Fran's Journal

Fran Stewart writing in her daily journal

Jan 30

Cat Prints

Saturday - 01/30/2021 — I’ve shared a couple of times before about the way cats have always been prone to walk through paint. The photos

Jan 29

Plain Brown Wrapper

Friday – 01/29/2021 - ... I won’t have to blush quite so much as I reveal my inner workings.

Jan 28

First Sign of Civilization

Thursday – 01/28/2021 — Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of

Jan 27

Incubation Timeline

Wednesday – 01/27/2021 — I heard on NPR a couple of days ago that the COVID death toll is expected to top 500,000 within the next month, so

Jan 26

Art of Crochet

Tuesday – 01/26/2021 — Don’t you wonder where people come up with these ideas? I’d suggest that a lot of such inspirations occur when

Jan 25

Heart Beet

Monday – 01/25/2021 — When I first looked at this photo, I thought it was a beet with all the roots attached. But the

Jan 23

More Cats?

Saturday – 01/23/2021 — You may not think our Saturday laugh this week is very funny, but I'm posting it anyway. As I watched Fuzzy Britches

Jan 22

Sacha Inchi

Friday - 01/22/2021 — I’m enjoying the fact that Daily Harvest places the ingredients of their meals right there in big letters on each

Jan 21

Dam!

Northern California is in the process of removing four dams on the Klamath River. The

Jan 20

Collage

My grandchildren used to attend a middle school that had this highly creative cover on their yearbook a couple of

Jan 19

How to Tow an Iceberg

Tuesday - 01/19/2021 — Haven’t you always wanted to know how to tow an iceberg? Especially one that’s collected a lot of fresh water like

Jan 18

Surprises Me

It never fails to amaze me when I walk outside this time of year and find this kind of evidence of spring: flowers springing

Jan 16

Wheat-Free

Exactly two months ago, I began to eat wheat-free meals. Why? I’m glad you asked.

Jan 15

Passive Buildings

While they’re building it, they’re going to use a robot dog (named Spot, of course)

Jan 14

Search History

I keep seeing all these warnings about the information collected by super-computers. They know my search history. Oh dear…

Jan 13

Dead, but Still Useful

This is a tree coming upon the end of its life cycle. It died a number of years ago, and I had to have the top of it cut off, including

Jan 12

Trees are Poems

When I was a little kid, I thought that poem by Joyce Kilmer (“I think that I shall never see / A poem lovely as a tree”) was great poetry

Jan 11

Not Too Much

We live in an age of irresponsible excess. My son is something of a role model for me since he lives in a completely self-contained van

Jan 9

Moo!

Okay. This is a good one for the Saturday laugh. It’s a report on NPR about a type of seaweed that can reduce the amount of

Jan 8

No "Too" Around Here

Friday - 01/08/2021 — I’d like to explain something. If you and I have ever talked on the phone, and if you’ve ever signed off by saying, “I love you,” you may have noticed that I never, never, ever say “I love you, too.” Oh, don’t get me wrong; I will usually say “I love you,” but I choose not to add that qualifying word, too. Instead, I put the emphasis on the third word (you) and leave off the word that turns the whole sentence into an “Oh-my-gosh-she-said-she-loves-me-so-

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Fran Stewart

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