Author Archives: is there any more pie?

the case of the broken window

Posted on February 12, 2022 by is there any more pie?

Thursday afternoon our propane fireplace was finally fixed. Sound the trumpets. If you remember, it stopped working right after Christmas. It heats 3/4 of the upstairs. We moved down to the basement and waited 25 days for the repairman from … Continue reading →

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we were way beyond cool

Posted on February 9, 2022 by is there any more pie?

Just wanted to share.

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sewing for spring

Posted on February 8, 2022 by is there any more pie?

The Wild Flower Snowball quilt top is finished, as of yesterday afternoon. Here you see a portion of it. It’s comprised of 120 snowball blocks and ended up approximately 75″ X 90″ in size. I like it. What’s next? Figuring … Continue reading →

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keep the faith

Posted on February 2, 2022 by is there any more pie?

Brother George sent this in a recent email and it made my day. Those of us who experienced the 1960’s will especially appreciate this story of a father and son’s experience on the road.

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needle in a sort of haystack

Posted on February 1, 2022 by is there any more pie?

Have you ever lost something and never, ever found it again? I guess that’s the definition of “lost”. Sigh. Yesterday I sat at my desk with my needles, thread and scissors to hand stitch a label onto a quilt I’d … Continue reading →

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goodbye, blizzard of 2022

Posted on January 31, 2022 by is there any more pie?

We survived the blizzard with nary a blip in our winter routines. The state was hit pretty hard and we received the predicted 18″–and even more. It was a convenient storm, meaning that everyone was off the roads when it … Continue reading →

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the snow bomb cyclone, snow-ageddon, snow-icane has begun

Posted on January 29, 2022 by is there any more pie?

Call it what you will, it’s going to dump a lot of snow on us. Fluffy snow, thank goodness. We rarely have the light, fluffy kind here in New England. It has been snowing for seven hours, but the weatherman … Continue reading →

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why people move south

Posted on January 28, 2022 by is there any more pie?

We’re expecting a huge blizzard tonight and into Sunday. Weathermen have been using the phrase “cyclone snow bomb” or some such thing. They are also predicting up to 34″ of snow. I know my Idaho and Montana readers are saying, … Continue reading →

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25 days later

Posted on January 25, 2022 by is there any more pie?

I can’t tell you how wonderful it is to see flames in our propane gas fireplace again. It heats 2/3 of the house, including the living room and kitchen. Those rooms have been 42 degrees. Banjo Man and I moved … Continue reading →