Category Archives: rhode island

greetings from the dark side

Posted on September 4, 2019 by is there any more pie?

I haven’t blogged for a week because I have been in Hell. Hell. Capital H. There are various degrees of Hell, of course. I’m not comparing my situation to trying to survive a massive hurricane in the Bahamas. I’m talking … Continue reading →

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four to go

Posted on August 23, 2019 by is there any more pie?

Today I will check off another day of radiation. After this I will only have three treatments left. Can you believe how quickly that went? We can’t. My skin didn’t become really painful until this Monday, day 13, so I … Continue reading →

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it’s still there

Posted on August 21, 2019 by is there any more pie?

Banjo Man found this picture recently. It must have fallen out of my grandmother’s old photo albums (they fell apart years ago but I saved all the photos) in the attic. I knew that one set of my father’s grandparents … Continue reading →

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number 13

Posted on August 19, 2019 by is there any more pie?

I have 20 minutes before heading out the door for the trip to Providence and radiation so I thought I’d give you all an update. I haven’t blogged for more than a week because this process has been really tiring. … Continue reading →

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number 8

Posted on August 9, 2019 by is there any more pie?

Today is the 8th radiation treatment. I’d like to announce, “So far so good!” but I’m afraid to jinx it. Here I am trying to take a selfie in the mirror of the radiation department’s dressing room. Such a pretty … Continue reading →

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did i do it all wrong?

Posted on August 2, 2019 by is there any more pie?

I just read an article about the birthday of a 107-year old woman, Louise Jean Signore, in the Bronx, New York, on July 31st. She was born in 1912, the same year of the Titanic disaster. When asked why she’d … Continue reading →

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august first, oh happy day

Posted on August 1, 2019 by is there any more pie?

It’s very odd to be celebrating the first day of August. For the past ten years, the beginning of this month meant that I would be returning home to Rhode Island in three weeks, five weeks, six weeks…and, eventually, two … Continue reading →

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a birthday for banjo man

Posted on July 31, 2019 by is there any more pie?

The mystery gift was a hit! This is a ZVOX AV155 AccuVoice TV soundbar with 6-level “dialogue booster”. The “booster” part is the important thing: it lifts the dialogue louder than the background noise. Here’s what the description on HSN … Continue reading →

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odds and ends on a quiet day

Posted on July 29, 2019 by is there any more pie?

The baby quilt project is still coming along. It’s a sweet quilt and I hope it will be loved and used. “Ruth’s” is a shop deep in the heart of Cranston that has been in business since 1954. They do … Continue reading →

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long distance Peach Man

Posted on July 25, 2019 by is there any more pie?

This week I was once again totally overwhelmed. Can you imagine what arrived by FedEx? Peaches. A dozen peaches. From the Peach Man. A dozen miraculous, beautiful peaches carefully wrapped in a box from the lake. I cried. Banjo Man … Continue reading →