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an anniversary
A year ago today I discovered my cancer had returned. I was now “metastatic”, Stage 4, a patient with dreaded “secondary” cancer. This awful and terror-filled diagnosis–from two cancerous lymph nodes in my chest– would kick off more tests: a … Continue reading
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ah, november…
If it’s November, we must be getting ready for Thanksgiving. Nope. Oh, the potato casserole is in the freezer next to the spinach casserole. As are the turkey breasts. The mantle is decorated and my velvet pumpkins are all over … Continue reading
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happy st. patrick’s day
This impressive St. Patrick character spend Saturday roaming the main street of Wickford (RI) entertaining the people enjoying a warmish, dry day in a beautiful colonial town on the water. Isn’t he gorgeous? And I was out and about, too, … Continue reading
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see you next year, chuck
Poor Chuck. His holiday is over and he has been relegated to the “Thanksgiving Bin” for the next ten and a half months. We will miss his goofy, cheerful presence. So it’s on to winter… My childhood creche sat in … Continue reading
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new kid in town
This guy was an early birthday gift from Retired Mountain Lady. As you can see, he has a lot of personality and fits right in with velvet pumpkins and mums. He makes me smile every time I look at him. … Continue reading
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go fish
Yesterday Banjo Man and I took a break from Thanksgiving preparations and headed to Galilee, a fishing port about ten minutes away, for lunch and a view of the ocean. The sun was shining, the sky blue (at least for … Continue reading
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getting ready!
Three weeks and two days from now we’ll be heading out of Rhode Island to have some holiday fun. I bought new carry-on luggage to streamline boarding the plane. Smaller and lighter bags of more convenient shapes should do the … Continue reading
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let’s talk about this casserole
This casserole–appropriately named “Spaghetti Chicken”—is not for everybody, but I have to tell you that Banjo Man absolutely loved it. He wants me to make it in Austin. He wants me to make it at the lake. He wants me … Continue reading
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oh, deer
We had a visitor Monday morning and Banjo Man, impressed with his size and good health, took about 27 photos. Here’s one of them: Meanwhile, back here in the office, I still await my new computer (ordered from Amazon). It … Continue reading
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catch up sunday
I have not forgotten about blogging, I swear. There have been…issues. My computer is very, very slow. As in “barely operating”. I bought some software to clean it up, but nothing has worked so far. Banjo Man has offered to … Continue reading
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