Category Archives: just for fun

if you like numbers

Posted on September 10, 2019 by

My friend Pat sent me this.  I think it’s pretty interesting. But I am easily entertained on my computer these days, having little contact with the outside world.  I long to get dressed and drive out of the woods and … Continue reading →

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another birthday

Posted on December 9, 2018 by

I think I’m in a stroller, 1950’s style.  And happy to be there, from the looks of things. This was taken in Washington, DC, where my Dad was stationed at the time.  My mother loves to say she changed my … Continue reading →

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a few more pictures from austin

Posted on October 18, 2018 by

And at the Austin airport’s new gift shop I saw these.  Hilarious!  I didn’t have room in my bag for any of them, unfortunately. Which one is your favorite?  

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you and planet earth

Posted on May 15, 2018 by

Just for fun, here’s an interactive site that tells you how many breaths  you’ve taken, how many snowflakes have fallen, how many people have been born since YOU were born.  Just enter your birthdate and see what happens! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5730653/Interactive-counter-reveals-happened-planet-day-born.html

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one ring-y ding-y

Posted on February 26, 2018 by

Remember that Lily Tomlin routine?  The one where she was the telephone operator?  It always made me laugh harder than anyone else in front of the tv. Well, in the midst of my cleaning I found this old photograph from … Continue reading →

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winter window

Posted on December 15, 2017 by

I intend to do this as soon as I get home in January.  

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barn owl

Posted on November 19, 2017 by

    This is what I saw flying towards the house as I stared out my office window yesterday morning.  Isn’t he gorgeous? He flew low, above the driveway and right over the roof of the house. I searched through owl … Continue reading →

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eclipse on the lake

Posted on August 22, 2017 by

Everyone will have their own eclipse story, I’m sure.  Where were you?  How much did you see? The lake house faces north and the morning sun shines over its right shoulder, blocked for the most part by the tall trees that the … Continue reading →

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the remnant shop

Posted on May 15, 2017 by

Last Wednesday my buddy Ruth and I headed to Hope Valley to check out a store my dental hygienist had recommended.  When I was a kid there were “mill outlet” stores everywhere and my mother, who liked to sew her … Continue reading →

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an afternoon in provincetown

Posted on May 13, 2017 by

It’s the little town at the tip of Cape Cod.  It’s the place where the Mayflower docked before heading into Plymouth in November of 1620.  There the Pilgrims established their new government, a “domestic commonwealth” without kings and queens. My … Continue reading →

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