quick-decisions/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sunny-afternoon.jpgsunny afternoonNote to self: moisturize.2012-01-02T03:51:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/31/to-wash-my-face-when-i-come-back/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/haunted-ravioli.jpghaunted ravioliI'd blog, but there's ravioli to simmer and banana bread to bake and wine-based silly to be. And you know I give everything my all.2012-01-01T03:41:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/29/five-american-six-canadian-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tableau.jpgtableauDarla and I spent the later morning and a good part of the afternoon working on organizing Dad's digitized slides, then went out for sushi in self-defense.2011-12-29T22:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/28/each-new-tune-we-said/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/drusydrusyosity.jpgdrusydrusyosityPoor Pete! Trapped under the six pound cat!2012-01-26T15:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/26/grateful-chorus-raise-we/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/drusyaslapcat.jpgdrusyaslapcatGood Topaz to you and all of your kin, good Drusy of Christmas and a Sweetpea New Year.2011-12-26T00:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/23/stubborn-beauty-stubborn-beauty/2011-12-24T01:10:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/22/feet-know-where-they-want-me/2011-12-22T04:22:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/19/and-she-was-holding-my-right/2011-12-20T14:35:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/17/like-a-charmed-hour/2011-12-17T15:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/20/gods-who-are-any-more-vengeful/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/concerned.jpgconcernedWolf Blitzer is concerned.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bacony.jpgbacony2011-12-17T15:25:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/15/just-go-ahead-now/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/drusyinherbasket.jpgdrusyinherbasketBasket full of drowsy Drusy, who needs her beauty sleep.2011-12-15T02:52:24+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/13/and-blue-show-your-friends/2011-12-13T17:28:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/12/never-want-it-again/2011-12-12T01:33:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/09/less-egg-to-fry/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/elsies-pantforte.jpgelsies pantforteNutty things says, "Eat me." Ta says, "Ten bucks, same as in town." 2011-12-09T02:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/08/beyond-his-control-beyond-my-control/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/boothyphotoy.jpgboothyphotoyExecutive lounge and executives, lounging.2011-12-08T01:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/07/more-falsehoods-and-derisions-golden-living-dreams/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/regardez.jpgregardezPanky regards you with suspicion and tomato sauce.2011-12-07T03:05:37+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/05/he-played-a-tight-elastic-band/2011-12-05T02:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/12/03/what-you-will-know-by/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/buckwheat-observes.jpgbuckwheat observeshttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/pankys-grapes.jpgpankys grapes2011-12-03T02:11:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/30/never-crack-a-smile-or-flinch/2011-12-02T02:29:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/28/half-expected-a-nymph-to-appear/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/yarn-mousies.jpgyarn mousiesCats can't stop their thievin'. 2011-11-28T22:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/28/and-i-love-to-live-so-pleasantly/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/barny.jpgbarnyOn the way home, we stopped at a farm, had sandwiches and fed the barn cat some brie and apples.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/occupy-nj1.jpgoccupy nj1Sitting with OccupyTrenton on a warm November afternoon. 2011-11-28T01:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/27/we-go-ahead-and-the-meter/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tabletop-puttytat.jpgtabletop puttytatThough Sweetpea looks placid in afternoon light, every morning we wonder if today is the day she figures out how the doorknob works.2011-11-27T01:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/25/and-i-laughing/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/angularly.jpgangularlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ravioliten.jpgraviolitenhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/raviolinine.jpgraviolininehttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/raviolieight.jpgraviolieighthttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ravioliseven.jpgraviolisevenhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/raviolisix.jpgraviolisixhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/raviolifive.jpgraviolifivehttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/raviolifour.jpgraviolifourhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/raviolithree.jpgraviolithreehttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/raviolitwo.jpgraviolitwo2011-11-27T01:18:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/24/all-my-tubes-and-wires-and-careful-notes/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/hypothesis.jpghypothesisSCIENCE! Tasty, tasty SCIENCE! Hypothesis