I didn’t get to do much today except work and index stamp mounts. Oh, wait, I noticed (from an ad on Crazy Aunt Purl) that the new Prime Suspect was on yesterday. We looked around the TV listings for our local PBS stations and found that it was being repeated tonight, so I watched the …
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Rosenfeld’s
Since Arlene was still in Maine, I figured I wasn’t going to make coffee and eat breakfast at home before driving back there. Since Millie and Joel were also up there, I figured that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to bring a half-dozen bagels back with me. A stop at Rosenfeld’s would get me …
Firewood
Joel is up in Casco this weekend with Millie and their grandson Mason (who’s dragging around with a cold, but that’s another story). Joel encouraged me to get out my chainsaw and start using it, while he’s here to coach. Yes! I’ve been meaning to cut up some wood, but haven’t really worked up my …
Well repair
I took Friday off and we went up to Casco on Thursday evening. Partly it was because I had vacation days I had to use up in this year, and partly so we could be there to have our oil burner serviced. When the water failed last weekend, we figured that it was good that …
Misc.
I don’t know where I found Tales of the Cupcake Mafia, but it is fun to read. I think it was two degrees of separation from a knitblog. It’s about midnight:30 and I missed getting in a post on the 9th. Darn. I’m counting this, but strictly speaking it’s a different day. The Gray rest …
Library Art Show
Tonight was the reception for Arlene’s friend Lynda’s show at the Newton library. Arlene had gone over there a week or ten days ago to help hang the show. I heard a lot about the show, how the space is for hanging art, and so on. Lynda is the person who told Arlene about the …
A Nation Gradually Comes Back to its Senses
It’s too early to be sure, but it looks that way. We’ll count that as posting something today, and go back to paying attention to the election returns. It’s looking as though the referendum to allow wine sales in supermarket chains has been defeated here in Massachusetts. It looks as though my college classmate has …
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Limoncello
I didn’t know about limoncello until just under a year ago. If you don’t, either, it’s an Italian lemon liqueur. Anne and Matt acquired (the contents of) their friend Marcy’s liquor cabinet when Marcy moved, just about the time we got the house in Casco, and moved most of it up there. The best thing …
Waterless
Sometime in the late morning today Nicole called “There’s no water!” That would be a problem in any case, but it was worse at that point because Emma was halfway through a bath, ready to be rinsed. So we had a soapy little girl, and no water. I checked some circuit breakers, and reset the …
The sewing machine works
We finally put together a project we’ve been meaning to do in Casco — a shade for the skylight in the upstairs bedroom. Charley likes rooms very dark. He’s been tacking a piece of cloth over the skylight over the bed when he sleeps there. Since he and Nicole and Emma are here this weekend, …