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Dain Bramage
I kid you not when I say that by the end of the last school year I was starting to get very worried about the state of my brain. After nearly two years of early waking plus trouble sleeping (thanks, … Continue reading
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Reading Report: Mid-July 2025
My reading count for 2025 is now up to 12. That’s nothing to brag about, but should I not read anything else this year, at least I’ll have already reached the “one book per month” level and won’t have to … Continue reading
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Always a Place for Bouquets
I keep a collection of small vases so that I’ll always have a place to put wildflower bouquets when I get it into my head to pick them. Right now I’m using a glass vase that I got from IKEA. … Continue reading
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Light and Loss
In the news earlier this year: actress Michelle Trachtenberg died at just 39 years old. When she was first introduced as Buffy’s younger sister Dawn on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, it was a shock. Buffy hadn’t had a sister before. … Continue reading
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Spring Cleaning
Over the last few months, I’ve been doing some legit spring cleaning, including deep dives into messy drawers and cabinets. In most cases, I knew exactly how much stuff I’d find when I went looking, but there were surprises. For … Continue reading
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Well . . .
My husband upon seeing the Poland Spring truck headed up our neighbor’s driveway: Why does our neighbor get spring water delivered when she literally has an artesian well? My husband, popping his head into my office about 60 seconds later: … Continue reading
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Flowers and Fellow Bird-Watchers
My husband had meant to mow the front yard, which as I mentioned previously has become totally cloverized. Somehow he didn’t get around to it. Now we have a glorious flower-studded lawn, thousands of bright white flowers like stars in … Continue reading
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Call Me Curmudgeonly
Lately I’ve started taking daily walks again and even taking the occasional picture, though now I use my phone rather than my camera. I would like to post the pictures, but I can’t figure out how to get them off … Continue reading
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