I turned back time five times.
The wind shivered against timbers.
A dust devil twisted up the driveway.

Flies languished; raindrops splayed.
The sun slid pale behind munificent clouds.
A thousand leaves skittered gold across asphalt.

Horses whinnied and cats spooked.
Over the city it turned black and purple and glowed.
The moon flirted and hid her face in the sky's skirts.

Fall flew south before I could say goodbye.
I welcomed the change of seasons, and of heart.
More than just winter blew in today.

Bloglines, I love you. I've used you for well over a year and sung your praises to anyone who would listen. You've allowed me to read news and blog content from more than 150 sites in one place instead of ... 150 places. You've let me evade some of the ravages of spam. You've helped me populate and manage my blogroll. You've made my life easier.

Until recently.

For months now, you have been flaky. You've become erratic about displaying jpeg images imbedded in feeds, including Flickr groups I administer. You've almost entirely stopped displaying the numerous HTML newsletters I'm subscribed to. Instead of expanding collapsed links, you are frequently popping open new, blank windows.

Not being able to view my favorite blog posts and Martha Stewart newsletters is annoying. Not being able to view my featured selections from QPB and seller notifications from Amazon is unacceptable.

Bloglines, won't you please go back to being the feed reader I fell in love with?

1. The "shapmoo" sign I saw at the Good Food Store tonight.
2. The "Ella Mental" plus-size costume on 3Wishes.com. (It's toward the bottom. The last one, "Dreamcatcher," is pretty hysterical, too.)
3. Neva's search terms post.

1. I'm 30-something. For a little while longer.
2. I was born in California.
3. I first came to Montana in 1983.
4. I have lived in Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Berkeley, Thompson Falls, Kalispell and Whitefish.
5. I now live in a log cabin near Missoula.
   
6. I have two cats, Tango and Luna.
7. I believe very strongly in spaying, neutering and pet adoption.
8. I'm politically progressive.
9. I have an activist nature but get burned out easily.
10. I work for the University of Montana.
11. My title is Web Content Manager, which basically means Glorified Editor.
12. I earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from UM in 2000.
13. I am working on an MFA in creative writing with a nonfiction emphasis.
14. My sun sign is Sagittarius and my moon is in Virgo.
15. My rising sign is Taurus.
16. I'm an INFP.
17. I'm also an HSP.
18. I am an only child.
19. I like my own company, perhaps too much.
20. People who know me well forget that I am shy.
21. I am nocturnal by nature.
22. I love water -- the ocean, rivers, lakes, even rain.
23. I'm fascinated by Glacial Lake Missoula.
24. I do not own an umbrella.
25. You can call me fat, big, heavy, large, rubenesque or zaftig. Just don't call me overweight.
26. I don't care much about celebrities.
27. But if I had to pick my favorite celebrities, I'd say Susan Sarandon and Camryn Manheim.
28. Once upon a time, I was really into Rocky Horror.
29. My favorite authors are Barbara Kingsolver and Tom Robbins.
30. My favorite book is Animal Dreams.
31. My favorite movie is Bull Durham.
32. Mostly Martha is the best romance I have seen lately.
33. I don't like dumb movies.
34. I like romantic comedies, quirky foreign films, thought-provoking dramas and testosterone-laced action/adventure movies.
    
35. I like men who are tough, tender and wicked smart.
36. I'm growing increasingly content with being single.
    
37. I'm currently obsessed with Martha Stewart, home decor, home keeping and organization.
38. I think Flylady is the greatest.
39. My favorite pastimes are reading, writing, web-surfing and napping.
40. I'm also fond of cooking, baking, dining, dancing, hiking, gardening, shopping and traveling.
41. I love animals, especially cats, horses and chickens.
42. I like dogs, but only intelligent, well-mannered dogs.
43. I love learning new things.
44. I am drawn to the unusual.
45. My favorite classes in college were the two semesters of art history I took.
46. My dream trip is to follow the path of Western Civilization, like my art history textbook: Egypt to the Mediterranean islands to Greece to Rome to Europe ....
47. My favorite type of food is Thai.
48. I love shellfish, especially oysters.
49. I adore Jack in the Box tacos and fair food.
50. My favorite kind of candy is dark-chocolate honeycomb.
51. How do I love bacon? Let me count the ways.
52. My least-favorite foods are beans, pears and sea urchin.
    
53. I believe people who eat white bread cannot be trusted. (Sourdough doesn't count.)
54. Among my pet peeves are spammers and TV commercials that portray men as domestically incompetent.
55. I am not an aggressive driver. Just a very assertive one.
56. I don't like math.
57. I do my best to avoid designer labels.
58. I could not care less about fashion, but I do appreciate style. (And comfort.)
    
59. My personal style could be categorized as Hippie Cowgirl Goth.
60. My favorite brand of clothing is J. Jill.
61. I wear a lot of black.
62. I also like shades of crimson and blue.
63. I do not particularly like yellow, orange or green.
64. Except mossy or sage-y green.
65. I think young children should be dressed like children, not small, designer adults.
66. I really love fairs and farmer's markets.
67. My favorite flowers are roses, especially wild roses; also peonies, hydrangea, blanketflowers and daisies.
68. I think sunflowers are beautiful, but I have become very allergic to them.
69. My favorite season is spring.
70. I prefer cold to heat.
71. I tend to run hot.
72. My favorite body part is my feet.
73. My least favorite body part is my nose.
74. I have excellent eyesight.
75. I have a very good sense of smell.
76. I sunburn way too easily.
77. I am surprisingly strong.
78. I do a lot of research before I make important decisions.
    
79. I am a mix of many nationalities, including English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Norwegian and what my Grandpa used to call "Bohemian."
80. I spent seven years working in one-hour and professional photo labs.
81. I no longer have any desire to print my own photographs. Ever.
82. I like most kinds of music.
83. I like silence a lot, too.
84. Lately I've been listening to a lot of NPR podcasts and French music channels on iTunes Internet radio.
85. My desert-island album is English Beat's Special Beat Service.
86. Nothing makes me insane faster than shrill or repetitive noise.
    
87. If I were rich, I would buy a radio station, name it KLUD, and staff it with smooth-voiced deejays who play only mellow music and know when to shut up.
88. Two things that make me very, very happy are massages and pedicures.
    
89. If I became president, I would make it illegal to begin promoting one holiday before the previous one has ended (i.e, Christmas merchandise could not be displayed until the day after Thanksgiving; Valentine's candy could not come out until after New Year's).
90. I don't like being rushed.
91. I'm good in a crisis.
    
92. I perform well under stress. But I suffer later.
93. I have very vivid, often disturbing dreams pretty much every time I sleep.
94. I find puzzles and magic tricks more annoying than entertaining.
95. I generally feel that cartoons and comic strips are a waste of my time.
96. I used to feel the same way about animated movies. Until Shrek. I love Shrek.
97. Put me in the city or in the country -- just don't put me in the suburbs.
    
98. I like artifacts -- old things that tell stories about people, places and times past.
99. I love blue tin roofs.
100. I like lists.