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Weekend Woe

Posted on 01/23/2014 by chick

Last weekend was the weekend from Hell. Friday night around 11:00, I began experiencing stomach and back pain. Then came the vomiting. All night long, I retched periodically and was wretched constantly. There was no way to position my body … Continue reading →

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New Year, New Computer

Posted on 01/04/2014 by chick

Part of the reason I did so little posting in December is that I was having computer trouble. My poor, old computer had almost run out of memory. My hard drive was full, and I kept getting warnings from the … Continue reading →

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As My Whimsy Took Me

Posted on 12/29/2013 by chick

I never know where my reading whimsy will take me. Earlier this year it took me to the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries by Dorothy L. Sayers. I give the character of Lord Peter Wimsey an A+, but I give the … Continue reading →

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A Walk and a Word

Posted on 12/16/2013 by chick

I had my annual physical on Friday. My doctor asked me if I got a lot of exercise, and I said that I did at this time of year. I told her that if there’s snow in the air or … Continue reading →

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The Terrible Finger Incident

Posted on 11/30/2013 by chick

Dear Livia, I should tell you about the terrible finger incident that happened earlier this year. It was a Friday afternoon in June. We were getting ready for Marshall’s fourth birthday party when we heard you scream. We went to … Continue reading →

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November Skies

Posted on 11/12/2013 by chick
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The Woods in Late Summer: Part II

Posted on 10/11/2013 by chick

Signs of fall weren’t the only things I found on my late-summer walks. I also found Indian pipe growing in several spots. I think of it as being relatively rare, so it was a pleasant surprise to find so much … Continue reading →

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The Woods in Late Summer: Part I

Posted on 10/10/2013 by chick

I usually don’t go out in the woods during the summer, because it’s unpleasantly hot and I worry about ticks. I went up to the woods three times in the late summer this year, and almost regretted it. As expected, … Continue reading →

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SITY: Mystery Eggs

Posted on 10/08/2013 by chick

My husband discovered one September day that the flower stalks of the astilbe that he had recently bought were covered with some sort of eggs. The eggs had just started to hatch, in fact. From a distance they just looked … Continue reading →

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Read What You Like

Posted on 10/07/2013 by chick

According to this book post at The Guardian, many people claim to have read books that they haven’t. Here is the list of books that people most often pretend to have read. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell War and Peace … Continue reading →

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