Author: LMAshton

Howdy! I'm a beginner artist, hobbyist photographer, kitchen witch, wanderer by nature, and hermit introvert. This is my blog feed. You can find my fediverse posts at https://a.farook.org/Laurie.
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Smallville, Here We Come. But first . . . Church.

We’re having another homemaking this coming Saturday. We’ll be making sweets appropriate for Christmas gift giving. The…

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Washing Machines and Sri Lanka

Fahim’s sarong ripped today. Ooops. Yesterday, his at-home pants, which more closely resemble pajama bottoms, ripped. Ooops….

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Fahim’s Feeling Better

He went to work today but still didn’t feel great. Today, he’s feeling much better. Yay! But…

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Vehicles Powered by Motors Are Considered Optional

I’ve talked briefly about this before. There are all sorts of vehicles on the roads here. And…

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More On Power Outages

We had another power outage this afternoon. Started around 3:15 pm. It was just after a thunder…

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Back To Sick Ol’ Fahim

Still sick. I feel terrible for him. Today, we plan to take him to a doc. Unless…

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Fahim’s Still Sick

But before I really get into that, I have some business to take care of first. There…

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More on Rabid Squirrel

This one climbed over to our house on power cables, then climbed on the wall, and looked…

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Oatmeal Cake

I also made an oatmeal cake. I made it earlier in the month with cocoa, turning it…

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The Rest of the Day

Consisted mostly of me writing and fawning over Fahim, who did end up staying home all day…

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Fahim’s Still Sick

He elected to not continue his fasting today. I think it’s wise. He stayed in bed until…

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Big Trucks on Little Roads

Here’s a big truck on our little road. It was trying to turn right, but couldn’t –…

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Tellulah. Sigh. Oberon. Another Sigh. Sigh.

She sleeps anywhere and everywhere. On laundry days, I sort laundry on the floor outside the bathroom….

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The Rest of My Life

I spent the majority of my day writing my novel. That, and asking Fahim what he needs…

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The Continuing Sage of Power Outages

While watching the news a few minutes ago, I learned that the power outage we experienced was…

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Product Labels

I opened up a new bar of soap today, and noticed for the first time something which…

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Fahim is a Little Sicky

Fahim napped on the couch, protesting all the while that he wasn’t sleeping, so leave me alone….

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Chit Chat and Pebbles

Everything here is copied. We just saw an advertisement on television for Chit Chat – long narrow…

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Halal Foods

A week or so ago, Fahim brought home some information on Halal foods that he got from…

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Television Commercials and Quality Control

As we sat in our living room watching the news on television this morning, there was the…

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Eid al Fitr

Today is an Islamic holiday. Eid al Fitr. Festival day. Fahim, being Muslim, doesn’t work today. This…

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Michele at OSC

I think I mentioned before that Michele, a woman in my branch, has daughters who go to…

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Oh, Household Stuff. Ya Know.

Today, I did my usual couple of loads of laundry. When I lived by myself, I did…

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Lost Signals and Weather

Anyway, we saw on the news later that there was actually a cyclone in the area. Oh….

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Fahim and Foreign (to me) Films

Fahim isn’t feeling well. He’s tired and tired and tired. He’s also a little irritable and even…