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5-20-22, 9:03pm
I will NEVER overbook myself to help people out in their galleries for 8 days in a row. I just cannot sit that long doing virtually nothing. I was...
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5-20-22, 6:56am
I just finished 2 novels. They were both OK reads, but nothing spectacular:
Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan - Irish immigrant...
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5-20-22, 6:20am
I think you are in the north central part of MA? These are a couple of places I have bookmarked that might be within your range. ...
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5-19-22, 7:03am
I got a nice thank-you message from the woman who got several of my clothing items. Her daughter had taken them from me on her mom's behalf. Mom...
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5-19-22, 6:56am
Early: I love the idea of the dueling scar story! I am quite conscientious about sunscreen at this point in time (closing the barn door a bit late...
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5-19-22, 6:49am
All of the wheels are electric. It is very messy indeed! It's funny because I don't like to get dirty, but I do like to garden, do woodworking, and...
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5-19-22, 6:39am
That is such good news, Tradd! Congratulations!
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5-19-22, 6:35am
Jeppy: In the Berkshires, Ashintully Gardens is all outdoors and free, and Berkshire Botanical Gardens is all outdoors, and I believe it is free on...
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5-18-22, 5:51am
Will do, although it might be awhile before I get around to listing it. May is such a busy month!
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5-18-22, 5:48am
How many bikes do you have? We just have an stationary exercise bike at our house, so I don't really have much to add to the bike conversation.
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5-18-22, 5:44am
Catherine: Yes, there is a lot of wabi-sabi going on so far for the three of us!
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5-17-22, 9:10am
I've always been afraid to bring my houseplants outside for the summer, because then it will look like there is space available in the house, and I...
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5-17-22, 9:07am
I have to say that neither style really speaks to me, but cluttercore is the worst!
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5-17-22, 6:34am
I am taking pottery classes with DH and Sis at a very cool local pottery school/studio. It would be an understatement to say that I am not...
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5-17-22, 6:09am
Having gone through and cleaned our closet the other day, I have 7 articles of my clothing set to go out the door today to women in my town via our...
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5-17-22, 5:59am
LOL, I'm not that big of an ice cream fan, but last week we discovered Friendly's coconut ice cream (from grocery store), and it was so good!
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5-16-22, 5:50am
DH puts curry powder in the breadcrumb mixture for fried chicken and it is delicious!
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5-16-22, 5:43am
I did the semi-annual closet cleanout yesterday.
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5-15-22, 6:15am
You could launch a new hobby as a sculptor:...
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5-15-22, 6:12am
I believe we've only had a handful of days where the temps went over 70, and then yesterday it was 86! So we were running our heat earlier in the...
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5-14-22, 5:50am
That was interesting, Catherine. Thanks for sharing.
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5-13-22, 6:58am
I guess if anyone could actually be considered "pro-abortion," it would be me. I've always thought discussions around the development stage of the...
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5-13-22, 6:09am
Jeppy: I wear foundation but have never worn primer, so I think you'll be OK without it. I'm actually a bit apprehensive about what oil prices will...
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5-12-22, 10:46pm
Yeah, pretty much just shop-sitting...I'm much better when I could manage a gallery/do the displays/inventory/ordering/contacting artists like at my...
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5-12-22, 10:06pm
I'm not hacking it so well at the weed store - WAAAAAAY too much downtime + sitting= BORING! I remember now how much I HATED having to be a...
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5-12-22, 5:53am
I have a lot of annual seedlings: zinnias, sunflowers, tithonia, sweet peas, & cosmos. I think I started some of them too early; I have flower buds...
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5-11-22, 6:25pm
That's lovely, Kay. I think I see two starfish - is that possible?
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5-11-22, 6:13pm
What a wonderful home, and they were practically giving it away!
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5-10-22, 1:01pm
On Mother's Day we watched a momma groundhog gathering leaves in her mouth and bringing them under our shed, so it looks like a crop of baby...
