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Figs, canning, heat, nesting insincts, etc

I know it’s hard to believe all these things are related but trust me, at least they aren’t completely unrelated. We’ve got a fig tree in the back yard. This is its third summer bearing fruit, and what a haul … Continue reading

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Feminism: Take Dooce

I’m not sure if that can qualify as a pun but anyway… I don’t watch morning or daytime television, not because I think it’s wrong or I don’t have time because I’m too busy working, but really just because there’s … Continue reading

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Toddlers, closets, and syllables, oh my!

It’s still amazing how much a child can change in a few days. I was away from the house for 3 days and 2 nights this week, and in that time, Elizabeth has developed a keen interest in doors, shutting … Continue reading

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Wow!

Elizabeth rates my first attempt at making Turkish coffee a definite, “Bowwww!” These Czeviks or Ibriks lack some of the things I’m accustomed to in making coffee, such as standard sizings or even marks to indicate sizing. I used about … Continue reading

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A Perfect Day?

I left Andrea outside holding two bicycles, one of them attached to a trailer containing Elizabeth, who’d been chattering away in there for the hour as we rode our way downtown along the Augusta Canal Tow Path. We’d parked our … Continue reading

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