Monthly Archives: October 2009

Just Leave It Alone

Posted on 10/28/2009 by chick

On our anniversary a few weeks ago, we went up to Boston for brunch at the Langham Hotel. We stuffed ourselves full of rich (and expensive) food, took a quick walk through Chinatown where we bought some moon cakes, and … Continue reading →

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Dates

Posted on 10/27/2009 by chick

Pitted dates taste good, but geez, it’s a struggle to put the creepy-looking things in my mouth and chew them. They look like dead cockroaches!

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The Adventure of Peeps: Part V

Posted on 10/25/2009 by chick

This is actually last Sunday’s post, so I’m going to add the usual “apologies” tag to this post. Sorry! I’ll try to get another installment out later this week. For the first part of the story, click here. The toad … Continue reading →

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A Couple More

Posted on 10/21/2009 by chick

I hate it when I fall behind on my book reviews. I forget a lot of the details and consequently have little to say. C’est la vie. Here’s what little I have to say on two books I read earlier … Continue reading →

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Feeling Stretched

Posted on 10/19/2009 by chick

I feel all thin, sort of stretched…like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.—Bilbo in The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien I feel like that some days. To use that quote is to compare our son … Continue reading →

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Glass Act

Posted on 10/18/2009 by chick

I love glass. I always have. When it’s worked into interesting shapes, I find it hard to resist. I’m not the only one to feel that way, which is why so many glass items are collectible. Glass insulators have always … Continue reading →

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Round 4

Posted on 10/15/2009 by chick

We went back to the used book store one more time. Here are my new acquisitions. The Stuff of Fiction: Advice on Craft by Douglas Bauer: It starts with a quote from a fairy tale that I just read, and … Continue reading →

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The Adventure of Peeps: Part IV

Posted on 10/14/2009 by chick

OK, so it’s Wednesday and not Sunday. I’m bad. I admit it. But here is the next installment of the story, better late than never. For the first part of the story, click here. “Because there’s a party in the … Continue reading →

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Naughty, Naughty

Posted on 10/14/2009 by chick

I read an ad in the newspaper about a used bookstore that was going out of business. They were selling their books at $5 per bag. How could we resist such a temptation? Naturally, we went and we spent. Then … Continue reading →

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More Marple

Posted on 10/13/2009 by chick

The Mirror Crack’d (a.k.a. The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side) by Agatha Christie Grade: A- The new world was the same as the old. The houses were different, the streets were called Closes, the clothes were different, the voices … Continue reading →

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