to follow.2011-11-24T03:12:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/23/im-sure-well-meet-again/2011-11-23T15:07:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/22/your-hands-into-your-head/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/anemone.jpganemoneSmall yellow and orange Anemone mums. Photo by Bob Hosh.2011-11-22T02:50:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/20/know-when-or-where-to-go-3/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wands.jpgwandsMy mind is on the Occupies. Meanwhile, back at the grocery store, a new talisman has appeared.2011-11-20T22:27:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/20/feel-the-ocean-fall/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bluuuur.jpgbluuuurOn the night Occupy the Highway, Pete snapped a picture of something - he didn't know what - and now neither do we.2011-11-20T02:44:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/19/faster-than-a-man-can-run/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pepper-spray.jpgpepper spray84 year old Dorli Rainey pepper sprayed for Occupying.2011-11-19T02:42:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/16/it-starts-when-youre-always-afraid/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/poster.jpgposter2011-11-16T18:26:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/16/and-the-questions-in-thousands-take-flight/2011-11-16T01:10:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/14/maybe-a-poster-from-an-old-rodeo/2011-11-15T10:01:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/13/shake-it-up-now/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/everyonewantstobeme.jpgeveryonewantstobemeAt orderforeverlazy.com, one learns that ugly pajamas in alarming sexist colors are the new black. And black is so not making eye contact.2011-11-13T03:55:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/11/while-the-stars-shine-above-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/exit.jpgexitA moment later looking south - my sisters and a local rock star have disappeared.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/entree.jpgentreeLooking north, the group arrives.2011-11-11T14:01:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/09/you-and-you-for-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ever-after.jpgever-afterThe pussycat on the left may look familiar. His name is Oliver.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/kittensqueak-715871.jpgkittensqueak-715871Oliver: tiny squeaking kitten when we found him in the backyard.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ever-after-dress-029.jpgDigital CameraThe pussycat on the left may look familiar. His name is Oliver.2011-11-09T01:24:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/07/not-i-said-the-swan/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/each-crazier-than-the-last.jpgeach crazier than the lastNothing in common but psychopathy.2011-11-07T23:50:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/07/in-my-heart-none-of-the-rules/2011-11-07T01:53:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/06/heard-they-crowded-the-floor/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/quick-dinner.jpgquick dinnerSauce: jarred in July. Pork chop: simmered in sauce. Pasta dough: made ahead. All we had to do was roll out and boil fetttuccine at dinnertime.2011-11-06T01:30:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/04/this-time-curly-is-a-girly/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/defarge.jpgDefargeGuilty! Off with his head!2011-11-04T01:43:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/03/what-it-dont-get-i-cant-use-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/inspector-topaz.jpginspector topazCrime-fighting kit and critical thinker Topaz.2011-11-03T01:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/02/they-keep-things-light-everybody/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/candy-candy-candy.jpgcandy candy candyYou can dress up a budding diva but you can't take away her bonbons.2011-11-02T01:47:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/11/01/the-accident-happened-a-year-ago/2011-11-01T00:22:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/30/the-mountain-should-crumble-to-the-sea/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/confiscated.jpgconfiscatedNot enough power to warm; too much for the FDNY.2011-10-30T01:32:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/29/dangled-from-a-rope-of-sand-2/2011-10-29T02:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/28/my-eyes-make-me-wise/2011-10-28T02:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/27/with-a-plastic-spoon-in-my-mouth/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/dough.jpgdough!Topaz supervises as I lay in supplies.2011-11-05T19:52:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/25/the-feathers-of-fortyleven-geese/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/lappy-cat.jpglappy catDrusy is so beautiful she may be unphotographable.2011-10-25T03:41:30+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/23/with-all-my-crazy-ideas/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/three-yarn-night.jpgthree yarn nightIt's chaos, I tell you. Chaos!2011-10-23T02:12:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/21/a-short-skirt-and-a-long-jacket/2011-10-27T14:48:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/19/to-go-around-the-long-way/2011-10-19T17:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/18/times-have-changed/2011-10-18T23:40:54+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/17/your-palm-is-my-little-line-2/2011-10-17T02:08:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/16/shining-like-a-national-guitar/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/glad-rags1.jpgglad ragsYou can almost hear it scream.