Coloring Outside the Lines (Nazi Parking Officer)

Good morning happy campers, I’ve had my brisk walk (a surprisingly chilly morning, always welcome) and I’m amply caffeinated. I’ve got a big list of finds to post, scarves to crochet and deliveries to the PO, but on top of all that is a pile of paperwork–apparently I’m in charge of paying bills, who knew? Plus, I [...]

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Street Find #4

I haven’t posted a “Found” in a while. This is one of my truly favorites. I actually found this on top of a pile on neighborhood junk day.

It was probably cleaner then than it is now–dog fur and all. I took it home scrubbed the bejesus out of it with liquid dish soap and a [...]

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And Don’t Say Wikipedia!

I’ve been verging on an existential melt down, but not for the reasons one might think–you know, global warming, Earth Day, “An Inconvenient Truth,” Darfur–no mine has to do with completion and information.
Let me explain, along with running a new internet shop (dahlilafound.etsy.com–shameless ad plug) I’ve also added more stress, or, I’ve allowed myself to get [...]

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“It Will Set You Free”

I’ve been away so long WordPress has revamped the site again.
My Etsies are neck and neck. I sold a nice pair of men’s wine colored wingtips to a suave guy in Germany on Dahlila Found, and my new Etsy friend up in Canada bought a really lovely amber button bracelet off Dahlila.  That’s what I call a good [...]

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Shineun in the Woods

Okay, I’ve calmed down, a little bit. This photo helped.

This is Shineun. Shineun recently bought these special order wristwarmers from me at Dahlila. It took us awhile to pick the right yarn (nothing itchy) and get the right color, but together we did it. She sent me this photo in return, which is great because [...]

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Smokers–Ban Them All!

I HATE SMOKERS!!!!
There. I said it outloud, and I’m not taking it back. My neighbors chain smoke and it wafts over the fence into my home. Come spring when I want to open windows and doors, I am inundated. It disgusts me. It makes wheeze, choke and consider moving, even though I love my little [...]

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Vix Vapor Rub and the Seventies Cookie Jar

Good morning all, I’ve been a bad blogger again. Neglecting my writing duties, but these headaches are persistant little f***rs. I imagine them behind my eyeballs throwing darts and drinking cheap beer. 
 I just had a nice little phone convo w/the drug company rep who will be taking back this nasty nasal spray the doc prescribed. [...]

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Coffee and Candy Stripers: Surviving the Doc Office

It has been a rather long day. I got to crochet, but I was sitting in the med clinic while I was doing it.
The key to surviving a day of waiting amidst an array of sick, depressed and often deranged indigent folk is come prepared:
1. Large coffee, always good.
2. Pack a snack. I had PB&J and [...]

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Doc-in-the-box, you don’t get what you pay for

It’s another beautiful spring day in the neighborhood. Hack, cough, sneeze, wheeze. . .
The first thing I do when I don’t feel well is go to webmd.com and search out every element of each symptom I’m experiencing until I figure I all but need to be in the ICU, stat. Who wouldn’t? Each cough becomes [...]

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