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stuffing the stocking

Posted on December 23, 2011 by is there any more pie?

My friend Sharon has a unique outlook on life.  Her observations and comments are often hilarious, sometimes jaw-dropping and always entertaining. Three years ago she announced she was tired of Christmas.  She’d come up with a plan, informed her husband … Continue reading →

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loving the cranberry dip

Posted on December 22, 2011 by is there any more pie?

We’re all stocking up on cranberries, right? I found a great new website a few weeks ago: www.jamiecooksitup.blogspot.com.  You could spend all day drooling over her recipe collection.  The cranberry dip was so gorgeous I had to try it. Jamie’s recipe called … Continue reading →

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nantucket cranberry pie cake

Posted on December 21, 2011 by is there any more pie?

I’ll bet you ten bags of cranberries that this is the easiest dessert in the world. I first learned of it from Pioneer Woman (one of my favorite blogs).  She calls it a pie. She adapted it from Laurie Colwin … Continue reading →

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ask mac & oatmeal cookies

Posted on December 20, 2011 by is there any more pie?

“Ask Mac.” I heard that a lot when I was growing up.  My great-uncle Mac was the only man in the family who could actually fix something.  Build something.  Take apart something and put it back together. Imagine the joy … Continue reading →

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christmas spirit, note by note

Posted on December 19, 2011 by is there any more pie?

We’ve been invited out to dinner on Christmas Day.  There will be music.  We are to bring the banjo and the fiddle and maybe even the lap steel. I was begged to bring the karaoke machine and both microphones.  And … Continue reading →

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december birthdays

Posted on December 17, 2011 by is there any more pie?

My grandfather’s birthday was December 17.  He died in 1969, when he was 71 and I was 17.   He loved to fish and read Mickey Spillane novels.  He tolerated the antics of his three sisters and adored his son, daughter-in-law … Continue reading →

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decking the halls

Posted on December 15, 2011 by is there any more pie?

This year I decorated the tree all by myself, which hadn’t happened since 1972. 1972.  The  year our first child was born.  He was still in the hospital (he wouldn’t come home until New Year’s Day) and we had no money for … Continue reading →

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all is bright

Posted on December 14, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Not the best photograph in the world, but you get the idea. This year we used my mother’s old artificial tree. Yeah, we wimped out. None of the kids are coming home, daughter Nancy has to work, and no relatives … Continue reading →

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lessons from austin, texas

Posted on December 13, 2011 by is there any more pie?

25 things I’ve learned in austin, texas 1.  People are friendly and love their music and their food and their unusual coffee shops. 2.  You can eat great food from the trailers, which are everywhere and quite wonderful.  If you … Continue reading →

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can you hear me now?

Posted on December 12, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Banjo Man has never been, and never will be, a techno-geek.   His purchase of a new Blackberry Storm cell phone three years ago was fraught with terror and stress.  The touch screen, the tilting, the apps?  If you have ever wanted … Continue reading →

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