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/glad-rags.jpgglad ragsYou can almost hear it scream.2011-10-16T01:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/13/why-she-simply-caught-my-eye/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/salvia-leucantha.jpgsalvia leucanthaMexican sage. Photo by Bob Hosh.2011-10-13T02:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/12/never-leave-just-a-memory/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/samantha.jpgSamantha2011-10-14T14:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/10/deep-heat-for-the-feet/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/topaz-as-panther1.jpgtopaz as pantherTopaz longs for tall trees with low branches for long, sunny afternoons.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/topaz-as-panther.jpgtopaz as panther2011-10-10T01:50:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/09/time-we-might-still-get/2011-10-09T01:13:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/08/trying-to-burn-the-playhouse-down/2011-10-08T00:57:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/06/you-want-more-than-this/2011-10-06T16:33:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/05/no-seams-nor-needlework/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/stop-thief.jpgstop thiefDrusy steals. I retrieve. Drusy steals. I retrieve. Drusy steals!2011-10-05T00:50:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/04/forever-and-a-day-wed-live/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/incoming.jpgincomingThe view from the deck where we sipped ice water, ate steamers and said things like, "Dreadful sorry those nice people are still on the bike path. Simply dreadful! More lemon?"2011-10-04T01:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/10/01/alive-and-well-and-theyre-living/2011-10-04T01:23:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/30/and-some-you-cant-disguise/2011-09-30T16:15:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/30/twenty-seven-years-in-this-factory/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/work-week-outfits.jpgwork week outfitsMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2011-09-30T02:14:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/29/your-prayers-someone-who/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/one-hundred-percent.jpgone hundred percentI love this red peril.2011-09-29T02:56:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/28/coral-that-lies-beneath-the-waves/2011-09-29T01:26:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/26/if-were-in-a-garden-or-on/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/birdy-feathers.jpgbirdy feathersDrusy's secret love: a feather pillow. They try to hide it but they only have eyes for each other.2011-09-26T23:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/25/or-why-the-dungeon-smells/2011-09-25T01:16:42+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/22/meaning-not-where-they-come-from/2011-09-22T18:21:25+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/22/some-came-to-sing/2011-09-22T12:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/20/thoughts-are-scattered-and-theyre/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cloudy.jpgcloudyMr. DBK's favorite shore haunt. Boo!2011-09-21T13:54:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/18/get-my-mind-off-of/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pasta-making-pete.jpgpasta making peteWhen it grows up, this dough will be ravioli. It's important to have goals in life.2011-09-18T15:01:03+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/17/she-wrote-me-a-letter-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/investigationesque.jpginvestigationesqueThe committee would like to express its thanks to Georg for two boxes of delicious yarns and grrrrrrrrr hissssss meooooooow!2011-09-17T02:04:51+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/14/bring-some-understanding-here-today/2011-09-14T12:17:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/13/when-i-last-saw-you-laughing/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wine-goggles.jpgwine gogglesI am very funny. Perhaps you've heard.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/romantic-and-shit.jpgromantic and shitSunsets: puke-inducing kitsch when painted on a van, but flaming awesome when observed with one's own eyes on a balmy summer evening.2011-09-13T17:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/12/the-truth-is-i-cant-say/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/we-are-gathered-here.jpgwe are gathered hereWedding on a boat. Champagne, appetizers, seagulls, hair frizz.2011-09-12T02:27:48+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/10/so-i-just-stood-there-laughing/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/boo-boo-eyes.jpgboo boo eyesPretty Sweetpea gives you the boo boo eyes. You are powerless before them!2011-09-10T04:07:35+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/09/i-should-write-home-on-the-double/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/froomecobo.jpgfroomecoboThe final kilometer of yesterday's stage of the Vuelta a Espana was the most astonishing of any bike race I've seen. Judging by the shouting commentators, panting after the commercials last night and still