Thursday, October 31, 2013
Spider Webs And Mud Dauber Nests
New tires, new tires...mounted...balanced...whatever else they do for them, is done. The fellow who did the work had one comment to make: "That car must have been sitting for an awful long time." "Well, I don't drive it a lot, but why do you say that?" "The whole underside of it was covered with...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Not Guilty
It's a wonderful day for hibernating, all gray and wet and drippy. Just staying inside, looking out the windows, and eating grilled hot pepper cheese on rye/pumpernickel combo bread, and listening to the Westminster clock that once belonged to Aunt Evva chime away each 15-minute period. And, I don't...
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Monday, October 28, 2013
To Wash Your Hands Can Make You Happy
When I come home, from anywhere at all, I am not happy until I wash my hands--really wash them, singing the song, Happy Birthday To You...., twice, for the length of washing. It's like rolling a burdensome stone off of my shoulders and a sense of freedom to touch anything at all without worry. I...
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Sunday, October 27, 2013
Are You Getting Tired Of Baby Pictures Yet?
I can just imagine what she is writing: "Hurry up and come home Daddy. Your "Baisy" is waiting for you." That's how she says baby, "baisy". She can't seem to get the second "b" in there. Guess what I am cooking.....cabbage.....cabbage and potato soup, and it smells so good.
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Saturday, October 26, 2013
This Old House
Everyone is pitching in to help, except for me. Unless you call playing with Marianna "helping". That seems more like fun to me. She's a bugger. Here she managed to get around the baby gate at the bottom of the stairs and climb to the top before anyone caught her at it. Peter and Angelia bought an...
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