Category Archives: rhode island

out of the closet #2

Posted on October 26, 2011 by is there any more pie?

I can’t remember where I bought this.  I think it was in a plastic grocery sack at the Brimfield Antique Fair and I probably intended to cut it up for the vintage Christmas stockings I used to make for the … Continue reading →

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out of the closet #1

Posted on October 22, 2011 by is there any more pie?

I thought you might like to see some of the strange things that I found while cleaning.  I bought this beauty for $10 at a local flea market so my daughters could have fun dressing up in it.  We played … Continue reading →

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what’s in box #14?

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

Not a hat. Not an umbrella. Yes, it’s a lampshade. And it’s made from some kind of hide. What kind of leather do you think this is?  It’s pretty darn thick.  And the spokes are metal.   I’d shop for a … Continue reading →

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waiting for the dust to settle

Posted on October 17, 2011 by is there any more pie?
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hurray! company!

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

My friend Ruth likes scotch.  We met about 10 years ago when I volunteered to help with the local Animal Rescue League and she was about to become the director of the shelter.  For three years in a row we … Continue reading →

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company’s coming

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

I guess I shouldn’t have fired the maid. p.s. pay no attention to the giant box of denture cleaner–it’s very sad that Banjo Man and I have lost all of our teeth.

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stink bug chicken recipe

Posted on October 12, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Sounds appetizing, doesn’t it. We call it that because one evening in Idaho, when our friends Barbara (also known as “Grandma Om”) and Om stayed for a typically chaotic family dinner, a stink bug dropped from the chandelier and plopped in … Continue reading →

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our friend nancy

Posted on October 11, 2011 by is there any more pie?

My friend Nancy was a kind, genuine, outspoken, loyal, generous, talented woman who died of cancer a year ago today. She was revered by her writing students, to the point where her other friends and I would tease her unmercifully … Continue reading →

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saturday, october 8

Posted on October 9, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Why I am too tired to blog tonight.

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gone, gone, gone…or not exactly?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by is there any more pie?

I just received a call from the owner of the consignment store.  She was not happy about the quality of my furniture (I guess my photos made it look better than in person?  I dunno).  I was afraid she was calling to … Continue reading →

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