Category: Summer
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Celebrating Birthdays
It was a great day for celebrating birthdays with 2/3 of my beautiful sisters-in-law and Mom. Today was Heidi’s b-day and Mom’s is on Saturday. We had perfect weather as we lunched on the patio by the fountain at Tin Pan Galley in Sackett’s Harbor. Can you believe the size of my Portobello salad sandwich?
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Hat Hack
What to do when you hurry to meet your wife at the beach then get there only to realize you have no protection for your nearly-hairless head. But you do have some cardboard in your car …
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Rhubarb Butter
I looooove rhubarb. I love it so much that I still have carefully portioned-out potential pies of chopped rhubarb from last year in my freezer since it was too special to actually use. And I’m feeling pretty silly about that as I look at this year’s first harvest. What should I do with this all? Who…
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My Friend Laurie
It was never her gentle voice wafting in the breeze that let me know my friend was around. Instead, it was her often-cantankerous bellow, reminding someone in her care of what they ought to be doing, that drew me out of the cabin for a yak. You had to get up close to notice that…
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Treasure in the Southern end of Appalachia
All we wanted to do was sit and relax and see their world at the other end of Appalachia… To our great delight, this is exactly what happened.
