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Down the Shore
I’ve recently returned from a long weekend trip down to the Jersey Shore. My sister, brother-in-law and nephew made the trek down from Maine, while my world-traveling parents headed up from whatever their previous port of call was. We hit… Continue reading
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Lunches and Wildlife (sort of) Sightings
My parents are in the midst of a more-than-a-month-long trip to New Jersey and other northern points. Last week I met up with them for a couple of lunches. First, a lunch at a pizzeria owned by a friend of… Continue reading
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Do You Wanna Dance?
Over the weekend my sister texted me a link to this Facebook video, which our cousin had sent to her. In case you don’t feel like watching a video, there’s a screenshot above, which gives you a pretty good idea… Continue reading
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Sunday Never Happened
Since I did throw some shade on my family members and their challenges with technology in last week’s post, I feel it’s only fair to own up to my own tech failings, which led to pretty much an entire day… Continue reading
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Let’s Try This Again
The theme of the week is let’s try this again. Or it’s one step forward, two steps back. Or maybe perhaps it’s two steps forward, one step back, she says optimistically. Whether it’s work getting done next door (yes, still)… Continue reading
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The Bears
With everything we had going on this year, it had been awhile since we had the card in our trailcam to record our backyard visitors, but a few weeks ago, we found some time to put the card back in,… Continue reading
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Strange Birds
A nuthatch has moved into our flower pot. It’s a hanging basket filled with lantana flowers. Two mornings in a row I was watering the plant when a bird flew right in front of my face close enough that I… Continue reading
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Ghost Number!
The other day we were in the kitchen watching the deer in the backyard when something must have spooked them. They took off running, but not together. They scattered in half a dozen different directions, and it looked to all… Continue reading
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Email Memories
About once a week or so, Gmail sends me an email warning that I am using 80 percent of my storage. My first snarky reply is to say (at least in my head) hey I would use less storage if… Continue reading
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Displays in the Sky, Gourmet Deer and Other Stuff
Washing machines come and washing machines go. We thought we would be one more step further along in the never ending house project, but its more of a one step forward two steps back kind of situation around here. At… Continue reading
Creativity and Contentment 