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I’m Lichen It

Posted on 01/05/2010 by chick

Many of the trees in our yard and in the neighboring state park have alarmingly large patches of lichen on them. I was beginning to wonder if the patches were indicative of some underlying weakness or disease in the trees, … Continue reading →

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Favorite Princess

Posted on 01/04/2010 by chick

I don’t want to spend too much of 2010 writing about books from 2009, but I’ve got to finish up these reading posts, so here’s a quick one. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Grade: A+ In A Little … Continue reading →

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How We Greeted 2010

Posted on 01/03/2010 by chick

We were invited out to dinner on the last night of 2009, but we declined. We were simply too tired, and the thought of dealing with our son in public at the time of the evening when he is at … Continue reading →

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The Books of 2009

Posted on 01/02/2010 by chick

I’m so far behind on my reading posts that I wasn’t sure until today how many books I had read in 2009. I added some titles to my Book Love page and did a quick count, and it seems I … Continue reading →

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Another Year Gone By

Posted on 12/30/2009 by chick

Other people are doing this on their blogs and it seems like a nice way to look back over the year. Here’s the first paragraph of the first post for each month of 2009. January 17: The Internet has its … Continue reading →

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Not Enough Time in the Day

Posted on 12/29/2009 by chick

I have a problem. I have too many hobbies and not enough time. Most of my day is taken by my full-time job, my full-time baby, and my full-time house. There isn’t much time left for blogging, reading, writing, piano … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Day

Posted on 12/21/2009 by chick

Yesterday was a beautiful day. The snow continued to fall all morning and into the afternoon. Then we were blessed with a glorious pink sunset. My thanks to FR for letting me know about the sunset. I had a cold … Continue reading →

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The Adventure of Peeps: Part VII

Posted on 12/20/2009 by chick

Please don’t mind the roughness of this installment. I’ll flesh it out later. For now, I just want to get another part of the story down. For the first part of the story, click here. “Come,” said the toad to … Continue reading →

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Busy, Busy, Blue

Posted on 12/20/2009 by chick

Total blog neglect—it ought to be a crime. It isn’t, though, so I won’t be hauled before a judge right now, at least not for that. They might try to get me for admitting to a love a snow, since … Continue reading →

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Good News for the GLP

Posted on 11/29/2009 by chick

An added benefit of the Marplethon is that I can get rid of all my Marple books. I have my blog to remind me of how I felt about each one so it’s unlikely that I’ll ever feel the need … Continue reading →

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