Author Archives: is there any more pie?

another baby, another quilt

Hurray!  I accomplished something this week!  Despite this frozen shoulder and a stomach bug, I actually got something done!!!! I made the top last November, but hadn’t had time–what with trips to Texas and book deadlines–to quilt it. Now it’s … Continue reading

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lunch in georgetown

If you are hungry and you are in Georgetown, Texas and your daughter-in-law suggests eating here, you make haste to this restaurant and plan on having the chocolate cream pie for dessert. Just sayin’. After we were full of sandwiches … Continue reading

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old quilts in texas

When we were in Austin last month, my daughter-in-law took me antiquing!  She knows I love it, so we planned a day away from SXSW and “the guys”.  Heading north out of Round Rock, our first stop was Burnet, Texas … Continue reading

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friends and meatballs

At least once a year we host a dinner for three other couples.  The eight of us take turns, so we’re guaranteed to get together four times a year.  It started after the Scotch Tasting Dinner https://isthereanymorepie.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/the-tasting-dinner-menu/and progressed to other … Continue reading

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no snow

If you look out the windows you will see brown grass. It’s a beautiful sight. If you look on my kitchen island you will see yellow flowers (and a thirty-year old place mat)! This means that spring is here!!! SPRING … Continue reading

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sew and sew

Last Friday Harley Chick, her Aunt Pat and I made our annual April pilgrimage to the Sew Expo in Worcester, Massachusetts. We look forward to it all year.  This year, though, our youngest seamstress didn’t attend.  It turned out she … Continue reading

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make it better

I haven’t been blogging for a week. I’ve missed you. It’s a rotator cuff issue.  I’m trying to eliminate (or at least postpone) every activity that makes it worse, because this is really no fun.  Three weeks of physical therapy … Continue reading

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meanwhile, back in rhode island

Time to party. Pat and Sharon came for an overnight party. We started with brunch on  Saturday and finished with brunch on Sunday. They are very shy and didn’t want their pictures taken, but they insisted on a photo of … Continue reading

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spring game 2015

Banjo Man made it. There were a few more panic-filled moments, phone calls to Southwest, a broken watch and a late shuttle, but he made it. Just in time for the National Anthem. Banjo Man is in this picture. Son … Continue reading

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going to nebraska, part 2

Banjo Man was supposed to fly to Chicago yesterday at 4:30 PM and from there on to Nebraska. But this happened in the Midwest: When I dropped him off at the airport I had no idea about the storms.  I … Continue reading

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