the_beauty_of_being_boring raze after she finished telling us about her week-long trip to new jersey, and after she marveled at how the queen of england was still on her feet two days before she died, she asked, "how are things with you? anything dramatic to report?" "nope," i said. "how disappointing." "we lead pretty boring lives." she gave me a sly smile and said, "isn't it lovely?" 220925 ... epitome of incomprehensibility One of my favourite things to do this season has been to shell tried radish pods and collect the seeds inside. I find this calming, but for others, it might be like watching paint dry. (As for cliches, the paint-drying one works well: I can't think of much that better encapsulates "boring." But some people might LIKE watching things happen very slowly. I prefer to be in motion, usually.) 220926 ... e_o_i bemoans typos *DRIED radish pods, not TRIED ones. Gah. 220926 what's it to you? who go blather from