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  • ”…and in western East Virginia today, a shocking take-down of Santa Claus. A feline washing her face near the scene darted under the coffee table when approached.”

    a Christmas tree ornament of Santa Claus is lying face-down on the floor, underneath a Christmas tree branch

  • A simple pot of beans. annahavron.com

  • Waiting for files to upload… waiting for files to upload…. I wonder what would be a good song to sing, while I wait for these files to uplooooaaad?…… Sigh.

  • He loves his radiator.

    a large striped cat sleeps on his side, on top of a radiator cover

  • Press “pause.” Even in December. Even when you have kids. annahavron.com

  • On welcoming guests, and getting things done, and welcoming them anyway even if you didn’t. annahavron.com

  • The Great Thanksgiving Pie Debate: my family is from New England, his is from Tennessee. I know that the proper accompaniment to a slice of apple pie is sharp Vermont cheddar cheese. He thinks it should be a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Thoughts?

  • I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation for this….

    on the second story of an old brick building, is a door with no stairwell or balcony attached

  • Just discovered this site. No piece of string is safe from me now. Animated Knots

  • Your roles give you your rules

    a drawing of a robin sitting on an arrow that says, this way

  • Sugar maple

    close-up of leaves on a sugar maple tree colored red, pink, orange, and yellow

  • On cold, rainy days, they cycle back and forth between radiators. Microblog October 29 photo challenge, “cycle”

    a striped cat lying on top of a radiator cover

    a black and white cat lying on top of a radiator cover

  • Oliver Burkeman’s cosmic insignificance therapy, and what I learned about significance from officiating at funerals. Oliver Burkeman’s cosmic insignificance therapy

  • Hippies Use Side Door

    a vintage sign on a weatherbeaten gate reads hippies use side door

  • There is a brick road underneath the asphalt. Micro.blog October photo challenge Day 28: underneath

    a small green plant grows in a gap on the edge of an asphalt road that reveals an older brick road below

  • Our little princess is always dreaming of chaos. October photoblogging challenge

    a black and white cat lies fully stretched out on a blanket with her belly showing

  • Treat yourself.

  • Eat more biscuits.

  • What Willie said.

  • Sit.

  • My husband’s response to a broken china cup: “We already have a compost heap. Why don’t we start a midden pile?”

  • Rural vs Suburban: Number of Vehicles is Analogous to Number of Cats

    My husband grew up in suburbia. I grew up in the country. As we were driving through rural Virginia, I explained to him that trucks and cars per household in the country, are like cats per household in suburbia. If you have one, that’s not enough - you can’t just have one. Two or three, that’s unremarkable. Four – eh – that can go either way. But once you have five or more vehicles in your driveway in the country and/or five or more cats at your suburban home, then people start to notice.

  • A house finch decided to make her nest on the wreath on our front door. I get scolded whenever I get the mail.

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