When I swim the sidestroke I feel all twisted up and much more concerned about staying afloat than I am about keeping my legs together, and making sure my left arm isn’t too far below the surface while keeping my right arm close to my body. Oh yeah and looking sideways, not up.
When I mentioned [...]
I’m not sure if this is too gross to share or too silly to keep.
The last time we had a serious problem with sand in our lettuce I purchased a salad spinner, which seemed to work well.
Our home-grown lettuce of course requires heavy-duty rinsing. I ran water over it for what I thought was plenty [...]
Two quotes:
1) Nevertheless, he had offered her a home under his own roof, which Lavinia accepted with the alacrity of a woman who had spent the ten years of her married life in the town of Poughkeepsie. (10)
2) “Doesn’t she make a noise? Hasn’t she made a scene?”
“She is not scenic.”
“I thought [...]
Teachers with characters make life interesting.
Bob, halfway through class: If I don’t work on your breathing I’m going to feel guilty.
Bob, end of class: Next week I’m going to come with a 2 x 4, and if you swing your head around again like that I’m going to whap you!
I should note that when Bob [...]
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