Pie
MorePie
Fourth of July
Banjo Man
Glen the Banjo Man
Category Archives: rhode island
meeting miss mendon
Although we’re not driving across the country anymore, we do still have road trips. They’re the medical kind, accompanied by a bit of stress and a smidgeon of dread, but still…we’re on the road again. Monday’s trip was to a … Continue reading
Posted in family, food, rhode island, road trip, the cancer fight, travel
3 Comments
brain tests
Oh, how true… Last week I had my annual physical. Before the doctor trotted in, his very young nurse took my blood pressure and went over the list of medications and asked familiar questions. You all know the drill: Do … Continue reading
Posted in just for fun, personal female whining, rhode island
1 Comment
practicing
That’s what I told Banjo Man this morning: I’m practicing for the lake. I’m sitting on a deck. In web chairs. With my coffee. First thing in the morning. In the sunshine. Even without lake and mountain views, we’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in family, rhode island
Leave a comment
the dreaded leak
When your refrigerator leaks, you are very lucky to realize it right away. My friends have faced all sorts of problems and renovations due to water issues with their refrigerators. Catastrophes, even. Thankfully we discovered ours right away, when a … Continue reading
Posted in rhode island, shopping
1 Comment
the birth of a quilter
My 4th-grade friend Claire has been coming over on Wednesday afternoons to create her own quilt. Here are the blocks on the “design wall” (batting hung like a curtain over my office windows). She’s quite the artist and has an … Continue reading
Posted in quilting, rhode island
4 Comments
banjo man’s homepage
Banjo Man loves telling me the articles he’s read and the pictures he’s seen on his Microsoft homepage. I try to listen patiently without rolling my eyes. But yesterday he announced he’d read about a statewide pizza contest and the … Continue reading
Posted in food, rhode island
1 Comment
stuck
If there was ever a winter to escape from, this was it. But despite the historic snowfalls, the ice, the slush, the driveway we couldn’t drive on, we still had our cruise from Istanbul to Athens to look forward to. … Continue reading
Posted in family, friends, quilting, rhode island
3 Comments
digging out…or not
Our friends down the street sent this to me yesterday. As you can see, Rod and Barbara are very good shovelers. A plow and neighbors helped, too, as they needed a path to the oil tank. We are still waiting … Continue reading
Posted in friends, rhode island
2 Comments
the historic snowstorm is over
Yesterday we watched as 36″ of snow (yes, 36) fell all day long, along with wind gusts of up to 80 mph. At sunrise: Later in the afternoon: Before we went to bed: I don’t know how we’ll get out … Continue reading
Posted in rhode island
6 Comments
bring on the coffee
It’s 6:30 AM and the worst of the blizzard began an hour ago. I wish you could hear the wind out there! I was up at 5. The power was still on, which meant I could fire up the Keurig … Continue reading
Posted in rhode island
Leave a comment
is there any more pie? 