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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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off to red country

GO BIG RED!!!! GO BANJO MAN!!! Banjo Man is heading to Nebraska tonight to attend the annual Red-White Spring Game on Saturday.  We have a new head coach, new assistant coaches and a lot of new recruits. There will be a … Continue reading →

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wednesday’s song

Because I’ve been up since 5:30 AM, and because I keep wandering around the house, and because I finally have time to unpack my suitcase from Texas, and because the day is stretching out before me with all sorts of … Continue reading →

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happy song, happy dance!

My last book (#43?  #45?  Lost count!!) is FINISHED!!!!!! I am officially retired. R-E-T-I-R-E-D!!!! Let’s all cheer, shall we?? My retirement anthem: I love this band.  I love this song.  I love playing it on the dobro and singing all … Continue reading →

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