Category Archives: rhode island

what’s inside box #17

Posted on December 5, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Box #17 (or was it #27??  or #189??) contained baby clothes and blankets.  A couple of them brought back wonderful memories.  But the rest were a mystery.  Why on earth had I carted this box around for 30+ years? But … Continue reading →

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giving thanks for an old recipe

Posted on November 24, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!! Wherever you are and whatever kind of pie you’re eating after your turkey dinner, I hope you have people you love around you. And lots of volunteers to help with the dishes. My grandmother’s traditional Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

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steel me away

Posted on November 23, 2011 by is there any more pie?

November 20 was the quarterly meeting of the Rhode Island Steel Guitar Association.  (click HERE for their website–I’ll be working up a blog for them soon) I figured now that I own a lap steel guitar, I should learn how to … Continue reading →

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rhode island saturdays

Posted on November 20, 2011 by is there any more pie?

In September, October, November and December, our Saturdays revolve around this: It’s a family tradition, after all.  Even on our wedding day, when we’d made it all the way to a motel in Massachusetts (we had no idea where we … Continue reading →

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brave and contagious…

Posted on November 18, 2011 by is there any more pie?

I Am Brave, because I entered the consignment store that disparaged my taste in furniture and very politely asked if there was a check for me .  Did any of my beloved crap happen to sell? I took my mother … Continue reading →

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mountains of glass

Posted on November 17, 2011 by is there any more pie?

I was minding my own business Tuesday, having delivered chicken pot pies to the iron-lacking friend up north in the Big Suburb, when my cell phone rang. My cell phone rarely rings when I am in Rhode Island.  We have … Continue reading →

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inferior dough

Posted on November 15, 2011 by is there any more pie?

We all know that, as far as shopping at W**M**t is concerned, you have to be in the mood.  Or you have to at least be prepared for whatever you see or hear or trip over or smell or for … Continue reading →

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chinese jazz on saturday night

Posted on November 14, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Yep.  Chinese jazz. I’m not sure how to explain this: Chan’s is a restaurant and blues club in the far reaches of northern rhode island.  Thank goodness our friends had a GPS system so we could find our way.  I’m … Continue reading →

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sole survivor of the september purge

Posted on November 2, 2011 by is there any more pie?

…and two weeks later… I’m not sure about using the white matelese coverlet–it wrinkles– to cover the foam cushion, but the old quilt’s colors are too busy. I wish I had been born with a decorating gene.  I guess I missed … Continue reading →

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my brother’s birthday

Posted on October 30, 2011 by is there any more pie?

…is on Halloween! We spent our elementary-school years in a “Leave It To Beaver” neighborhood.  We walked to school.  And walked home for lunch–peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  Then we walked back to school.  Yes, even in three feet of … Continue reading →

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