best friend

How to get a spider out of the laundry tub.

May 11, 2009

Whoa … don’t leave just yet. Some of you fear spiders; some of you tolerate spiders; some of you live with spiders. This post is for all of you. One of the frequent guests in my laundry room is a nice crisp very active spider. After doing a little research I do believe he is [...]

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The week of the beast

April 10, 2009

  The Beast by Theodore Roethke I came to a great door, Its lintel overhung With burr, bramble, and thorn; And when it swung, I saw A meadow, lush and green.  And there a great beast played, A sportive, aimless one, A shred of bone its horn, And colloped round with fern. It looked at [...]

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Best friend and sad news

March 6, 2009

Today is my best friend’s birthday. Yesterday her dog died. Beth and I do not share bad news by email.  Sometimes it takes hours or days to share it by phone … just because we are too sad and crying our eyes out that we probably can’t talk without blubbering. Her dog died yesterday morning [...]

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Pears, bananas and cabbage

March 5, 2009

For ten days (while my husband travels) I have been eating lots of pears, peppers, bananas, cabbage, peanut butter and jam sandwiches and everything I could think of made from the food my dad picked up on Marc’s “used shelf” (I believe the term is manager’s specials). What did I make?

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