A poetic irony

Dec 20

I have begun saying that in the dictionary next to the entry for “Strong Willed Child” there is a picture of Jack. Check out this post at Lifehacker. Recognize that child? It’s Jack in our backyard. How did they get his picture? I share pictures at a site called stock.xchng. It’s a free “stock” photography site that I have used...

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with Poppaw

Dec 19

with Poppaw

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My mother could beat us all

Dec 18

at this game- check it out. I think Mom types like 20,000 wpm. I tried the Impossible level and only scored 6890.

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Yikes!

Dec 16

Yikes!

It’s a week before Christmas. Mark has very kindly agreed to put together a dollhouse for a friend’s daughter and I’ve agreed to paint it. The picture above shows the dollhouse as it looked this morning… what do you think the chances are that it will be assembled and painted by Christmas?? I’m thinking that she’s going to have...

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Stinkin’ good fudge – memories of remote times and places

Dec 14

Have you ever made the fudge recipe on the back of the Jet Puffed Marshmallow Creme? We just made some tonight, and I forgot how good it is. I can take a bite, close my eyes and rewind to 1981… My grandmother (Dad’s mother) made this fudge every year at Christmas and it was always in the same box on the same shelf in the same room. It’s amazing how...

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