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5-10-22, 8:08am
He's good, Catherine!
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5-9-22, 4:09pm
We started out with a little charcoal Weber years ago, moved to a bigger gas grill, and then went back to a little charcoal Weber, full circle.
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5-9-22, 6:41am
Molly: I agree that researching from a definitive resource is helpful. I did take some notes when I was researching I bonds last year, so I'm happy...
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5-9-22, 6:17am
I am looking forward to hearing your hit single, although I certainly don't want to wish a head cold and sore throat on you. :)
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5-9-22, 6:11am
We went with the simple type of celebration that was so successful at Easter, showing up at Mom's with danish, fresh mixed berries, chocolate-covered...
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5-9-22, 6:03am
If you are willing to tie your money up for at least a year, it would be hard to beat I bonds.
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5-9-22, 5:57am
We've been making incremental progress on garden clean-up, but I don't have much else to report. It looks like the weather gets a bit warmer next...
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5-7-22, 1:56pm
Early: Those sound interesting. I always liked the music of the band Uriah Heep.
You can learn plenty from fiction. One of my recent reads, Our...
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5-7-22, 6:02am
I read this a couple of years ago on a friend's recommendation, because I had never read anything by Woolf. I understand that it's supposed to be...
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5-6-22, 6:01am
DH "hired" me as his regular barber during Covid, and I continue in that role. I've never cut my own hair, other than the obligatory minor hack job...
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5-5-22, 6:49pm
Our FOL has a dedicated room at the library with books for sale all the time, paperbacks 50 cents and hardcovers one dollar, and you can fill a tote...
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5-5-22, 10:45am
I always knew that parenthood wasn't for me, and I'm beyond grateful to live in a place and time that it is actually optional.
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5-5-22, 8:29am
I think this is a reference to something that happened within your family, is that right? I'm a little unclear and just want to understand rather...
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5-5-22, 6:53am
Frugal-one: We spent a few days in Portland last month, and while we were there, I noticed that one of the tiny diamonds had fallen out of my wedding...
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5-5-22, 6:35am
The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin - good novel about racism in the south in the fifties, told through the eyes of a young white girl.
The...
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5-4-22, 5:35am
Yes, that's Raymond and he is a good boy.
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5-4-22, 5:34am
Ah, sounds like I was right!
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5-3-22, 8:53am
Dado: I envision your sunporch as a rather wonderful place!
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5-3-22, 8:50am
Is he eligible for subsidized housing, senior or otherwise? That would really be the best solution for everyone.
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5-3-22, 7:04am
Catherine: I too am sorry about this difficult situation. Of course you will help your BIL because neither you nor DH have it in you to ignore his...
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5-3-22, 6:28am
I am definitely getting most of my books from the library these days, but I also get some passed along from my sister, and I occasionally pick up a...
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5-2-22, 6:04am
I tap into that feeling the best on my nature walks.
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5-2-22, 5:51am
I never saw that movie, so enjoyed the crazy scene!
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5-1-22, 6:18am
Same experience here, so thanks for letting me take advantage of your research!
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5-1-22, 6:09am
A $10 cologne - you are so right! :laff::laff::laff:
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4-30-22, 6:40am
I'm sorry for what you are dealing with. DH and I are both former smokers, and he has a hiatal hernia but refuses to address it. I do think it...
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4-30-22, 6:22am
I don't usually do seeds, but this year I've started a bunch of zinnias, sunflowers and sweet peas, and the seedlings all seem to be doing pretty...
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4-29-22, 6:17am
Wow, so I must finally be considered "cool" because I prefer fiction. I wanted to be cool when I was in HS, and look how long it took me to get...
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4-29-22, 6:07am
We didn't have any side effects from the booster, other than slightly sore arm for me (same as with a flu shot). We had to wait 15 mins on the Group...
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4-28-22, 6:20am
This is a good one, and it's certainly something I strive for, but always a work in progress.
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4-28-22, 6:15am
DH and I got ours too.
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