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Music Appreciation

I was at my mother-in-law’s this past Saturday continuing to clean out and organize the garage and workshop. In my digging, I managed to unearth a bunch of record albums, including this one: I...

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Rescue Dog

Nicole worries that I am disappointed in her. I try to convince her that is not the case. I may have made some headway with this conversation: (Nicole) Copper got into the food in...

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Ferguson

I’ve been thinking about Ferguson since it happened and reading a lot of discussion related to it. All of the facts are not yet out about what transpired, but this fact is consistent: an...

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

As well as buses, feet, and kayaks. Those are the modes of transportation Meagan and I used while I visited her in DC this weekend. First I took the Boston Express bus from Tyngsborough...

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Badges

I went out to dinner last week with two friends. (My daughter: “You have friends?”) I was asked not to use their real names, so I will call them Chrysanthemum and Cherry Plum. Or...

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6 Months

I’ve been blogging for six months now. When I first started, blogging was outside my comfort zone. It still is. Here are some of the fears I’ve had to overcome. First, I’ve had to...

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Summer Gardens

I have changed my technique for weeding. Instead of doing squats the whole time, I kneel with the use of an attractive pair of knee pads I now own. I can weed for much...

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What’s in a Name?

I’ve become enthralled by a certain Facebook group for Wellesley alums to which I belong. The variety of topics is amazing. (The other day, for instance, there was a question about Ring Pops.) One...

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Puttering Around

For those of you who think all I do is go on vacation, I would like it to be known that I did manage to accomplish a couple of things. First, I painted the...