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Monthly Archives: September 2025
small boy, tired
If you are about a year and a half old, you may have what appears to someone of my age as boundless, infinite energy. Combine that with a winning smile, a love of running around the house, and a stubborn … Continue reading
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two small boys
have so much energy. much more so than grandparents in their mid-seventies. So, it is yet another day I didn’t get to join the knitting group over at Avenue Yarns (and Thursday I will be on the NCL Joy so … Continue reading
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Finishing Friday
Otherwise know as Nine in one blow. Not flies or other destructive activities but actual final finishing of cross stitch that has been on hangers in the upstairs sitting room closet for a long time (a couple of them were … Continue reading
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No preschool
I must have been out of my mind when I said I would watch out for both grandsons. For more than six hours. At their bhouse. Both because, obviously, the Jewish Community Center’s preschool program is closed on Rosh Hashanah. … Continue reading
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Earthquake
for those who read this by email rather than here on the blog – yes, we had an earthquake at some obscene time in the middle of the night. The epicenter was less than 3 miles from us. The original … Continue reading
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Untied
For those of you old enough, remember the old airlines? The ones that have gone bankrupt, been subsumed or otherwise combined/purchased/lost their original identities? We also had “pet names” for them. the ones I remember included TWA=Tiny Weeny Airlines, Allegheny … Continue reading
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Walking down memory lane
Without a cat trying to wake me up at 0dark30, I was actually able to sleep in to a more reasonable time of day. Like, oh, let us say 0730. Avoiding Starbucks, which I can find just about anywhere in … Continue reading
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50 years
The reunion activities started this morning with a more than reasonable 0830 offering of continental breakfast and speakers. The distance from the hotel? About 100 meters or less. Obviously it was an easy walk and didn’t even involve any busy … Continue reading
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Back to the Twin Cities
After looking out the window this morning, I decided that a drive in the rain and dark wasn’t all that smart and waited till almost 0700 before hitting the road back to the Twin CIties. The route was easy most … Continue reading
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A day at Welcome Stitchery
Blue Eart – It is a lovely town, South and a bit west of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St Paul for everyone who didn’t grow up in the Upper Mid-West, US). After having a lovely chat with the night staffer at … Continue reading
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Blue Earth
Is not strangely colored dirt. It is a town in southern Minnesota, about 200 km SW of the Twin Cities. Now, to start at the beginning. Said beginning was before 0430. George was kind enough to drop me off at … Continue reading
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I should be packing
But instead, it seems like I have found a lot of other things to do. Four loads of laundry. Getting coffee. Hunting down cat food (locally owned place out, had to make a trip over to Pet Food Express). and … Continue reading
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PNWS
stands for Pacific Northwest Stitch Summit. Hybrid – both in person and Zoom. What surprised me is that it wasn’t completely sold out. Neither in person nor with the zoom option. I don’t know if it was the designers or … Continue reading
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Not accurate
All of this occurred before midnight – so that is where it is being filed. For my entertainment – I am participating in a three day cross-stitch retreat. Acorns & Threads started offering the retreats on Zoom during the pandemic. They … Continue reading
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Agree to Disagree
As someone once said – you don’t serve in the military for your health or good looks. For some, it might just be a job. For others, a way out of a rural area, inner city, poverty. For me, initially … Continue reading
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Half-Mast
Apparently the current US government seems to believe that the death of a right wing activist is more important than remember the 3k who died on this date in 2001. Or the hundreds of first responders, residents, and clean up … Continue reading
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Dentisry
I don’t know anyone who enjoys going to the dentist. Which makes sense in that I have no known masochists among family or friends. Needles, drills, cleaning tools – none of them hit anywhere on my list of “must have … Continue reading
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It is hard
to dump a purring cat off the lap. He is obviously either 1) happy to be here or 2) thinking if he keeps it up, I will do something that he wants. Right now I am leaning toward the second … Continue reading
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Managing a win
The Valkyries pulled off another win tonight and clinched their post season berth. The upside is that they will get at least two more games (first round is best 2/3). The downside is that Chase Auditorium has been booked for … Continue reading
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Early again
As I have mentioned before, having an appointment at the SFVA gives me several travel options: 1) I can park @ BART – (and pay for parking), then take BART followed by either the free shuttle if my timing is … Continue reading
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