a new blog... |
I don't know how much I'm going to keep posting here. So, if you want to keep up with me, won't you check out my new blog? And, while you're at it, why don't you check out what Mike's doing over at ...
Posted by Mrs. Shardabascio on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:35:00 PST |
Good Morning |
Dear Mike-This morning, forty minutes before my alarm was going to go off to wake me up 15 minutes before I needed to be in the shower (so I could be leisurely about things, you see) I was jarred unco...
Posted by Mrs. Shardabascio on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:21:00 PST |
as tall as Canby, as short as Canby. |
If you know what work of art the subject line is referring to, I'll probably give you a cookie. Or, if you and the cookie are not in my immediate vicinity at the same time, I'll eat a cookie in your ...
Posted by Mrs. Shardabascio on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:14:00 PST |
Gulfport: Two Months Later |
When I woke up on our fourth day in Gulfport, our last day on the roof, I knew that there was really no way that we were going to finish it. I pulled on my favorite shirt, my lucky shirt, my Mammoth ...
Posted by Mrs. Shardabascio on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:05:00 PST |
Gulfport Day 5: i am singing in the rain. |
the rain was still beautiful when i woke up this morning to make pancakes for the group. and it was still beautiful as it turned into knee-deep flooding in New Orleans and ruined our plans for the da...
Posted by Mrs. Shardabascio on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:36:00 PST |
Gulfport Day 4: i am a tar-baby. |
as i write this, i'm sitting in the stairway just around the corner from where the girls are sleeping, typing in the dark so i don't wake them. through the window i can hear one of the most beautiful...
Posted by Mrs. Shardabascio on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:20:00 PST |
Gulfport Day 3: i am a nail gun virtuoso. |
back at the same worksite today, the house of a woman named margaret. today we put down tar paper over the new osb boards on the roof. "boy," we said to each other at 9 am, after an hour of work. "...
Posted by Mrs. Shardabascio on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:03:00 PST |
Gulfport Day 2: my new name is splinter-butt. |
perhaps because the air is wet and graygulfport this morningis lonely (sabishii)woke up way too early this morning. my own fault. i overestimated how much time it was going to take everyone to get r...
Posted by Mrs. Shardabascio on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:07:00 PST |
Gulfport Day 1: "there were houses here." |
our plane left the john wayne airport at an alarmingly steep incline at 8:30 this morning, careful not to awaken or otherwise disturb our orange county neighbors. the flight was generally quiet and c...
Posted by Mrs. Shardabascio on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:07:00 PST |
If... |
If reality were suddenly to shift and the world become populated with animated versions of inanimate objects, I think I would be prepared. I spend a lot of time thinking about it. Too much time, my ...
Posted by Mrs. Shardabascio on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:41:00 PST |
