Better, not Older, right? Birthday with Flowers and Grandkids and Breakfast Cake, Not Bad at All!

You may have garnered, from my Instagram feed (widget to the right) that my age is a bigger number today than it was on Monday. My birthday, yesterday, was a lovely day, very busy but…

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The Moving Project Continues: Aftermath of a Yard Sale!

So, first of all, I hope you’ve had a chance to check out Dottoressa’s guest post on Croatian cuisine. This is the first post in a series, I’m glad to say, and I hope you…

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Culinary Croatia Calls, via Guest Blogger Dottoressa — And What a Delicious Call It is!

Most of my readers will already know Dottoressa from her regular generous and thoughtful comments, and you will also have had the chance to read her recent Guest Post here where she tells us about…

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Word-less Wednesday in the May Garden. . .

 The disarray inside has convinced me to take you with me on a little tour of the garden. . . It’s tough to spare much time for blogging — besides packing the good stuff and…

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One Monday Closer to Moving Day and I’m…

Doing: riding the ferry back to the island. Reading: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Dancing in the Dark Planning: To winnow more goods into our garage sale/giveaway pile. Chaff/wheat!. Then to wrap the rest of the wheat very…

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