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Getting Somewhat Better at Art (and Congratulations to the T-Shirt Winner!)
Recently I read the book Finding A Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art by Nicholson Baker, and if you are looking for a pleasant summer read that has more pictures than text, I highly recommend this book. (That… Continue reading
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A Bird Update, A Giveaway Update and a Chance to Win a T-Shirt
The Bird Update Back when we first noticed a robin diligently carrying pieces of grass back and forth from the yard to a spot he had found under our deck earlier this year, I did a little bit of research… Continue reading
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Happy Sky Boom Day
There’s a very good chance that tomorrow is going to be a noisy night. Depending on what sort of person you are you will either be outside admiring the pretty fireworks or hunkered down inside with a pair of noise-cancelling… Continue reading
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Bad Chair Day
It’s 10 a.m. on an impossibly hot Friday in June, and the Home Depot customer service counter is teeming with women renting vans to move secondhand furniture. Two spots down from me a woman here to rent a Home Depot… Continue reading
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Where's an Ice Cream Truck When You Need One?
I grew up in the New Jersey suburbs where ice cream trucks regularly roamed our neighborhoods in the summer months. These days, I live in a more rural part of the Garden State, and so it’s been a long time… Continue reading
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Cause for Celebration
I recently returned from a visit to Maine to visit and celebrate with family. The weekend’s celebrations centered around my niece and her graduation from high school. It’s hard for me to wrap my head around this, but her high… Continue reading
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Celebrity Bowling (and a Bird Update)
We don’t have traditional over-the-air television here. We live pretty far out in the country, in a river valley and there’s simply no way to pick up live TV here without a cable subscription. (This past winter we did try… Continue reading
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Win a Book Bundle
Summer had its unofficial start this week, and one of my favorite summer activities is sitting outside in the sun, reading a book. (Okay, full disclosure, reading is one of my favorite activities year round, but in the summer it… Continue reading
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More New Neighbors
Alissa Grosso Things are moving along on getting the house next door fixed up for Ron’s parents, but in the meantime we have some more new neighbors, and they’re even closer. How close? Well, right under our deck, as it… Continue reading
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Under a Dark Cloud
First, off despite the ominous title things are going pretty well here. It’s pretty much all sunshine and roses or at least sunshine and dandelions. Though, technically it’s only sunshine in the metaphorical sense of the word, because let me… Continue reading
Creativity and Contentment 