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stand back

Posted on April 14, 2020 by is there any more pie?

I found what I thought was the perfect mask when I watched this You Tube video: At the 41 -second mark you will see how easy it is to put on.  There is a filter pocket, too. I made six … Continue reading →

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view from walmart

Posted on April 13, 2020 by is there any more pie?

As we waited in our designated pick-up spot on the side of Walmart yesterday, we watched about fifteen seagulls fight over a slab of mystery meat.  Was it a mouse?  Something that dropped out of a grocery bag?  It didn’t … Continue reading →

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easter 2020

Posted on April 12, 2020 by is there any more pie?

Last Easter seems so very, very long ago.  Here we are celebrating together at Ken and Ginny’s in 2019. That Easter morning I discovered I had a problem…and it was probably breast cancer. Oh, what a year! But I survived.  … Continue reading →

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life in the time of clorox

Posted on April 11, 2020 by is there any more pie?

Do you ever feel that if you step outside of your house you’re going to die? Sigh. We had to go to the Post Office yesterday–having been delaying it for a week–and it was as if we were risking our … Continue reading →

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trying not to be a slug

Posted on April 10, 2020 by is there any more pie?

I’m in a slump.  Along with the rest of the world.  I try to fight it, but there are times when I give up and sit at the computer and play Solitaire. That’s so depressing. We’re finishing up four weeks … Continue reading →

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the grocery games

Posted on April 9, 2020 by is there any more pie?

I’m not sure where you are and whether or not you’ve tried “online ordering” from your local grocery store, but let me tell you:  it’s an adventure. The first time we received our delivery, a young couple employed by Instacart … Continue reading →

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when john prine gets to heaven

Posted on April 8, 2020 by is there any more pie?

  Hearts are broken. Last night’s news of his passing was devastating for all of us who loved his songs. And of course he would have written a song about dying, one that would make us smile and cry at … Continue reading →

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the wire

Posted on April 8, 2020 by is there any more pie?

Better late than never.  This was a huge HBO hit from 2002-2008. HBO is giving free access to many of its hit shows during the pandemic, and THE WIRE is one of them.   You can check out HBO NOW to … Continue reading →

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is it May yet?

Posted on April 7, 2020 by is there any more pie?

Emails, conversations and texts with my friends have begun to center around food. Several friends have sent me pictures of their loaves of homemade bread.  I love pictures of bread. I have also received photos of masks.  And they have been … Continue reading →

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prayers for john prine

Posted on April 6, 2020 by is there any more pie?

Nothing has hit me harder during this time of the corona virus than the news that John Prine was in the hospital with the virus.  John Prine is very ill and in the ICU for what may be his 10th … Continue reading →

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