Alison Hawke

Three people multiplied by two and a quarter hours plus one electric hedge trimmer, two rakes, and one broom equals eight and a half bags of yard waste plus one dramatically improved yard. Contemplative hedge trimming doesn't work too well.  Contemplative raking and sweeping works a lot better.

Would the person who ordered a Midwest Monsoon please stand up? I'd like to see you in my office.  Now.

It got dark, very quickly, then the hail came around 2:45pm.  Loud, too loud to concentrate, bouncing off the ground and rattling the windows.  Sounded like an angry mob stoning a heretic.  Thunder in sharp whip cracks instead of slow rumbles.  Marble sized hail, in late May, collecting in

I probably won't post this week.  It's the end of the month, which means a ton of work, an inflexible deadline, lots of overtime, and desperate prayer that I won't have to go in next Saturday.  See you in June.