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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you want to talk about the spinach that lodged between your teeth, that’s great. Posts like that are as welcome as menus and recipes. [Read more...]
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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you want to tell us about the first person who taught you to cook, that’s great. Posts like that are as welcome as menus and recipes. [Read more...]
We used to live in a town with a gorgeous library that I’ve used and loved since 1988. When we moved a few miles away to our new house eleven years ago, we discovered with shock and dismay that we’re just over the line in another library’s district. We loved and used our original library so much, we actually paid an annual fee that allowed us to continue using its services.
This year, we learned that all of the libraries in our county have agreed to let patrons use any library they would like for free, as long as items are returned to the location from which they were checked out. To participate and avoid paying that steep annual fee we’d been paying, we simply had to obtain an updated card from the library that receives my taxes.
We secured those new cards and stopped by our favorite library to start the new system. I set out the new card next to my beloved old card that I’ve used for over two decades.
The librarian who waited on us was one of the sweetest ladies on staff with a big smile and bright blue eyes.
I asked, “Can I keep my old card?” [Read more...]
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Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love to try new dishes, your post doesn’t have to be a recipe. If you want to research plantains or papayas, that’s great. Posts like that are as welcome as menus and recipes. [Read more...]
Dad's dream fence
My parents purchased their farm in the mid-1970s from Mr. Hayden, one of those wiry old farmers who was fully dressed at the crack of dawn, hoeing the garden, gathering eggs, scooping grain into the manger for the cows, and checking the fences.
Fences need to be checked regularly to be sure they are intact. Like so many things in life, fencing can be broken, sagging, snapped or otherwise compromised. If you don’t want your animals to escape, you check your fences. [Read more...]
My son was humming a tune when he walked past me. I was seated at the kitchen table, flipping through the entertainment section of the Wall Street Journal.
For fun, I looked up and posed a series of questions to see if I’m tracking with his top interests … something like “This or That.”
“I’ve got a question for you,” I began. “If you could instantly be great at something, would you rather be a great soccer player or a great dancer?” I must have been influenced by the entertainment section. [Read more...]
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My dad phoned on Saturday asking if we could help him with a rental unit. The renter moved out, and Dad needed help cleaning and hauling some trash and tree branches.
But more than anything, Dad needed someone to examine the crawlspace. A year or two ago, Dad actually tried to squeeze under there. [Read more...]
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