Category Archives: rhode island

right around the corner

Posted on January 23, 2012 by is there any more pie?

What was 1/2 price at Wal-Mart last Friday: Okay, I know this isn’t the best photograph. The darn things wouldn’t hold still. They are a little sad, a little droopy, but they are what they are and what they are … Continue reading →

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first snow

Posted on January 22, 2012 by is there any more pie?

i am not loving it.

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act iii: annual gathering of writers

Posted on January 20, 2012 by is there any more pie?

Writers are odd people.  We love to get together and talk about writing, but first we have to talk about…lots of other things. Such as our new favorite beauty products. (I didn’t have a new beauty favorite to share this … Continue reading →

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why i ended up with a dozen water goblets

Posted on January 18, 2012 by is there any more pie?

My mother sometimes frets about her attic.  Some of my grandmother’s stuff was stored up there after she died and sometimes my mother frets about the mess overhead. I can understand that.  I can get worked up to a decent fret … Continue reading →

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trucks, jane austen and classic rock

Posted on January 15, 2012 by is there any more pie?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that anyone selling a truck for under $1000 on Craigslist in New England will not speak English. (pardon me, Jane Austen) Everyone who reads Pride and Prejudice once a year raise your hands!!!! During … Continue reading →

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the smelly dog car, part two

Posted on January 13, 2012 by is there any more pie?

Because my truck had been towed away three days after my mother’s lung cancer procedure, I had been a little too busy to shop for a new/used car.   But one afternoon Banjo Man and I went to the local Mazda … Continue reading →

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the smelly dog car, part one

Posted on January 11, 2012 by is there any more pie?

Banjo Man owned a beautiful Pontiac Le Mans when we began dating.  Little did I know it would be the last new car we would own for the next thirty years. My first experience with one of Banjo Man’s used … Continue reading →

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grandma and elvis

Posted on January 10, 2012 by is there any more pie?

Every year my paternal grandmother proudly reminded us her birthday was the same as Elvis Presley’s. January 8th. She was a difficult woman to get close to, but she was clear in her affection for Elvis.  I’m not too sure how she … Continue reading →

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cold gray light of dawn

Posted on January 7, 2012 by is there any more pie?

It’s very dark at 4 AM. I know this because this past month I have been waking up early.  Very early.  In the summers, when sunrise out west begins around 5, I become a temporary morning person.  A morning person … Continue reading →

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the bachelor is back

Posted on January 6, 2012 by is there any more pie?

I’m not embarrassed to tell you that “The Bachelor” on one of my very favorite television shows. It’s the romance writer in me, wanting a happy ending no matter how unrealistic and preposterous.  I watched the first seasons sequestered in … Continue reading →

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