Dear LJ friends,

It's time for LJ and I to part company.  This will be my last entry to show up on LJ.  It's been an amazing 12+ years but it is time to go elsewhere due to moving of the servers to Russia and their criminalization of LBGT materials.  I am exporting everything to Dreamwidth - you can find me over there under the same name.

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Hubby and I made the best use of a rainy afternoon with a trip to Watertown to see the Flat Earth Theatre production of  "Silent Sky" by Lauren Gunderson.  I always enjoy seeing other theaters and folks I know from Theatre@First in a different setting.  The play was performed on a simple yet elegant set in a black box theater with 80 seats in 5 ( Read more... )

Do you need a laugh? or a lot of laughs? Seems like we all do these days!

I have just the thing - Theatre@First, the community theater I have fun with in Somerville, is presenting Moliere’s madcap comedy “Tartuffe” this weekend and next. Pop over to Davis Square for a meal in a funky restaurant, then make your way to a church basement turned into a ( Read more... )

I cooked four nights in a row this week and ate leftovers the fifth night!  I don't think that has ever happened before, and may never happen again. The stars aligned with work being relatively quiet and Hubby out at rehearsals every night, so I took the time to use up supplies on the shelves and satisfy some cravings for dishes I can't delivered ( Read more... )

Some quick notes for the record so I'll remember what we did to celebrate our 20th anniversary!

We started early and ran late, spreading the festivities out over more than a week!

Sunday, October 23
We had a wonderful day in RI!  We had a delicious German lunch at Redlefsen's in Bristol, then headed off to the South Shore Beach in Little Compton ( Read more... )

Sara's Journey
From the farm to Spruce Knoll
From the South to the North
From the sandy white soil where tobacco grows best to the strawberry patch in the big city cemetery that feeds the birds and squirrels.
Ashes to ashes... dust to dust.

From daughter and sister to teacher, wife, mother, grandmother and friend to people all over the world. ( Read more... )

Neil's dad died this morning after a week in hospice care. I didn't see him many times, but he was always nice to me.  There was always a funny card and a check on my birthday and at Christmas.  And terrible puns (Neil's comes by that trait honestly) with a twinkle in his eye and a little knowing chuckle as we all groaned.  He was tremendously ( Read more... )

We went to Lake Winnipesaukee!  Overnight! After 17 months of seeing my mom through her final days, jousting with calendars, and weeks looking for a lakefront room, the stars finally aligned to get us out of town to NH!  List of wonderful businesses we frequented:

Restaurants
Kitchen Cravings - breakfast and lunch place
Tavern 27 - tapas and piano ( Read more... )

Have you been to the North Shore Music Theatre?  You should go!

My mom's cousin in CA sent me a check after her death and asked me to use it to "give your niece joy!"  So yesterday we adventured to Beverly to see the "Mary Poppins" matinee at the North Shore Music Theatre.

That movie was one of my favorites as a child.  I saw it EIGHT times in the ( Read more... )

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