This week is Parent-Teacher conferences for our school district, just in case you didn’t already receive ten emails about signing up for conferences via Zoom. My kids are doing virtual school through the district this semester, which means I oversee …
A message from the Laramie Animal Shelter:
“No one like to carry around extra pounds, not even your cat. More than half of all companion cats are overweight or obese. This has profound and measurable negative impacts on quality and …
One of my kids asked me what the Oregon Trail was last week. I don’t know about you, but I’m a nineties kid, so if you say Oregon Trail my mind instantly goes to the DOS game we got to …
Maybe it’s because of the fires, maybe it’s just because we live in Wild and Wonderful Wyoming—whatever the reason, we’ve had an influx of deer in our yard this week. Three of them ran past my kitchen window this morning. …
The Mullen Fire has impacted all of us in Laramie, in small ways and life-changing ways. I feel awful for the people whose homes and cabins have been affected. Yet I have also loved seeing all the posts from various …
The road in front of my house is getting repaved. If you memorized all my columns from last year, you may recall that living on a paved road is a relatively new thing for our family. Watching the road get …
I caught my cat staring at the door to the garage with his hackles up when I locked up the house last night. Not gonna lie, it freaked me out. Was he picking up on something with his superior cat …
I’ve been complaining about the heat all summer, so my son told me I was not allowed to complain about the early freeze. This is me, not complaining! I did get a kick out of seeing the frantic preparation of …
I was feeling whimsical, so I wrote some haiku (haikus?) about the coming change in season.
Frost on my windshield
Foretells the end of summer
September is here
Goodbye to hot days
Bring on the cooler weather
Hello pumpkin spice…
Tomorrow is the first day of school, and I know it’s going to be a hard one for all of us. I’ve received so many emails from my kids’ teachers, with frequent apologies for the constant change in the plans. …