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12-13-24, 12:30pm
Excessive alcohol in a parent will always put a heavy toll on a child. (ask me how I know :)
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12-12-24, 2:53pm
So awesome! Congratulations on your expanded family!
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12-11-24, 2:06pm
Wow, this is such a timely post! Just recently I've been tearing my hair out and saying, "there has to be a better way!" I started looking at YouTube...
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12-11-24, 11:11am
Where we once looked up to leaders and felt that they had our interests in mind, now the words you hear to describe today's power structure are...
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12-11-24, 8:11am
I read that part of his life experience that may have contributed to his seemingly very contradictory behavior (valedictorian, well-liked, no trouble...
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12-10-24, 8:26pm
I liked it because you just pick a schedule and a route that works for you.
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12-10-24, 4:06pm
I was a Meals on Wheels volunteer my first two years here in VT. I found it rewarding because it's a touchpoint for people who might be lonely or...
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12-7-24, 11:51am
DH and I were definitely experimenters when we signed up for Blue Apron. That took us out of our comfort zone a little. I had never even heard of...
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12-7-24, 11:47am
Speaking of Trump and Biden, does anything think it's interesting how all the optics since the election are suggesting that Joe really is a lame...
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12-7-24, 10:20am
Yes, I had pre-ordered it on the basis of my trust in Robin Wall Kimmerer's ability to write something that I would find a very worthwhile read, and...
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12-6-24, 9:52pm
No, it's not simple. That's the problem.
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12-6-24, 9:25pm
It's not just the heathcare insurers. It's a dance among the pharmaceutical companies, insurers and pharmacy benefit managers and the physician. New...
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12-6-24, 10:46am
The healthcare system is broken. That's the point. No one has to die to make that point. And repealing Obamacare isn't going to do it because...
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12-3-24, 2:24pm
I'll definitely revisit Tom Lake, then. Thanks, rosa!
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12-2-24, 1:25pm
It was probably always beautiful, but it was daunting next to all the little post-war Cape Cods that populated the neighborhood. I think we were like...
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12-2-24, 12:32pm
I agree. Willie Nelson had to get old playing concerts to pay back his IRS debt.
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12-2-24, 12:05pm
Speaking of old houses, have I ever shared this house with you guys? (If I did, please disregard. I think I did, but I am not sure) It was called...
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12-2-24, 10:21am
Sounds interesting! I'll check it out.
We wound up watching two movies about missing kids. The most recent one was The Snowgirl (La Chica de...
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12-2-24, 8:59am
Biden's rationale for pardoning Hunter, according to the news today is, "all the other Presidents did it--why can't I?"
Apparently, Clinton...
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12-2-24, 8:42am
Oh, Our Town! There is a revival on Broadway right now. I'm dying to see it, as I do "collect" staged Our Town experiences. I've seen...
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12-1-24, 8:51pm
I've done a lot with Snapfish--their templates are super easy to use, and you can usually pick up the product at a local business--like Walmart or...
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12-1-24, 7:13pm
Hmm... let's see.
Housing, definitely!
My mortgage is half of my NJ mortgage--and the VT mortgage is a 15-year vs a 30 year so that makes it...
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11-30-24, 9:38am
That's exactly what we used to do in NJ. I still tip my hairdresser in VT. We used to have a really amazing trash collector called Bud who drove the...
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11-29-24, 5:07pm
I saw on the news that parts of the NE got a ton of snow! But we actually just got rain. I'm not sure if the next big storm in the Upper Midwest will...
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11-28-24, 9:12am
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too, happystuff!
I hope everyone has a safe and satisfying day!
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11-28-24, 8:58am
Cool story, rosa! Yes, it is so annoying when you can't remember the name of a song.
To help you out next time, try Shazam, SoundHound or even...
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11-27-24, 8:18pm
Agreed. I sent my sister-in-law a gourmet snack box from a really nice company after my brother died, and now I get, not one, but two, catalogs from...
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11-27-24, 1:29pm
That house is adorable. I love the older homes in good condition. That's why I adore Ocean Grove, but I'm sure I'd be sick to my stomach to see what...
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11-27-24, 12:22pm
Yup. We just put stuff out on the main road and they go. Just last weekend, we got rid of three barrels that way.
