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he likes to tease me

Meet my grandson.  And because he is such a tease and because Grandma wanted to take his picture in front of the “Smile” wall, he did this instead. And because I am used to Banjo Man’s antics, I laughed.

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let it rain, let it pour

Texans love rain.  And it has been raining for a couple of days.  Everyone is happy about this, so in honor of the good bad weather, here’s Doc Watson singing, “Let it rain, let it pour, let it rain a … Continue reading

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shopping in baltimore

When you spend any time at all in the Baltimore airport, you quickly learn that Baltimore loves (1) crabs and (2) NCIS. You can purchase any article of clothing, mug, key chain, stuffed animal, etc. with a crab on it. … Continue reading

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retirement is so close…

As soon as I finish writing this book, which will be any day now if my brain continues to function, I am going to buy a new hat and a brown umbrella.   And I may or may not wear … Continue reading

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every friday morning

This morning (Friday) there was this: And this morning (Friday) there was this:   Guess which one I like better. Jeff comes over on Fridays at 9 AM and we play music together until noon. Doesn’t that sound **great**???!!!!?? It … Continue reading

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two more storms until spring

Banjo Man is home safely from his trip, I’m packing for Texas, and by the time I return home again all of the snow in the above photo will have disappeared! Another nasty, snowy winter will have come to an … Continue reading

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make it stop!

When did New England turn into Alaska? It has been snowing again.  All last night.  All day today. Constantly. I pray it stops by Saturday morning so I can get on a plane and head to Texas. My grandson called … Continue reading

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a man’s gotta have a map

Banjo Man went on a road trip without me yesterday. That was a little sad for me, because instead of sitting in the heated passenger seat and giving directions while drinking coffee and punching out songs from the I-pod, I … Continue reading

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waiting for the dance

  Retired Mountain Man sent an email last week with this video.   3000 miles away, in the midst of a record-breaking historic winter misery, I was inspired. So I put the ice clamps on my boots and braved the … Continue reading

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winter social skills

We went down the street to Jeff and Angela’s for dinner Saturday night. I was so excited I tried to smoke the appetizer. I don’t know what came over me. We played dominoes.  Angela won, dammit.  I was in the lead … Continue reading

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