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Vacation Dispatches (#2)

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Lori Finding Joy

Two days ago I was still grumbling about the terrible job the plow guy did on the driveway after the recent storms, and today it’s all moot.  The snow is gone, thanks to a couple of unseasonably warm days, true “halcyon … Continue reading →

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Vacation Dispatches (#1)

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Lori Finding Joy

1.  Making progress on The Luminaries.  It is so much more helpful when she sits next to the book and not on the book.  (iPhone pic) 2.  Making gingerbread cookies.  (After two trips to the grocery store because I yet … Continue reading →

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Cat-along #2

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Lori Finding Joy

Solely because it amuses me.  (Pattern here.)

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Various & Sundry

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Lori Finding Joy

Five days off, and the accounting is thus: 1)  I’m still plodding through The Luminaries.  There are moments when I find myself absorbed by the story, but then the story shifts characters and I’m lost again.  I often read books in one … Continue reading →

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Domestic Pursuits

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Lori Finding Joy

Adventures aside, around here it’s mostly been a lot of tucking in and getting ready for the winter ahead.  The past few winters have been quite mild, and I worry this year the Farmer’s Almanac will be right and that we’re in for … Continue reading →

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Plum Island Adventure

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Lori Finding Joy

We had plans to visit Plum Island months ago, but when my gallbladder decided it was time to leave the premises we had to cancel.  We talked about going this summer, but everything we read said not to go in the … Continue reading →

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Identity Crisis

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Lori Finding Joy

I was the kid who always had her nose in a book.  And they were great books, full of heroines like Laura Ingalls Wilder, Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon, and the March’s of Little Women.  There was … Continue reading →

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I Wasn’t Seeing Things

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Lori Finding Joy

This afternoon the VEB was catching up on the Walking Dead, a show I.  Cannot.  Even.  Just…no.   So, I was knitting and looking anywhere but the television screen when I noticed that the top of one of the telephone poles … Continue reading →

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Zimmerman’s Baby Surprise Jacket

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Lori Finding Joy

Elizabeth Zimmerman is sort of the Yoda of knitting – wise in ways us mere mortals cannot comprehend.  In fact, her easy-breezy, it’s-yarn-what’s-the-worst-that-can-happen approach to knitting belies an innate sense of mathematics. Yes, there is a lot of math in … Continue reading →

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Swimming with the Fishes

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Lori Finding Joy

This fall I have developed an awful bout of tendonitis that has stubbornly refused to go away.  Eight weeks of physical therapy helped, but only to a point.  I’m still taking more Aleve than I would like to, and every evening is … Continue reading →

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