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Xmas dinner 2019
Some things were a bit different this year ( Read more... ) -
Thanksgiving dinner 2019
While it's fresh in my mind ( Read more... ) -
An interesting visit
Yesterday afternoon, as we were sitting on our porch enjoying the unusual late-summer warmth, a man and a woman in their 60s approached from the back of the lot; the man hailed us, introduced himself, and said that his grandfather had built the house. He asked if they could take some pictures to show his 96-year-old mother, who had spent most of ( Read more... ) -
Talking baseball
This entry from susandennis reminded me of a bit of my own history as a baseball fan, which I will put behind a cut to save screen space for those of you not interested.
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Xmas dinner, 2018
Just to keep the record up-to-date ( Read more... ) -
Thanksgiving dinner 2018
This year's Thanksgiving feast, for the record ( Read more... ) -
New TV show report
I'm not going to be as thorough as susandennis, but I'm going to report on the new shows we checked out last night:
New Amsterdam: I'm a firm no. jwg is "probably not", but wants to give it another chance. (You can see where this is going ( Read more... ) -
Was that enough?
After being away for 2½ weeks (fabulous trip to Georgia [no, the other one] and Armenia, jwg will eventually post pictures), it was time to address the garden -- which is in pretty good shape, thanks to a kind friend who stopped by to water as necessary -- where there were a few holes that we would have addressed earlier if we'd been here. Of course, ( Read more... ) -
How I was both careless and stupid
Well, nobody dies, and the inconvenience is definitely minor and first-world, but still ( Read more... ) -
Things that work (jury duty)
I received in yesterday's mail a summons for jury duty -- my first in many years -- scheduled for mid-July in Woburn (MA). The card encouraged me to respond online, providing the URL of the relevant site, plus a "Badge #" and PIN for identification purposes ( Read more... )