{"id":20158,"date":"2015-03-09T08:09:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=20158"},"modified":"2015-03-09T08:09:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T15:09:08","slug":"outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/09\/outside\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been outside the last few days. In the sunshine. Sweating. Sweating<\/i>. In March. The world has turned upside-down, but by golly you will not catch me complaining. (Still sorry, you east coasters. I know that your ghastly winter has been All Our Fault.)<\/p>\n

Been painting skirting on the house (no more piece-o-crap black plastic sheeting nailed around the foundation; the neighbors should love me!) and putting on the belly band between the skirting and the upper house. I’m hardly alone. The neighborhood is roaring with lawn mowers and at the lumberyard I’m in line with every contractor and handyman I know, all busy, months ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n

So I’m a little slow on posting, but I haven’t forgotten you! We’re gradually moving back toward rain and that’ll bring me indoors to the computer soon enough. <\/p>\n

Meantime I did manage to post a little something<\/a> over at The Zelman Partisans. Nothing earth shattering, but there it is.<\/p>\n

Also found this great Kevin Williamson article<\/a> about that Great American Slime Mold, the Clinton family. Or, as Williamson puts it, “the penicillin-resistant syphilis of American politics.” Hey, whatever else they are, the Clintons are entertaining<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been outside the last few days. In the sunshine. Sweating. Sweating. In March. The world has turned upside-down, but by golly you will not catch me complaining. (Still sorry, you east coasters. I know that your ghastly winter has been All Our Fault.) Been painting skirting on the house (no more piece-o-crap black plastic sheeting nailed around the foundation; the neighbors should love me!) and putting on the belly band between the skirting and the upper house. I’m hardly alone. The neighborhood is roaring with lawn mowers and at the lumberyard I’m in line with every contractor and handyman…<\/p>\n

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