Category Archives: family

dining out

Friday morning Banjo Man and I could come to no decision as to where we would go for “Take Out Friday”, our weekly big night in. Then a text appeared from Angela offering a delivered dinner from a fancy, local … Continue reading

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corona confessions

There is a container of three-week-old coleslaw in the refrigerator. I have eaten toasted-cheese-with-fig-jam sandwiches at least twenty-one times in the past seven weeks. Sometime it is impossible to remember when I last washed my hair. I don’t let myself … Continue reading

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no way to say goodbye

Monday was the funeral and I really don’t want to write about it.  Aside from it being a cold, gray, rainy and windy morning, it was certainly not the funeral I’d pictured for my mother.  I’d always envisioned the entire … Continue reading

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no tiptoeing through the tulips, please

Even though they couldn’t hold their very popular “U Pick” events at the Tulip Farm, the owners found a way for people to being tulips home.  We signed up online, picked a day and time, paid online and printed out … Continue reading

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together again

This picture was on my mother’s refrigerator for twenty-six years.  That’s how long she was without my father.  They were together for fifty years and very much in love until the end.  She never got over losing him. She died … Continue reading

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sunday gumbo

I had enough ingredients to put together an “improv” gumbo this morning.   Banjo Man is delirious with joy over the smells coming from the kitchen. I didn’t have fresh vegetables.  So sad, but I raided the freezer. A bag of … Continue reading

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the last night of week five

Last night ended five weeks of being isolated in the house. All of you out there know what that means. Along with tequila I had chips and salsa for supper.  Dessert was a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. The entertainment … Continue reading

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gritting my teeth

Yesterday was a difficult day and I am trying very, very hard not to rant.  There are some days when everything is hard–due to the virus restrictions–and my blood pressure most certainly soars. And I am not going to bore … Continue reading

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good cookie, bad cookie

Okay, I admit I’m out of practice making cookies.  Except for a few afternoons of cookie-baking with my little friend Sam, I’ve been out of the cookie-baking habit since 1988. Claire’s birthday was last week.  Needless to say, the family … Continue reading

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stand back

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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