Category Archives: rhode island

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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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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