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thanksgiving 2020
Table for three, please! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I’m sure yours is as abbreviated as ours, although I hope you are in a place where that is not the case. In fifty years I have never NOT cooked something the Wednesday … Continue reading
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black friday week shopping?
How, in this time of Covid, are you shopping for Christmas? I’d love to know. I would like to say I am organized, but I would be telling a big fat lie. There is a box next to my desk … Continue reading
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recycling treasures
This might not look like a treasure, but it really is. All handsewn, it has wonderful 1930’s fabrics to admire. I like to buy old quilt tops with patterns I would never make myself. This quilt top, found in a … Continue reading
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another holiday bites the dust
Covid strikes again. I type this with a weary sigh. For thirty-two years we’ve celebrated Thanksgiving with our family, family friends and extended family members. For the past two years we’ve had four generations gathered around the four tables. I … Continue reading
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cars and covid
Last month Banjo Man decided he needed a reliable off-road vehicle with which to haul a trailer full of building supplies up the mountain to his beloved cabin. The summer of 2021 is going to be the Year of the … Continue reading
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what was that?
Yesterday morning I was looking out my bathroom window and admiring Banjo Man’s latest leaf-blowing efforts when a roaring noise began and the house trembled. It lasted long enough for me to wonder if something huge was sliding off our … Continue reading
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wake me when it’s over
Yesterday I had one of those procedures where you have to “prep” the day before (i.e. live in the bathroom). Because of issues the last time I had this lovely thing done, it was decided that a stronger anesthesia would … Continue reading
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an escape from the present
Banjo Man and I are back in front of the television. That’s not exactly breaking news, but it’s how we are surviving 2020. And surviving 2020 is the name of the game. Here are some Amazon Prime shows you might … Continue reading
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democracy in the rain
I just returned from voting at my town hall. “Early voting” was a first for me, because I love the excitement of election day. Four years ago I was up before dawn, itching to get to the polling place and … Continue reading
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