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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

"On The Road" again, maybe

Cold Little House on The Prairie We’ve had a cold snap here in Beautiful Downtown Mundane. Our 72 degree high with sunshine on Saturday turned to scudding clouds and windy conditions by Monday – during which time I managed to line up six big paper bags of leaves along the curb. But the wind had its... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

"Now is the winter of our discontent,"

I don't think truer lines were never written. "Discontent" certainly puts a finger on the mood that prevails here in drab downtown Mundane. I was out raking at the vast carpet of leaves that has overwhelmed the postman's footpath, the gravel driveway, the breadth and depth of any flat surface. It... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 1, 2017

Apologies to My Blogit Friends

Most days I am a lazy slug, sitting in the La-Z-Boy, watching the news, my soap opera, the judge somebody shows. I do have a crochet hook in my hand (it’s either that or a cookie), and there is an inventory of a couple hundred hats, scarves, doo-dads & thing-a-ma-bobs to show for it. I sometimes... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Wednesday

I thought I’d get a bit organized starting with the magazine file boxes of old issues of Writer’s Digest. I read each issue when it arrived and tucked it in the file box, not always faithful to the filing. So there are gaps – 2013 is somewhere else or tossed – but there are 2012, 14, 15, 16 and 17.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Homesick? Invisible?

Not many folks had shown up at The Center on Tuesday, and the phone had been quiet. The kitchen gals had finished their set-ups the coffee was on, and they’d settled in for a round of Pinochle just about the time the phone call came in. Lady with a question. Calling from her apartment at Stillwater,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Poets, Verse and Worse

Mrs. Newton and lesser teachers at dear old MHS said Joyce Kilmer’s “Trees” was worse than all the rest. “Cliché,” she said, “and mundane crap at its very best.” Which put most of the class in defensive mode, We thought her opinion was a “load.” “I think that I shall never see / a poem lovely as a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 27, 2017

Itty Bitty Mystery Solved

Three or four weeks ago I thought I heard a faint knock on my door. I was bopping around the house in my PJ’s – a ratty old gray sweat- shirt and my pink fuzzy bathrobe. I took a second to tie the belt and went to the door, feeling a bit embarrassed to still be in night gear at nine a.m. Nobody was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 26, 2017

PAT’S HATS, HANDMADE CREATIONS

Did I mention that a surprise package arrived in my mailbox a couple weeks ago? It was a bundle of tiny fabric labels – the kind that manufacturers sew into garments. I love the fact that some tee-shirt makers have gotten rid of these labels and taken to printing their name inside the necklines of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 25, 2017

Mashed Potato Candy – the result

We gathered Friday evening for supper at Chava’s, a popular Mexican restaurant around the corner from St. B’s – walked over from the house as darkness began to fall. There were seven of us including son Rich’s new girlfriend and son Russ’s stepdaughter, my chosen granddaughter. The new girlfriend is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 24, 2017

Mashed Potato Candy

We bought a prepared dinner from the supermarket for our Thanksgiving gathering. Rusty ordered it, a 12 pound Butterball pre-cooked, mashed potatoes, dressing, green-bean casserole, and mixed veggies. All go into the oven to warm up, 140 degrees internal temp. for the turkey. There were also rolls... Sign in to see full entry.

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