gushing about it tonight, maybe it was the real thing.2011-09-09T01:45:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/08/that-accident-left-everyone-a-little/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/what-the-hell-try-it.jpgwhat the hell try itSeriously. This is an unlikely development.2011-09-08T01:40:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/07/until-i-saw-the-morning-paper/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/peaches-bubbles-pixies.jpgpeaches bubbles pixiesEven the baby food I make looks like it smokes Luckies and skips nursery school.2011-09-07T01:23:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/06/invest-a-dime/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/auntie-em-auntie-em.jpgauntie em auntie em2011-09-06T00:22:39+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/04/no-other-way-to-go-with-it/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/personable.jpgpersonableSo pretty you look around for the pick pocket.2011-09-04T02:26:17+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/02/a-lifetime-run-over-and-over/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bus-sign.jpgbus signhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/officialnj.jpgofficialnj2011-09-02T17:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/09/02/pretty-but-ive-never-been/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/gift-bear-for-the-king.jpggift bear for the kingShiny yarn drives the pussycats especially crrrrrrazy. 2011-09-02T01:40:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/31/his-hat-was-his-home/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/its-just-a-phase.jpgits just a phaseHas knife; has yet to get a grip.2011-08-31T01:27:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/30/and-face-the-strange/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/four-butter.jpgfour butterhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/three-butter.jpgthree butterhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/two-butter.jpgtwo butterhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/one-butter.jpgone butter2011-08-30T01:54:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/29/old-new-york-was-once-new-amsterdam/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/flood-plain-park.jpgflood plain parkRiver, canal, road, swan, flood.2011-08-29T02:13:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/27/make-sure-shes-all-in/2011-08-27T00:52:20+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/25/i-wont-get-any-older-now/2011-08-25T16:01:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/22/wonder-why-someday-some-way/2011-08-24T01:16:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/24/to-be-brave-save/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tryptich.jpgtryptichI hate crowds.2011-08-31T02:27:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/22/we-are-we-are-we-are-mature/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/contraption-du-jour.jpgcontraption du jourI'm like the McGyver of Bronze Age dairy products.2011-08-22T02:42:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/20/yet-every-distance-is-not/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/family-portrait.jpgfamily portraitFour cases of tomatoes disguised as thirty-six jars of sauce, diced tomatoes and roasted halves. Don't be fooled by their mild manner: they are BADASS.2011-08-20T01:56:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/18/our-little-hideaway-beneath-the-waves/2011-08-18T12:11:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/17/ice-is-slowly-melting/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ewg-protein-chart.jpgEWG protein chartThis chart is full of untasty surprises.2011-08-17T18:44:33+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/15/you-tell-me-whats-going/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bad-news.jpgbad news2011-08-16T13:17:14+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/15/all-the-children-sing-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/believe-it-or-not.jpgbelieve it or notBelieve it or not, this picture was taken this morning and that is simmering stock and I'm so tired I can't finish sentences and -2011-08-15T01:12:19+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/13/in-all-the-ballroom-ground/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/some-tomata.jpgsome tomataTwo cases of tomatoes to jar. I couldn't be happier without a backpack full of brownies and a winning lottery ticket.2011-08-15T16:05:26+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/12/be-the-one-who-walks/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/green-sweetpea.jpggreen sweetpeaIt's Friday and you could use a little Sweetpea.2011-08-12T22:37:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/11/a-little-dream-of-me-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pesto.jpgpestoBackyard basil is now freezer pesto for a less worrisome winter. That's mental health in sauce form, cowpokes.2011-08-11T01:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/10/one-place-anymore-it-would-be/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/yield-and-go.jpgyield and go2011-08-10T00:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/08/as-an-apple-on-christmas-day/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cherry-pittah.jpgcherry pittahFrigging miracle. i do not lie!2011-08-15T16:06:45+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/08/i-wont-be-leaving-here-with-you-2/2011-08-09T15:04:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/07/but-im-miles-above-you/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/reeediculous.jpgreeediculous!Drusy