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In Which I Ramble
I broke out my latest book with thoughts of doing a Whatcha Readin’ Wednesday, but got no farther than the epigraph before I went tumbling down a rabbit hole. So “Eleanor Oliphant” is on hold. First,...
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Music to Snooze By
It’s a big, heavy vehicle that scrapes and scoops the snow before it - you don’t tend to think of it as producing a wide range of sounds - but a snow plow can perform a symphony of sounds, all in...
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A Little Something For Monday...
I thought I’d used this already but I can’t find where I did…So here you go:***********You’re welcome.😁
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My Fickle Fictional Heart
I won't lie - I do this.Of course, I also suffer from fictional infidelity, since my affections careen wildly between Charles Cornick and Jamie Fraser. (Perhaps both? “Yoohooo, boys…!”)But lately, I've...
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Of Safe Words and Traffic Signals
My safewords are pretty standard: Green is “I’m good, keep going” Yellow is “Don’t stop… but please take your foot off the gas” Red is “Stop - Now!”One lovely thing about being together so long,...
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The Fortune Cookie Writer Saw Me Coming
Because seriously, is this me, or what?(Altho’ I must say that balance may be more than that, but I still consider any day where I manage to achieve the minimum standard to be a good one!)
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Fragmented Finale
Well, February Fragments is wrapping up for another year.I know my February posts aren’t top-heavy with content and may feel like a cheat to some but the project still serves my originally stated...
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Just Checking In...
Well, my winter torpor has passed off and somehow, without any prior intent, the return of daylight and energy has landed me face down in another big project in my house. Unlike the Worlds Longest...
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Secular Sacrilege
I wondered if there might be some sort of Spock Easter greeting out there, so I googled… and stumbled across this horror:Now, I love absurdity as much as the next person, but some ideas are...
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Things I Have Learned Since We Last Spoke
Well, *that* month sure got away from me! I figured I'd better stick my head in and say, "hi!" ... and maybe let you know what's been going on - which is basically, a lot of challenges and lessons...
View ArticleYard Sale Adventures
I was committed to hosting one ("Location, location, location!") but not actually ready for it. The day arrived, however... and at some point, you have to just say, “All this is really going to cost me...
View ArticleA Bit Surprising...
So here we are, emerging from a pandemic and ready to get our lives back to normal. Wheeee!Except… what’s normal now?Because like it or not, things have changed. Fifteen months is time enough to shift...
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My Week of Baader Meinhof Phenomenon
(Also apparently called “blue car” or “red car” syndrome? I dunno. I just googled, “phrase for learning a word then seeing it everywhere”… because I knew it had a name!)Anyhow, my new word has induced...
View ArticleLexicological Land Mines
If you’ve read here any length of time, you’ll know that I tend to bumble my way through life. I’ve never really found my niche, nor have I ever really found my anchor. (Well, SP is kind of my rock but...
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Frustrations of the Season
It hasn’t precisely been a bad summer… work is sucking eggs and Mother Nature is trying to either kill us or drive us insane with the weather patterns she’s created for Summer 2021… but there is plenty...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m not dead, nor even ailing…, just stupid busy and beseiged by annoying setbacks.(I’d say I’ve been running around like a chicken with its head cut off, but that seems inappropriately tactless on...
View ArticleCloset Organization
The past couple of months have been a crazy race against time, pivoting between multiple tasks to take best advantage of the circumstances of each day: frantically painting while temps were above 50º,...
View ArticleChristmas Eve 2021
Here’s hoping we ALL get what we want for Christmas!All the best, my patient friends.Merry Christmas!
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A Little of This, A Little of That...
Just a few idle thoughts from the snowbound.If the power stays on, I may flesh the thoughts out... otherwise, it’s bullets, baby.My electric company is sending me emails, reminding me to charge all my...
View ArticleMerry Christmas - 2022 Version
Hello there! Remember me?Yes, it’s been a while. No, nothing’s wrong, I'm in fine fettle. No crises, no drama.BG’s still around… and SP, too. (He’s even closer, actually. Still thousands of miles away,...
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