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Friends and Food
My daughter sent me a text they were slaughtering the turkeys. It's that time of year, when after a year of fun and fellowship, they are now going to roast and eat their companions. And they feel pretty good about it. It's important for them to like the things they...
read moreBack Where I Belong
After a two month hiatus due to lack of internet connectivity up in Maine and a surfeit of emotional connectivity back home, I'm back where I belong. My little cabin in the Maine woods reinforced my decision NOT to be a fan of scary books and I enjoyed sitting out on...
read moreHot Days Cool Streams
I'm in the sixth day of my free sample week of BRITBOX and I must admit I love it. I like to watch Welsh shepherds on breezy hills tending their flocks. I love to listen to Monty Don as he messes with "compost" and talks about seedlings. And of course, I'd watch...
read moreRENT A TEEN
A while ago, I realized it's time to de-handicap the bathroom. The VA, and you taxpayers, very kindly provided my Pat with the requiste rails, head and sinks necessary to live with ALS. When we started the project, I think we were both worried he wouldn't live to...
read moreToo Darn Hot
Thanks to EVERYONE who came to the first Literary Event at our wonderful downtown Persnickety Books which happened to also be my first ever book signing. I don't know if I was "glowing" (southern ladies glow you know, never sweat) from nerves or heat, but either way...
read moreFACEBOOK REVIEWS or They’re not ALL relations….
"A great story told in a style reminiscent of Jan Karon, Miss Read and Alexander McCall Smith. It boasts a wonderful cast of characters, each worthy of their own tale...do I see a series??? This is a not a children’s book. It deals with real life issues without shying...
read morewell this is cool
UNESCO added 8, count 'em EIGHT, Frank Lloyd Wright buildings to the World Heritage List. I saw it in the paper this morning. Most exciting, but the paper didn't include photos or links so I'm doing that now....
read moreAll Modes and Roads Lead to a HUGE Show
My family has always loved a good time and when we learned that Hugh Jackman's THE MAN, THE MUSIC, THE SHOW was coming to our hemisphere; had to plan a get together. Our variety of ages from, let us say, post-Medicare to pre-middle school enrollment, determined other...
read moreWhat is This Strange Place?
One of the issues of being an older new singleton is getting out at night. Pat and I went everywhere all the time; even after he was on life support. We saw Book of Mormon one sleety February afternoon at DPAC and attended many concerts in Chapel Hill and Greensboro,...
read moreFriends and Food
My daughter sent me a text they were slaughtering the turkeys. It's that time of year, when after a year of fun and fellowship, they are now going to roast and eat their companions. And they feel pretty good about it. It's important for them to like the things they...
read moreBack Where I Belong
After a two month hiatus due to lack of internet connectivity up in Maine and a surfeit of emotional connectivity back home, I'm back where I belong. My little cabin in the Maine woods reinforced my decision NOT to be a fan of scary books and I enjoyed sitting out on...
read moreHot Days Cool Streams
I'm in the sixth day of my free sample week of BRITBOX and I must admit I love it. I like to watch Welsh shepherds on breezy hills tending their flocks. I love to listen to Monty Don as he messes with "compost" and talks about seedlings. And of course, I'd watch...
read moreRENT A TEEN
A while ago, I realized it's time to de-handicap the bathroom. The VA, and you taxpayers, very kindly provided my Pat with the requiste rails, head and sinks necessary to live with ALS. When we started the project, I think we were both worried he wouldn't live to...
read moreToo Darn Hot
Thanks to EVERYONE who came to the first Literary Event at our wonderful downtown Persnickety Books which happened to also be my first ever book signing. I don't know if I was "glowing" (southern ladies glow you know, never sweat) from nerves or heat, but either way...
read moreFACEBOOK REVIEWS or They’re not ALL relations….
"A great story told in a style reminiscent of Jan Karon, Miss Read and Alexander McCall Smith. It boasts a wonderful cast of characters, each worthy of their own tale...do I see a series??? This is a not a children’s book. It deals with real life issues without shying...
read morewell this is cool
UNESCO added 8, count 'em EIGHT, Frank Lloyd Wright buildings to the World Heritage List. I saw it in the paper this morning. Most exciting, but the paper didn't include photos or links so I'm doing that now....
read moreAll Modes and Roads Lead to a HUGE Show
My family has always loved a good time and when we learned that Hugh Jackman's THE MAN, THE MUSIC, THE SHOW was coming to our hemisphere; had to plan a get together. Our variety of ages from, let us say, post-Medicare to pre-middle school enrollment, determined other...
read moreWhat is This Strange Place?
One of the issues of being an older new singleton is getting out at night. Pat and I went everywhere all the time; even after he was on life support. We saw Book of Mormon one sleety February afternoon at DPAC and attended many concerts in Chapel Hill and Greensboro,...
read more