It has been a long, enjoyable day. Baking and other preparations for the evening, 52 trick or treaters with quite a few books leaving in new hands, friends visiting and enjoying each other's company over the fire bowl ( Read more... )

This morning MyJeff and I took Arrow and Vinnie to a small flea market in Northfield, MN, a small city about 40 miles south and west of our home. We just heard about this market a few days ago and decided to check it out for possibly setting up next year. We liked what we saw, although it is very small. Had a few interesting chats with some very ( Read more... )

MyJeff and I had a fine day yesterday. He visited the Red Cross in the morning and admitted that it didn't hurt much at all and he'll probably do it again. Good ( Read more... )

Saturday, I had an opportunity to put in a few hours at the tax office, so I did. MyJeff and The Boys 3 dropped me off before going their own way onto Guy Adventures. But first taking the time to give my manager and another dog-loving lady who prepares taxes there a chance to get puppy-kisses and give petting and scruffles. They both made a point ( Read more... )

MyJeff is off picking up a friend of ours who doesn't drive, and will bring him over here for pizza and some game or other. The name "Scrabble" has been kicked around, but we shall see what actually occurs.

If I win, I'll tell you all about it later......

Meh. So-so sales. Actually, pretty sad sales ( Read more... )

. . . Didn't really happen. Of the six other women writers who signed up to participate, one contacted me fairly quickly to apologize and explain she'd overlooked that her trip out of state fell over this last weekend. After I sent a reminder email to the remaining five a week ahead of time, I received an email, a phone call, and an in-person: "Won ( Read more... )

Friends of ours from the Bronx (she grew up in Taylors Falls, a little north and east of the Twin Cities) were in the area and arranged to meet us last night. We connected at the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) Museum in St. Paul for picnic-ing and listening to the Blue Grass Duo "The Okee Dokee Brothers". These two young men crafted the songs ( Read more... )

Yestereve MyJeff, the boys, and I picked up our friend KS and her 2 keesies and drove up to the annual cookout at our keeshond breeder friends' place. (I didn't remember that I forgot the camera until we'd been there about an hour. I hate that my memory has become so unreliable ( Read more... )

We met with friends at a buffet restaurant today. Intended on brunch, but they'd switched to lunch by the time we arrived. Should have checked for the relevant hours. A couple of those who'd been planning to attend didn't make it, but five of us ate, visited, and laughed away over two hours. We discussed dogs, writing, missing friends, books, the ( Read more... )