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Monday, January 16, 2006

Watching Over Tine In Bed

Regrettably, Tine is feeling a little fragile today, and she won't be up for her daily walk with Rubob.

"I think I'd prefer to stay in my PJ's today," she said to Rubob this morning, "and it might not be wise to venture out in them this afternoon."

"It won't be the same without a walk today," she thought.



"Do you think we'll be missed?" she asked Rubob.

"It's cold out there, Tine," Rubob said.

If the truth were known, Tine was also concerned about the possibility of ice pellets again. It was only a 20 percent possibility, but nevertheless, they loomed on the horizon with a large question mark in the forecast this morning.



I hope they're "non-damaging ice pellets," Tine thought. Oddly enough, "friendly, non-damaging" ice pellets had been advertised on Tine's blog recently. (Tine Ponders Non-Damaging Ice Pellets.)

This reminded Tine of a curious development in the tailored ads on her site -- something Rubob had noticed last night:



Apparently (or not so apparently, since they're very stealthy), the ad men watching over Tine's blog had followed Rubob and her home one evening, after tailing them on their daily walk to see what topics were discussed. They must have stayed late and caught Rubob in his PJ's during this episode in the blog, Tine speculated: Rubob Enters on Soft Foot.

"When I went down for a slice of bread, I thought there seemed to be a few slices missing on the kitchen counter," Rubob said.

The tailored ads would have to become decidedly less tailored if they were designed with Rubob's PJ's in mind, Tine thought.

"In any case, I wish I had nicer PJ's to wear today," she thought (a trifle feverishly).

Index to Village Walks



December, 2005

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

  • Tine’s Walks In the Village
  • Tine: A Picture
  • Wednesday, December 28, 2005

  • A Chilly But Satisfying Walk
  • Rubob: A Picture


  • Thursday, December 29, 2005

  • Rained In


  • Friday, December 30, 2005

  • Tine on the Guermantes Way
  • ”Good Night, Tine.” “Good Night, Rubob”
  • An Oversight


  • Saturday, December 31, 2005

  • A Very Treacherous Walk


  • January, 2006

    Sunday, January 1, 2006

  • ”Rubob, You’re a Work of Art”
  • A Foot In the Door


  • Monday, January 2, 2006

  • A Nice Cup Of Tea
  • A Purposeful Walk
  • One Hundred Percent Chance of Ice Pellets


  • Tuesday, January 3, 2006

  • Whiny Enjoying a Grape Gobby Wobbler
  • ”Wear a hard hat out there today, Tine.”
  • Tine Relives Her Day, With Proper Headgear


  • Wednesday, January 4, 2006

  • Tine and Rubob’s World In Disarray


  • Thursday, January 5, 2006

  • Tine Purchases a Red Pencil
  • Tine’s Ramblings on Rameses I


  • Friday, January 6, 2006

  • A Singly Intriguing Ad on Tine’s Blog
  • A 25-Cent Walk


  • Saturday, January 7, 2006

  • A Moving Portrait of Rubob
  • Teatime for Tine
  • Cinnamon Tea and Bepobarebop Rhubarb Pie


  • Sunday, January 8, 2006

  • Tine’s World Turned Upside Down
  • Tine Is Tailed by a Teapot


  • Monday, January 9, 2006

  • A Very Brisk Walk to See Ice Floes
  • Of Tine and the River


  • Tuesday, January 10, 2006

  • Rubob and Tine’s Journey to the Underworld
  • As Tine Fell Asleep, There Rose a Tree


  • Wednesday, January 11, 2006

  • The Mists In the Meadows
  • Rubob Enters on Soft Foot


  • Thursday, January 12, 2006

  • A Gentleman Farmer
  • Conversations With Tine on a Country Path


  • Friday, January 13, 2006

  • And So to Bed
  • Tine Ponders ‘Non-Damaging Ice Pellets’
  • ’What’s the Hurry, Henny Penny?’


  • Saturday, January 14, 2006

  • A Word With the Narrator
  • Rubob's Protean Episode
  • Tine’s Rosetta Stone
  • Sunday, January 15, 2006

  • Tine Travels to the North Pole, In a Nutshell
  • Rubob's Protean Episode
  • Tine’s Rosetta Stone


  • Monday, January 16, 2006

  • Watching Over Tine In Bed


  • Tuesday, January 17, 2006

  • A Spot of Sea Air

  • Wednesday, January 18, 2006

  • Tine's Teapot in Beaufort's Tempest

  • Thursday, January 19, 2006

  • Tine's Teapot
  • Friday, January 20, 2006

  • Tine's Nestor Episode, At Will Warren's Den

  • Saturday, January 21, 2006

  • Thoughts Landing in Soft Water

  • Sunday, January 22, 2006

  • Tine Relives the Great Fire of 1864

  • Monday, January 23, 2006

  • 'You Are Precisely My Cup of Tea'
  • Sleeping Within a Work of Art

  • Tuesday, January 24, 2006

  • Tine's Hot Water Bottle
  • Tine's Visit to Prospero's Isle

  • Thursday, January 26, 2006

  • A Sneeze in the Expanse of That-Which-Regions
  • Friday, January 27, 2006

  • Gelassenheit, Tine!
  • Monday, January 30, 2006

  • Portrait of the Artist As a Young Bell-Maker
  • February, 2006

    Thursday, February 16, 2006

  • 'Tween Pavement and Stars
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006

  • 'Geworfen': Thrown Into the World

  • Sunday, February 26, 2006

  • Tine and Rubob's Pilgrimage

  • March, 2006

    Wednesday, March 1, 2006

  • Walls Have Ears, Tine Suspects

  • Thursday, March 2, 2006

  • An Aerogram Addressed to the Village

  • Saturday, March 4, 2006

  • The Village of Beautiful Gates

  • July, 2006

    Thursday, July 27, 2006

  • Tine and Rubob Sail Toward Home


  • September, 2006


    Wednesday, September 13, 2006

  • Tine Returns from Her Time Travels


  • Tuesday, September 19, 2006

  • Tine Searches for Sea Captains' Houses


  • October, 2006


    Thursday, October 5, 2006

  • A Country Walk


  • Saturday, October 7, 2006

  • In the Middle of Nowhere


  • December, 2007


    Monday, December 3, 2007

  • The Return of Tine


  • Friday, December 7, 2007

  • Tine Searches for an Ice Floe


  • Thursday, December 13, 2007

  • Tine and Rubob Take a Walk


  • Friday, December 14, 2007

  • Tine's Virtual Walk Through a Patchwork Quilt


  • Friday, December 21, 2007

  • Tine Dreams of a Blue Christmas