Monday, May 12, 2014
Pseudo Surrebutter
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” ~ Hunter S. Thompson This Mother's Day weekend...
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Saturday, May 10, 2014
I Found Out
Late last night, actually in the very early hours of the morning before even the trill of the first birds, I got into searching out pictures on the Internet of celebrities without their makeup. It is kind of shocking, but in a way comforting. It really brings home the fact that I am not the only...
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Friday, May 9, 2014
No Rent Increase Please
From out of nowhere men have come (five or six) with a truck bearing loads of nice, long, expensive wood planks. They have set up in our yard, right below our deck, a construction saw, a cement mixer, a large wheelbarrow. They have dug post holes and set some of the shortened planks in the holes....
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
Morel Time
For those of you who have never eaten a wild morel mushroom, cooked to perfection ( Go to #32 - Best Fried ), I thought you might be interested in our family's history of the search for morels every May. I personally haven't gone foraging for them since Grandson Peter was an active young pre-teen...
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Monday, May 5, 2014
Neighboring, Is It Good Or Bad?
"I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?" ~ Mother Teresa, Calcutta, India This evening, in visiting Son #3 and Grandson Phil and seeing the growth in their garden pots, the tiny fruit on their apple, peach and plum trees, and while collecting...
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