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Our Vacation

Posted on 08/03/2021 by chick

We brought some of our family games with us. My father even played a few rounds of Stinker and Five Crowns with us, which was awesome, because normally he’s not a big one for games, particularly not in the evening … Continue reading →

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Back Home

Posted on 08/02/2021 by chick

Last week we finally visited my parents. We went up on Tuesday and returned on Saturday. It was a short visit, mostly because we didn’t want to leave our pet rats by themselves for longer without knowing how they’d fare. … Continue reading →

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SITY: Fifth Clover

Posted on 07/31/2021 by chick

Earlier this year I found that black medic had spread into the side yard. I was amazed first by how well established it already was and second by how big the plants were. They were much larger than the ones … Continue reading →

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Because What If?

Posted on 07/28/2021 by chick

Marshall got his first dose of Coronavirus vaccine a few days after he became eligible and he got his his second dose in due course. We had, I think, always assumed that we would vaccinate him, but we still gave … Continue reading →

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Random 7/27/2021

Posted on 07/27/2021 by chick

I don’t know if I mentioned this on my blog earlier, but I got a tetanus shot at my annual physical in June of 2021. Not that the world needs to know this. It’s just that by writing the date … Continue reading →

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Monday Ramblings

Posted on 07/26/2021 by chick

I cleaned my office on Saturday. I dusted and vacuumed. I organized the stuff on the desk and in the drawers. I took out a whole bag of trash, two boxes of old magazines to be disposed of in various … Continue reading →

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SITY: Secret of the Violets

Posted on 07/25/2021 by chick

One late-August day, many years ago, I decided to do a little weeding, and I pulled up a big violet plant that was growing somewhere that it didn’t belong. Near the base of the plant were what appeared to be … Continue reading →

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Different Today

Posted on 07/20/2021 by chick

What made today different from other days? I saw a cardinal. I took a walk on the road. I don’t do that often, so it was different. But the experience reminded me of why I so rarely do that. And … Continue reading →

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Random 7/19/2021

Posted on 07/19/2021 by chick

It’s summer now and the stress is low, but soon I will have to rise early in the morning and send the children back to school as if I were a capable adult and as if the world had returned … Continue reading →

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Goldenrod Tea

Posted on 07/18/2021 by chick

I’m a chicken when it comes to foraging, but I am genuinely interested in trying some of the edible wild plants that I’ve been learning about. I am working up my courage to try them while I expand my knowledge … Continue reading →

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