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my 2020 turkey let me down
My attempt at cooking a turkey breast in the crock pot was a disaster. The breast was dry, the gravy’s flavor and consistency needed a lot of work, and it was all just so disappointing. Fortunately there were only three … Continue reading
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thanksgiving 2020
Table for three, please! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I’m sure yours is as abbreviated as ours, although I hope you are in a place where that is not the case. In fifty years I have never NOT cooked something the Wednesday … Continue reading
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black friday week shopping?
How, in this time of Covid, are you shopping for Christmas? I’d love to know. I would like to say I am organized, but I would be telling a big fat lie. There is a box next to my desk … Continue reading
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recycling treasures
This might not look like a treasure, but it really is. All handsewn, it has wonderful 1930’s fabrics to admire. I like to buy old quilt tops with patterns I would never make myself. This quilt top, found in a … Continue reading
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happy birthday Son#1
Ben is 48 today. I can’t believe how fast the years have gone, but so they have. As they do. The night before he was born I was in the city at a hockey game with my father. We’d gone … Continue reading
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another holiday bites the dust
Covid strikes again. I type this with a weary sigh. For thirty-two years we’ve celebrated Thanksgiving with our family, family friends and extended family members. For the past two years we’ve had four generations gathered around the four tables. I … Continue reading
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cars and covid
Last month Banjo Man decided he needed a reliable off-road vehicle with which to haul a trailer full of building supplies up the mountain to his beloved cabin. The summer of 2021 is going to be the Year of the … Continue reading
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what was that?
Yesterday morning I was looking out my bathroom window and admiring Banjo Man’s latest leaf-blowing efforts when a roaring noise began and the house trembled. It lasted long enough for me to wonder if something huge was sliding off our … Continue reading
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wake me when it’s over
Yesterday I had one of those procedures where you have to “prep” the day before (i.e. live in the bathroom). Because of issues the last time I had this lovely thing done, it was decided that a stronger anesthesia would … Continue reading
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