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horrors!

I saw my thighs today. Something bad happened over the winter.  They didn’t look like this last September.  I guess when I officially turned 60 my thighs turned to cottage cheese and rippled up like potato chips. No, I don’t … Continue reading

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hail, poker and silver mountains

Hail Monday afternoon. Monday evening: sky at My French Friend Janou’s house. Poker Monday night. I won $1.75. My gambling New Orleans grandmother would have been proud.

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nanci griffith, 20 years later

Note:  this post was mistakenly published a few days ago when I hit the wrong button and didn’t realize it until the following morning, so you might be reading this twice and getting very confused and suffering severe deja vu.  … Continue reading

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the beat goes on

Sunday night band practice has become an important—very, very important—part of the weekly routine here in the mountains. Banjo Man and I had heard about Sunday night band practices.  So twenty-one hours after we landed in Spokane, we (including Steel Guitar … Continue reading

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unpacking

and more packing…this time trying to fit all of our groceries into the compact car. There are a lot of beans and vegetables in those grocery  bags.  Plus a bag of chocolate chips. Uh-oh.  Looks like they found the chocolate chips!!  We don’t … Continue reading

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packing

Gig: May 12th!!!

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nude quilting

Until last weekend, I’d never seen a “naked man quilt” before. As I told Banjo Man, I’ve never had the desire to make a quilt depicting his nude body.  Or my own.  Or anyone else’s.  Some things shouldn’t be transferred … Continue reading

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for a rainy weekend

I so loved this book. Today I told my French Friend Janou about it–no details, just that I loved it–and she ordered it for her I-pod.   Technology is a grand thing. I originally ordered it from my public library upon … Continue reading

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a big weekend in sewingville

A couple of Fridays ago I attended the  Sew  Expo in Worcester, an annual girlfriend day that over the past three years has become a three-generation event.  Little “K-K” is not yet three years old and attended–with her mom– for the … Continue reading

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spider in the night

I think something bit me last night.  A shooting, burning pain in my upper arm woke me around 3 am.  I sat straight up, tossed the covers off and whimpered.  Loudly.  For long moments. I had no idea what had … Continue reading

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