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hurray! company!

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

My friend Ruth likes scotch.  We met about 10 years ago when I volunteered to help with the local Animal Rescue League and she was about to become the director of the shelter.  For three years in a row we … Continue reading →

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company’s coming

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

I guess I shouldn’t have fired the maid. p.s. pay no attention to the giant box of denture cleaner–it’s very sad that Banjo Man and I have lost all of our teeth.

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stink bug chicken recipe

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

Sounds appetizing, doesn’t it. We call it that because one evening in Idaho, when our friends Barbara (also known as “Grandma Om”) and Om stayed for a typically chaotic family dinner, a stink bug dropped from the chandelier and plopped in … Continue reading →

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our friend nancy

Posted on October 11, 2011 by is there any more pie?

My friend Nancy was a kind, genuine, outspoken, loyal, generous, talented woman who died of cancer a year ago today. She was revered by her writing students, to the point where her other friends and I would tease her unmercifully … Continue reading →

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family dinner #1

Posted on October 10, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Mike’s parents are coming over for dinner tonight.  I am cleaning and cooking and all the other stuff that goes with entertaining.  I just cleaned out the hall closet and next up is rehooking all the speaker wires and vacuuming windowsills. I … Continue reading →

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saturday, october 8

Posted on October 9, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Why I am too tired to blog tonight.

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another day, another dollar

Posted on October 8, 2011 by is there any more pie?

I, MorePie, do solemnly swear that I will never buy another unnecessary vintage or secondhand item again for the rest of my life.  I will not be tempted by white chippy paint or barkcloth drape panels or old lace or … Continue reading →

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i see dead people’s stuff

Posted on October 7, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Yesterday I drove 45 minutes north to the Big Suburb for a doctor appointment.  Her office is within a bike ride from where I lived from first through seventh grade, but of course nothing looks the same and I often … Continue reading →

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my father-in-law

Posted on October 5, 2011 by is there any more pie?

October 5th is the anniversary of the death of my father’s husband. He died suddenly from a massive heart attack, at the age of 78, in Nebraska three weeks after a family reunion with all of his children and grandchildren. … Continue reading →

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gone, gone, gone…or not exactly?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by is there any more pie?

I just received a call from the owner of the consignment store.  She was not happy about the quality of my furniture (I guess my photos made it look better than in person?  I dunno).  I was afraid she was calling to … Continue reading →

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