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1. 7 days ago on Betty

   I went in late September in 1985, and it was so lovely that it made me cry. The colors, the serenity, just delightful.

2. 21 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I do not follow it, because I was a faithful reader when it was in its first run in the physical newspapers! If it was about Farley, yep, anxiety was the order of the day.

3. 23 days ago on JumpStart

   Me, too, from 50 years ago. Also recall the phone numbers of 6 family members who have since died of old age. The last time I dialed one of them was in 1988.

4. 23 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Gah, another comic strip that’s giving me anxiety. I’m barely over the anxiety I felt when Guard Dog’s person moved away and left him chained up in the yard… (Mutts).

5. about 1 month ago on Heart of the City

   I do love thyme, have multiple varieties growing around the house. But I like the more Greek-like seasonings with this particular soup. I also add extra lemon juice, and sometimes use feta instead of goat cheese.

6. about 1 month ago on Heart of the City

   It’s almost identical to one I make, and I love it. Just be sure to clean the heck out of the leeks, they hold so much sand. I typically halve them lengthwise, cut each half into thirds, and run through my salad washer/spinner several times. Then I roughly chop the pieces before sautéing. I don’t use thyme, I use dried Greek oregano (about 1 teaspoon). I also add red pepper flakes to the seasonings, we love spicy food, and it’s a nice juxtaposition to the lemon. Try it!

7. about 1 month ago on Shoe

   Laughed out loud for the first time in a while at this one!

8. 3 months ago on Ben

   I gave up on tulips. Between the squirrels digging them up, and the deer eating the buds, why bother? Twenty years ago we bought a new build near Chicago, where the developer had hauled away all of the topsoil. Because we moved in the autumn, we had 7 inches of top soil delivered, and established several flower beds, as well as a sod lawn. In one of the beds I threw down 300 tulip bulbs, of all colors, and had the crew then just top them off with the new soil. I then put in plugs of autumn joy sedum around the bulbs. I was hoping to recreate my granny’s “jellybean” bed that she planted every 3 years. All was going great in April, until I came home from work on my birthday to find that every. single. tulip. bud. was. gone. My neighbor later told me that she sat in her living room and laughed as a herd of 15 deer came out in broad daylight to eat them, finishing them off in under 3 minutes. Gah.

9. 3 months ago on Looks Good on Paper

   I also live in the path of totality, and took a Timelapse, it’s a keeper. Each of us in totality is now among the 1 in 10,000 people who will ever experience a total eclipse of the sun in their lifetime! The most curious thing in my neighborhood is that thousands, and I do mean thousands, of crows descending on the wooded area about 1/8 mile from my home at almost exactly 5 minutes after totality ended, and had a raucous party for 10 minutes. It set off all of the dogs for blocks and blocks, it was surreal. I’m still moved by the entire experience.

10. 3 months ago on Non Sequitur

    That was one of the funniest recurring sketches ever, we still sing the into when it’s appropriate. Which is often.