Most of us, if we are truthful, fuss and kick, complain and whine at the bother of being summoned for jury duty. It is always an inconvenience at best and never a good time. Who will pick up the kids, attend to granny, complete the paperwork at the office, drive the school bus, or tend to [...]
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Summoned
Posted in etal, tagged Jury duty on Saturday, May 14, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Elevenish
Posted in etal, Family and friends, Gardening on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I could only spend about an hour helping with the annual greening of the Elmhurst library this morning, so, I can’t take any credit for all the beauty that emerged like a butterfly from a cocoon, but, I can show you these lovely beauties that flitted in and landed in the children’s section. It was [...]
Discards
Posted in etal, tagged Discards on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I’m busy cleaning today; moving some furniture and decorative boxes holding importance, making room for the carpets (we still have carpets) to be cleaned tomorrow. A good time to purge. A pile of books, most fun reads but not so good as to warrant keeping forever, odds and ends, papers. You know the drill. Give-away [...]
Honeycrisp
Posted in Adventure, etal, Family and friends, Food, tagged Honeycrisp apples on Monday, September 27, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Several years ago, while leaf-peeping in Vermont, we stopped at a roadside produce market. We had been driving the byways and country lanes of the state, which in October felt like we were dropped into a giant bowl of candy corn. With the rolling hills, picturesque valleys, and abundance of sugar maples in full color, [...]
Jemima Puddle-Duck Goes Banking
Posted in Children's books, etal, tagged coin sorting machines, Jemima Puddle-Duck on Friday, May 14, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I had four errands to run; take my change to the bank, stop at Borders, pick up dishwasher detergent, and get some digital photos developed. It should have only taken an hour. It took three. Kezzie’s pictures were last . While they were printing, I bought the detergent. No big deal. I needed a no [...]
The writing on the wall
Posted in Arts and Crafts, etal on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Pen and ink, gliding along a pure page of white, cool to the touch. I wonder at the pains it took to compose a letter, a diary entry, a book in the not-so-distant past. I think of our founders in Philadelphia, their pens scratching parchment to give us our freedom and then I wonder at [...]
Serendipity, Part 1
Posted in etal, Famous and infamous, Historical on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 | 8 Comments »
When I passed along something I discovered by mistake to my cousin Pam, she said it was serendipitous. Serendipitous is something you discover while looking for something else. It is rather like getting a birthday present when it is not your birthday. I just love these little surprises in life! I have had two serendipitous [...]
