Posts About Mayberry

How did I end up here?

The Judge’s House.

Backstory.

The owl in the elm.

The walk to the Post Office.

Steak and Bake.

Send in the clowns.

Wherein Mr. Mom begins to draw the same conclusions as my grandmother.

I have become a cliche.  And so have all my friends.

Gram’s hands.

Mayberry kicks butt.

Licensed to kill squirrels by the Government of the United Nations.

Saturday morning in Mayberry.

Sights and sounds from a Sunday morning run in Mayberry.

Mission accomplished.

The wind began to swish, the house to pitch, and suddenly the hinges started to unhitch.

The Homestead.

Godspeed, Bennie.

Cornology 101.

Sunday in Mayberry.

Mmmm, Mmmm, Good.

May Day.

Thanks, Coach.

My Mayberry wall.

The corn report.

That’s just the way we roll here in Mayberry.

Summer in Mayberry.

The water tower.

Come on in -- the water’s fine.

We interrupt this blog for a flashback.

Important Announcement from the Management: Mayberry is a metaphor.

One wonderful thought about Mayberry.


Posts About the Mayberry Magpie

The best thing that ever happened to me.

Do not try this at home.

Scraps of my life.

Manville.

If I only had a brain.

Top five scintillating phrases from the master’s thesis I’m currently ignoring.

I have a tissue thing.

Pay no attention to that woman behind the curtain.

It’s official . . .

Please disregard Mr. Mom.

A love story.  Mayberry-style.

I heart me.

The only question that matters.

Haunting my heart.

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.

Run, Baby, Run.

She flies through the air with the greatest of ease.

Meditation in motion.

Joan-Marie and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

A meditative meme.

Six-word memoir.

Nip it in the bud.

City slickers.

Moonrise.  Sunset.

Important rules for outdoor adventurers.

A farewell to the dog I didn’t like.

In case you are wondering.

I’ll see your 12-mile challenge and raise you a mile!

Don’t give up on me.

Snippets of a brother.

You do the math.

Be the Magpie.

Hitting send.  Letting go.

Miss High-Falutin.

Miss High-Falutin only THINKS she’s High-Falutin.

Culture schmulture.

Off my back, Jack.

Garden therapy.

Too many paint colors for one closet.

How I spent Mother’s Day.

This tiger has changed her stripes.

My short-lived career in radio.

Weezer and Clara love their hats.

Mr. Mom ate my post.

Payback is a . . . bad hair cut and an unfortunate overbite.

A size more comfortable.

Moondance.

PLEASE let me be Carrie!

Hot Dandy!

Mountains of trivia.


Posts About the Magpie’s Hatchlings:

Unhappy meal.

Best moment in so long I can’t remember.

A love song.

Proof there is only one responsible person in this household.

Five things.

C’mon say it. Ahhhhhhhhh.

Happy birthday Cupkate!

Shhhh!  Don’t tell the boy he looks just like his mother.

Miss Teen Galaxy and the cheesecake adventure.

Parker’s handy household tips.

We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you this insanity report.


On-Caw Contributors:

Kayla A

I saw Santa at the corner of 11th and Yale.


So Freaking Cool

Why Al Gore’s internet is so freakin’ cool.

Go get you some etsy! Right now!

How to get named cheerleading captain.

Bossy’s coming to Mayberry!

Stringing words together.

The Aviana Suite.

$32 worth of WOW! $260 worth of oh, yeah, baby!

American pie.

Indie bloggers.  Don’t miss it.

Everybody was kung-fu fighting.

She flies through the air with the greatest ease.  (And it’s not because she fell down the stairs, either.)

Saturday dreams came true.

The unassailable grace of sisterhood.

A Magpie-kind-of-guy.

Wildflowers.


Fire and Ice

“Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice . . .”

I rely on the kindness of . . . nearly everybody.

Is this a good thing or a bath thing?

I’m going to get right on that.

One compelling reason why a fire beats a remodel, hands down.
Does this look like progress to you?

Now THIS looks like progress.

Praise the Almighty Contractor.

Now we’re cooking with gas!

I’m wildly in love with my tile man.
You load 16 tons.  What do you get?

Neighborhood Alert: The toilet has left the porch!
At least I’m not living under a tarp, right?

If a tree falls in the forest . . .

Sunday sanity.

Destination Happy-Land.

The peace of its benedictions.

Open House.

Open House, part two.

Oh, if you insist!

Open House.  Again?!

More Open House, or poor Karen lost her farm and I cried all night.

Time for the tour.

Details, details.


Dirty Little Secrets

The Poison Closet!

Hangdangit!


In Praise of Small Favors

Peggy

Julie

Johnna

Jeri


100 Miles a Day

“You’d do well to be attentive to the brevity of life.”

The power of connectedness.

Gorgeousity.


Contests and Giveaways

Just in time for Valentine’s Day!

And the winner is . . . everybody!

Filmography.  A contest.

Film answers.  And a winner.

Guess who’s coming to dinner?

S’mores!  A vacation giveaway.


Little Pink Houses

The pink door.

Pink no more.  (sniff, sniff)

The yellow bungalow next door.

The sideways house.

Doc and Cheryl’s house.


Ephemera

Excuse me . . .

Blessed Spring, why hath thou forsaken me?

Wednesday morning Zen.

Wednesday evening Zen.

Perspective.

Happy weekend.

I’m sorry.  I really can’t help myself.

With apologies to Hoyt Axton.

Happy Mother’s Day!

I want to thank everyone I’ve ever known.

Three sure-fire ways to tell it’s Memorial Day weekend.
Saturday dreams dashed.

Happy Father’s Day, Mr. Mom!

What’s for supper?

Pet names.


Rants

Reserved for wusses.


Journey to the Top of the Mountain

Beulah.

Unplugged.

There’s no place like home.

Skyscraper.

Brigadoon.  Alternately titled: Brace yourself.  This is going to suck big-time.

S’mores!  A vacation giveaway.


Mayberry Magpie Movies

I hate being a goob.

The goob loves the geek.  (Mac geek that is.)

Snippets of a brother.