Photo Friday

I am working feverishly on a the book my DH and I are going to print on very soon, and because I do my best work with the axe of a deadline over my neck, I have few spare moments. Rereading my post from yesterday, I noticed that my brain is not yet fully engaged [...]

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Reading in bed

I think it a particularly sad commentary on my life that the only time I will actually take time to read and lie about like a deserving slug is when I am sick. Yesterday, surrounded by boxes of Kleenex, glasses of water, piles of lozenges and a portable phone, I read. Shamelessly.
I devoured Maisie [...]

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Naughty Early Sesame Street

Did you hear about the warnings now affixed to the DVDs of early episodes of Sesame Street? How some of the story lines “may not suit the needs of today’s pre-school child?” Hmm, let’s see, there’s Oscar, a guy who lives in a garbage can and eats trash; as a friend put it, wouldn’t that [...]

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Ten Things Tuesday – COLDS

Yesterday, I somewhat facetiously stated that I gave myself a week before I got sick. Sometimes, I should just shut up. My daughter and I are sick together today.
At 4 AM, I awoke with a sore throat and a runny nose; hello acute viral nasophyrngitis, you unwelcome menace. Did you know, [...]

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My baby’s home, Sick

After an well-intended attempt at sleeping over at a friend’s home, my ten-year old daughter phoned at 11 pm on Saturday (I was in bed but not yet asleep) for me to come get her. I put a coat over my jammies and jumped into Bob’s car.
As soon as I saw her, just 5 hours [...]

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Attack of the blackberry bush

Today we took advantage of lovely and barely chilly weather to do all the things outside that we have been avoiding for weeks. While husband Bob and Woody drained and moved all of the heavy garden machinery -the chipper, the mower, and the tiller – I went through the front garden and cut down and [...]

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The Green Meme

I found this on Charlotte’s Web from last year and added to it, using the “It’s a Green, Green World” article from last week’s Boston Globe online.
1. What do you for the birds and the bees?
In the summer, my 4 months of flowering greenery in my front garden attracts a crazy conglomeration [...]

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PIGS IN SPACE!! with Python John

The Muppet Show, replete with Kermit, Piggy, Kermit’s portly porcine would-be paramour, and the rest of the gang, was a show that was sometimes more miss than hit, but brilliant nonetheless.  I very fondly remember the show (2 seasons have thus far been released), and my children have taken to it enthusiastically. [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

This year, we may well have the company of a dear friend, who drives often from Montreal to visit with us. Unfortunately, the weather gods have dumped INCHES of snow along the mountain passes around Vermont and she, having three-year old all-season tires, is justifiably nervous about the journey. So, she might have [...]

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Bring on the Distractions: Updated

Do you Pandora?
As I putter, awaiting the early-release arrival of my daughters, I am baking, organizing and preparing for our Thanksgiving feast. There are lists of to dos – pies to bake, dishes to prep way the heck ahead of time, and surfaces to clear. While I scurry around, I have Pandora’s new [...]

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