inspects my knitting and as usual cannot believe her jade-green eyes.2011-08-07T01:45:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/02/the-only-part-that-wasnt-bloody/2011-08-05T16:15:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/04/say-goodnight-and-stay-together/2011-08-04T19:08:59+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/04/outrun-my-bullet/2011-08-04T01:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/02/remember-that-no-one-can-breathe-under-water/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1august.jpg1august2011-08-02T01:30:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/08/01/but-im-not-that-easily-led/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tomato-jam.jpgtomato jamThe French recipe, demystified. Also: simplisticated.2011-08-01T03:28:01+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/30/wild-and-what-it-seems/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/not-a-cat.jpgnot a catPete maintains that Drusy tries on make up and jewelry when we're out. One night, we caught Drusy with my fishing line necklace. I cannot hold a grudge!2011-07-30T01:51:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/28/you-running-to-jump-in/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/geartastic.jpggeartasticYogurt-making is prop-intensive.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/milkesque.jpgmilkesqueI do not actually have a giant hand. UNLESS I DO!2011-07-28T15:38:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/26/and-you-were-right-there-next-to/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/cornflowers.jpgCornflowersToday marks the twentieth anniversary of my grandmother Edith's death. In life, she was colorful and cornflower blue was one of her favorites.2011-07-26T12:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/25/to-be-told-but-ive-heard/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/marcel.jpgmarcelThis object exists. 2011-07-26T17:34:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/25/ended-but-its-yet-to-begin/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/second-season.jpgsecond seasonZucchini plants turned yellow so I pulled them up. The rest of the garden cheered. Wait until I plant the squashes.2011-07-25T02:03:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/22/an-island-in-our-boat-upon/2011-07-22T18:05:15+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/21/i-think-its-you-instead/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jarofsuperhero.jpgjarofsuperherohttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/jarofsuperhero1.jpgjarofsuperheroBlueberry pie filling to the rescue!2011-07-21T00:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/19/my-voice-too-rough-from-cigarettes/2011-07-19T18:45:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/18/how-deep-do-you-hold/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/17july.jpg17julyPete took this picture after the sun fell over the trees. We finally have zucchini coming in, which is good because zucchini plants are crazy drama queens.2011-07-18T02:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/17/looking-up-i-noticed-i-was-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/processesses.jpgprocessessesWork. Clean up. Work. Clean up. Work. Clean up. Make notes.2011-07-17T01:13:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/16/genuflect-genuflect-genuflect/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/roast-beets-and-you.jpgroast beets and youRoasted golden beets and potholders the Lovely Georg made for me. Thank you, Georg!2011-07-16T00:32:57+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/14/out-by-this-poolroom-life/2011-07-19T14:27:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/12/you-shake-their-hands-off-2/2011-07-12T02:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/11/just-keep-the-groove-and-then-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/10july.jpg10JulyIn the next few days I'll be pruning this jungle, pulling up what's done and planting new stuff. There's no truth to the rumor that I will find Waldo.2011-07-11T02:02:44+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/08/you-will-know-that-im-here/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/beeeets.jpgbeeeetsBeets are sexay.2011-07-11T02:04:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/07/you-wont-and-you-dont-stop/2011-07-07T17:53:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/06/hes-a-bad-comedian/2011-07-06T15:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/02/ask-me-and-ill-play/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/beetgreenssteam.jpgbeetgreenssteamSteaming beet greens. They are good and good for you. You freaking heard me!2011-07-05T16:36:31+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/05/seek-the-roses-along-the-way/2011-07-05T16:31:55+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/05/to-forget-learn-to-forget/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/and-beets.jpgand beetshttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/raspberries.jpgraspberries2011-07-05T16:34:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/07/04/i-guess-daisies-will-have-to-do/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/3july.jpg3JulyWhy yes, it did rain all day and the garden doubled in size so quickly it squeaked.2011-07-04T02:54:08+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/30/more-pencils-no-more-books/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/peachariffic.jpgpeacharifficWatching