Witchflower's Garden of Miscellany

Monday, September 27, 2004

Can’t Buy Me Love

I was searching on the Net today for something that involved the word "money" and came across a couple of interesting Web sites. The first one is www.whereisgeorge.com. This one has been around for a while, but I’d forgotten about it. This must be for people with time on their hands, because you... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 13, 2004

Memories, Good and Bad - III

I'll try to remember the things my grandparents did in the 1940s and 50s that seem very far-thinking to me now. My parents practiced many of these economies as well. It was the thing to do, not because it was politically correct, but because it was thrifty and minimized waste. A lot of the extra... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 9, 2004

Hell is for Shoppers - Conclusion

When my husband drove truck, he was gone for five days at a time. He took groceries along with him to defray expenses. I remember one of the times we shopped together. He usually asked that our items be bagged separately, even though one of us pays for the whole order. This particular time, he put... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 8, 2004

Hell is for Shoppers - Part 2

(Three plastic bags) One contained several frozen items and the bag of hot chicken. (This really gets me! Are we defrosting or cooling?) One contained refrigerated items along with nonperishables and one frozen item. One contained the eggs with a two pound bag of carrots on top of them, and of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 7, 2004

Hell is for Shoppers

I have a love/hate relationship with shopping. I used to love it; now I hate it. When I loved it, I really loved it, in all its forms from mall shopping to discount store shopping to grocery shopping. I didn’t even mind shopping with no money because I could walk around the stores and plan what I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 4, 2004

Punch and Block

We have a new grandson, born almost a month ago. He lives about a thousand miles away from us, so for now we have to be content with pictures. We have a really cute one from the hospital. He’s nice and red, he has my husband’s forehead and hairline, he’s frowning at the light, and his right hand is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2004

Laughing Through Our Tears

This week one of our animal family members died. He was originally ours, but he loved our daughter so much his place was always with her, even after she got married. He moved with her. It hurts so much to lose an animal companion. And for some reason, it seems to bring back all the memories of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 30, 2004

Memories, Good and Bad - II

My grandparents acquired a lake cottage sometime around the time I was born. The purpose was to get away from the city air (this would have been the early to mid-1940s). In summer, my grandma would "move" to the cottage (in my childhood, the 30-mile drive seemed like quite an excursion to all of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Paring Down the Bedpans - Post moved to this category

I felt this blog was misplaced in "The Witchflower Path." It has nothing to do with writing, I'm not sure why I put it there. So, I moved it, but don't want it to seem like I'm looking for extra clicks. New home, same story. I just have to comment a bit on the place where I’m employed. It’s a state... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 29, 2004

Memories, Good and Bad

My grandmother has been in my thoughts a lot lately. Although she has been dead for over 20 years, my father’s mother was a strong influence during my childhood. We rented the downstairs flat in my grandparents’ home, so they were built-in babysitters and sort of secondary parents. If my younger... Sign in to see full entry.

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