Monthly Archives: June 2021

Slept till noon

Or a bit later. Or earlier. I am rather foggy on the details. It was mid-day when I surfaced enough to contemplate getting out of bed. Since there were packages which had arrived during my week absence – there was … Continue reading

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Where do I even start

to adequate recount this day of insanity? Do I start with the train station in Cincinnati?   with a closer look ( click on it for a better view) (but actually the construction started in 1927 according to Wiki – … Continue reading

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Not on time

Well, after a lovely day spent stitching and chatting with new friends, I caught a Lyft to the Cincinnati Train station shortly after the stitching room closed at 2200.  Arriving to find that the station now has limited opening hours. … Continue reading

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Unbelievable

or is that not believeable? Or simply, no freaking way? I hadn’t realized how much of a SF/Seattle girl I had become. I start most days with a latté from Peet’s. Or Starbuck as a fall back. My neighborhood also … Continue reading

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Just Stitching

Other than a quick foray into the “local” needlework shop, I mostly spent the day stitching. After all, that is why I came on this weekend anyway. I finished Garden Dreaming – designed by Barbara Ana. Stitched on 18ct Sunshine … Continue reading

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Cicadas

They are noisy, they are ugly, they fly in your face. They are everywhere. (Wiki Article). It is Anywimpossible to avoid articles in the US news. Cheap reporting as I am told as there are science types, amateurs, and everyone … Continue reading

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No boats involved

Back in the day (and by this I mean the mid-late 90s) I wrote a rather long description of a trip from the Balkans back to Würzburg entitled “But we didn’t take a boat.” That particular journey involved military vehicles, … Continue reading

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It is hard to be enthused

writing every day when it seems that we are enmeshed in Ground Hog’s Day. Yes, I know that I have frequently, often, etc. as well as loudly made this complaint before – but it is still holding. When I first … Continue reading

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