the Science Channel and simmering peaches for peach butter, so there may not be any such thing as time but these take 20 minutes.2011-06-30T02:00:05+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/29/but-the-fighter-still-remains/2011-06-30T09:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/28/and-she-made-a-magic-sign/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/queenofthehouse1.jpgqueenofthehousehttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/queenofthehouse.jpgqueenofthehouseDrusy knows your terrible secret and will keep it for the small monthly fee of $19.95.2011-06-28T01:48:53+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/27/ive-been-calling-all-day/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/26june1.jpg26juneOutdoors is really just a giant terrarium, when you and your pepper plants think about it.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/26june.jpg26juneOutdoors is really just a giant terrarium, when you and your pepper plants think about it.2011-06-27T01:29:41+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/25/they-were-calling-it-your-cocktail-dress/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/douche.jpgdoucheIf this guy offers to "help" you, feel around for the knife in your back.2011-06-25T01:55:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/23/see-a-portrait-in-the-snow/2011-06-23T14:44:56+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/22/you-married-a-music/2011-06-22T15:21:18+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/21/colors-your-eyes-with-whats-not/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/topazlounges.jpgtopazloungesLovely Topaz sleeps next to the window box filled with radishes.2011-06-21T02:26:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/20/i-love-in-you-and-i-love-in-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/storage.jpgstorageSomewhere, a little girl is plotting revenge.2011-06-20T03:28:38+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/18/faster-than-my-bullet/2011-06-27T01:34:10+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/16/a-villa-or-a-small-chalet/2011-06-16T16:57:09+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/16/like-years-since-its-been-clear/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/topaz-reports.jpgtopaz reportsFriends in Atlanta sent a large box of yarn. Here, Topaz reports the box "will indeed do for all my nesting needs." 2011-06-17T02:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/15/thugs-and-smugglers-are-thoroughly-respected/2011-06-15T01:47:47+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/12/or-the-day-that-i-grow-old/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/12june.jpg12JuneThe garden, weeded and replanted after L'Affaire Groundhog; in the background, the stairs Pete rebuilt . I hope to take fewer trips and have nicer falls.2011-06-12T23:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/12/i-dont-pray-that-way/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/image001.gifimage0012011-06-12T22:21:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/11/time-to-play-b-sides/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cracklepop.jpgcracklepop2011-06-11T03:23:32+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/10/moving-is-this-message/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/boxy.jpgboxyCardboard cat holder: $54.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/design-flaw.jpgdesign flawCardboard cat holder: $49.https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/couchette.jpgcouchetteCardboard cat holder: $320.2011-06-14T20:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/09/frills-what-frocks-what-furs-what/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/holdingpaws.jpgholdingpaws2011-06-09T18:46:43+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/08/a-girl-can-do-what-she-wants-to-do/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/drusyball.jpgdrusyballI have to cut up apricots. It's your turn to stare at Drusy and forget to breathe.2011-06-08T00:31:16+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/06/just-like-starting-over/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/5june.jpg5June2011-06-06T10:52:34+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/03/the-answer-that-you-want/2011-06-03T16:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/02/play-so-sweetly-ill/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/nervoussweetpea.jpgnervoussweetpeaOur darling Sweetpea has come home. She's found her favorite windowsill. Topaz isn't speaking to any of us.2011-06-07T15:44:06+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/02/stumble-you-might-fall-2/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/diagram.jpgdiagramAs diagrams go, this one provides bad guidance. 2011-06-06T21:40:58+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/06/01/all-with-hope-all-with-hope/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/caret.jpgcaretTo press up, one pushes down.2011-06-01T14:48:52+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/05/30/when-one-day-she-said-to-me/https://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ex-broccoli.jpgex broccoliSomeone small literally ate his way across my garden, after which I'm sure he was quite full.2011-06-01T01:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.net/2011/05/27/if-you-got-it-you-dont-want/2011-05-27T16:35:49+00:00monthlyhttps://blog.poorimpulsecontrol.netdaily1.02025-04-27T22:08:34+00:00