Past-a perfect. . .

A few months ago, when Hostess was having problems with her attempts at homemade pasta, I commented that my husband, who’s been making it for decades, claimed it simple to make although I’ve never tried…

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It’s Over . . .and It’s Started!

 It’s all cleared away, although there’s a container of mincemeat in the fridge, several more of turkey soup in the freezer, to remind us that Christmas was here. While I was putting together course outlines…

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A Sunny Visitor

 Wow! Visible Monday was so much fun, and I had many new and welcome visitors. But we don’t only dress up and show you what we wore around here. Nor is this enterprise only a…

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Sunday night thoughts . . .

At noon today, we walked our house guests from Paris to our little island ferry and waved good-bye. We couldn’t offer them famous cafés, wonderful public art, or macarons, but they seemed to enjoy sitting…

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Countdown to Sunday — Weddings and Marriages

 If we were hosting Megan and Rob’s wedding here this weekend (as we did with our eldest daughter’s a few years back), we’d be spending the day on the phone trying to arrange tents or…

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