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new quilt, new songs

Yes, I like bright quilts. Why do you ask? 🙂 I made this a few years ago, during The Year of the Finger Surgeries. I think the pain pills altered my brain at the time and created my need to … Continue reading

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making progress

Most of the quilting on this quilt is finished. I still have some left to do, but I haven’t decided where and how and what color thread to use. But the binding is stitched to the front. Miles and miles … Continue reading

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snowed in

We’re expecting a foot of snow tonight and some pretty cold temperatures for the next five or six days, so we’re hunkered down inside.  It’s winter in Rhode Island after all, and it looks like it’s going to be a … Continue reading

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nebraska…the movie

Banjo Man and Son #2 saw this film in Texas last month and loved it.  They kept waiting for me to feel better so I could go, too, but that moment didn’t come until yesterday, when Banjo Man hustled me … Continue reading

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if it’s good enough for pablo

Now that the third book of the trilogy is finished, it is lovely to have time to practice the violin again. Christmas is over (although we have yet to put away the tree–maybe next weekend we’ll have the energy, but … Continue reading

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maybe it was a close call after all…

Banjo Man has discovered his spice-filled luggage was searched at the Austin airport. His bag of expensive tarragon is missing. Someone stole it.  Either it’s being analyzed at a lab or someone tried to smoke it. Thank goodness we weren’t … Continue reading

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can you hear me now?

I’m glad no one saw us yesterday.   We left Austin about an hour and a half late, due to the fact that the Southwest pilots were lost somewhere. I couldn’t really hear the airport announcements.  The ear infections, remember? … Continue reading

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christmas vacation is over

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meanwhile, back on the east coast…

10″ of fresh powder, 0 degree temps and a whole lot of wind coming off the ocean. Yikes.

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flu blues news

I may have the flu.  I may have had the flu since last Saturday, a few days after Christmas. I thought it was just an ear ache and a sore throat.  Allergies.  Austin is famous for allergies.  Everyone says so. … Continue reading

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