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Vintage Shopping with the Husband
I asked my husband to drive me to the nearby vintage/antique shop. I usually go to vintage/antique/junk shops by myself, but my semi-invalid status means I have to sometimes ask my husband to drive. There is only one big problem… Read More ›
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Friday Fun Flick, Cookie Cutters
I found these “BEFORE” and “AFTER” vintage cookie cutters in Antrim NH. While alone they are fine, together they remind me of an ad for a diet supplement. I’m trying to figure out some way to display them together!… Read More ›
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Randi and flying pig doll, and no one understands cats
Originally posted on Yankee Skeptic:
I apologize again to my readers for neglecting my blog you so generously support. I am still adjusting to the increases in the chemotherapy, and counting all my hairs as they fall out. A lot… -
A River Runs Through It, Wyoming Style
I was in Casper, Wyoming for a few days last week, to attend an annual conference on using CO2 in enhancing oil recovery (EOR), and ended up with a few hours to kill before my flight home. My colleague Eric… Read More ›
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From the Dreamliner: Friday Fun
I had a short business trip to Wyoming this week, connecting back through Denver. Just so happens that the Dreamliner, the new Boeing 787, comes from Tokyo to Denver, then continues on to Houston, and that was the flight that… Read More ›
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Antrim Yarn Shop…The Wool Room
I have been enjoying spending much of my summer in Antrim, NH. Antrim at one point was known for making apple coring machines. Now it is known for ice cream, good pizza and the Wool Room. The Wool Room… Read More ›
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How to Mortify Your Dog
Around here, we are big fans of the site Dogshaming. If you are one of the six people on the Internet who doesn’t know about Dog Shaming, it’s a place where owners submit photos of their pets who are being… Read More ›
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Sometimes, Work Comes First
When we started our blog over two years ago, our goal was to post around four times a week, with occasional posts of fun or unusual photos, or reblogging things we read elsewhere and thought worth promoting. We also ask… Read More ›
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The tide is IN, for summer
I really love the seasonal restaurants in New England that serve a good lobster roll. It’s lobster, put on a New England style hot dog roll. The less mayonnaise or anything else added, the better the lobster roll. You basically… Read More ›
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