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11-27-24, 12:20pm
Oh, man. That is like dipping an orchid (or an iris, or a lily, or a tree) in plastic. Such a sign of the times and the culture that values fast and...
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11-26-24, 3:02pm
I went to LaLeche meetings. Maybe it was because we as a culture were just emerging from the standard practice of bottle-feeding, a lot of the women...
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11-26-24, 1:28pm
Off-topic: rosa, how is that alcohol-free wine? I drink the alcohol-free beer that Teacher Terry recommended years ago (Athletic Brewing Company),...
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11-26-24, 12:21pm
At this point, I'm just curious.. curious how all this stuff is going to play out. If what's beein going on since the election is an indicator, I...
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11-26-24, 12:11pm
It is a good question.
I like how revealing the "man behind the curtain" at Amazon makes you more aware of the manipulative powers behind the...
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11-25-24, 1:50pm
I'm definitely going to check it out. I'm considering doing a personal "Buy Local" challenge that would be documented in detail.. not sure for how...
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11-22-24, 9:48pm
I don't even think it was COVID. I think Tybee is right. I get a drastically different experience here in VT than I did in NJ where we were...
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11-22-24, 9:41pm
That's funny, Alan!!
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11-22-24, 8:09am
We'll be eating at DS2 house. It's funny. We all have houses that are too small for family dinners (except for my former house that is now DS1's...
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11-22-24, 8:02am
This is as much as I could cut and paste without exceeding the character limit of the platform.
Our nation was founded on the basic idea that the...
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11-21-24, 5:49pm
That is wonderful to hear! And so good to hear about the salmon! On my East Coast islands, there are a dozen small farmers within 30 minutes of me,...
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11-21-24, 3:24pm
I certainly would never presume to tell you what you should or shouldn't do with your family farm--the operative word is "family" farm. I don't know...
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11-21-24, 2:52pm
If any good comes out of this crazy administration in terms of things I can really get behind it's the odd bedfellows of Trump and RFK Jr. While I...
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11-21-24, 12:47pm
I looked up Judith Butler--I didn't know of her. I'm not that interested in radical feminism. The radical feminist I'm most familiar with and have...
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11-20-24, 4:58pm
I don't like all of her articles, either, but she's a great writer--funny and smart.
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11-20-24, 3:48pm
I just read about that from one of my favorite political/culture wars Substack writers, who simply goes by the name of Lyz
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11-20-24, 9:49am
So horribly tragic, TMS. I'm so sorry.
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11-19-24, 6:04pm
Haha! A lot of people believe that conspiracy about themselves. I call that the "Whiner's Conspiracy Theory." Sometimes DH will pull something, "Why...
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11-19-24, 12:34pm
Maybe the Ministry of Silly Walks will be next
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11-19-24, 11:34am
yo
OK, thanks for that. I also poked around a little on the internet and it does seem it was an OK bill, not a great bill. But it's true that...
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11-19-24, 8:17am
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/politics/gop-senators-angry-trump-immigration-deal/index.html
We were super close to a bipartisan bill that Trump...
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11-19-24, 8:10am
I think those are great examples.
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11-18-24, 6:21pm
Interesting article about Rob Henderson and how he came to coin the term luxury beliefs:...
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11-18-24, 3:15pm
That sums it up.
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11-18-24, 2:05pm
I think one thing is the immigration thing. Another thing is the perception that because he's a businessman he's better for the economy than...
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11-18-24, 9:56am
I'm not surprised the MAGA crowd has been emboldened. There may be many like my DH. The only other Republican in our family is my DIL, who gifted DH...
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11-18-24, 9:50am
rosa, that sounds wonderful!! Yes, one gardener can be passionate, but a group of gardeners working on a project together can be so inspiring! I'm...
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11-17-24, 7:04am
I love that.
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11-16-24, 10:58pm
And I desperately wanted the stick-straight fine hair that defined the 60s--all the Beatles' wives had the same hairdo and that's what I wanted,...
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11-16-24, 11:21am
Geez, happystuff, that's terrible! Your time is worth so much more than that.
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11-15-24, 7:31pm
Thanks for letting us know! I found it on YouTube. Great interview. I love Bernie. Honestly. And he was so curmudgeonly to the interviewer, but I...
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