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view from walmart
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
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
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
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
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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the wire
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
is it May yet?
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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our daily bread
Yesterday was a Big Event here in the Land of the Evil Virus. Banjo Man loves the sourdough bread from Panera’s and buys a loaf every Saturday, after his weekly trip to the dump. Oh, how we’ve missed it! Our … Continue reading
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learning something new
We have run out of canned beans, which meant staring down the bags of dried beans and girding ourselves for the soaking and rinsing and cooking (I confess, I dislike the smell and it lingers in the house for hours) … Continue reading
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moving day amidst the virus
This day took weeks to accomplish. In the time of the Evil Virus, nothing is easy. We all know that, don’t we! The administrators of my mother’s former home, a lovely studio apartment in an assisted living complex, eventually agreed … Continue reading
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is there any more pie? 