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what if?

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winter is here

Okay, that’s enough winter now.  It’s 20 degrees and somewhere tonight in Rhode Island it will be 0. In other words, last weekend’s snow isn’t going anywhere. I’m staying home and rewriting 200 pages of my book this week, so … Continue reading

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bring on 2013!

Happy New Year! Here’s what I bought myself for the winter:  a blues fiddle dvd!  Daily lessons right here in my office!   Okay, maybe it won’t be as much fun as Tuesday mornings in Sandpoint with Doug, Dancing Mandolin Player, … Continue reading

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redneck bear rub

I love this.  It makes me wish I lived in the woods and had a web cam.  Wait a minute…I do live in the woods.  Except there are no bears. We have fishers.  And squirrels.  Deer.  Coyotes.  Foxes. Note to … Continue reading

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smokin’ hot

Yep, he’s in there somewhere. Some folks have New Year’s Eve bonfires.  In fact, I’m trying to talk Banjo Man into going to a local event down by the beach Monday night.  I don’t think I’ll be able to get … Continue reading

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a brave man is banjo man

It takes a brave man to buy these for a post-menopausal woman. Brave ol’ Banjo Man did some of his best Christmas shopping at Home Depot this year. These are really cool tools.  Some of them even have safety locks.  … Continue reading

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candle wars

Banjo Man loves this candlelabra.  I love it, too, but Banjo Man really loves it.  It requires candles with special fluted bottoms, because regular candles fall over, even with candle sticky-stuff or freshly-dripped wax in the holder. Sometimes it’s hard to find … Continue reading

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keeping sarge busy

Sarge is home. His sister baked cookies for him. Uncle GL drove from North Carolina just to play dominoes.  I’m making sure Sarge has a good night’s sleep. And Banjo Man had some chain saw work he’d been saving for just … Continue reading

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sound of silence

Sorry to have been so quiet lately… I have a sore throat.  No, really, I do.  I went to a new dentist yesterday and I’ve had a sore throat ever since.  Coincidence?  Probably.  The new dental building was state-of-the-art and … Continue reading

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it you wait long enough…

This is one of a pair of glass star-shaped candlestick holders I discovered on my mantel this morning. I guess I should have stuck a tapered candle in it before taking the picture.  These are actually really pretty in real … Continue reading

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