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"I never win anything." I can't say that anymore. One of my favorite authors, Darynda Jones, has a new book coming out October 2. "Death and the Girl Next Door" is the beginning of her new YA series. I am on Goodreads and they were having a contest to win a pre-release dtb (dead-tree book)... Continue Reading →
I believe I have mentioned a number of times to all my friends that I hate to garden. I don't like dirt under my fingernails and I don't like it on my hands. One episode of 'Monk' has him in the woods, saying "I have nature on my hand." My feelings exactly. A friend of... Continue Reading →
They do not mix! As a general rule, there is way too much sun in cemeteries on nice days. When it gets brutally hot, like today, don't even attempt them. All the things you think of for beating the heat are either not available or downright banned. I went looking in Union several days ago.... Continue Reading →
Last week a friend and I went to Gettysburg to tour the battlefield. It was bloody hot -- around 92* F -- and very humid. So it was very like the weather on the 3 days of battle. In fact, it was warmer than the day of Pickett's Charge. I had the advantage of not... Continue Reading →
I have been in a sock frenzy for a long time. Socks are an easy project to throw in my bag and carry with me. No one gets particularly upset if I'm knitting socks at a meeting. Since I don't have to look at what I'm knitting, people don't get annoyed thinking I'm ignoring them.... Continue Reading →
Dear Dan, HomeGoods opened here yesterday. There are frogs for every single room in the house and for the yard. I haven't seen so many frogs in one place since I visited your home in Kansas City! There was a plaster frog about the same size as your late, lamented King Vip. I remember when... Continue Reading →
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