Sunset over the Great Meadow hoo hoo hoooo hoo hoo The persistent, rhythmic noise intercepted my dreams poking me gently awake.  It was an hour or two before dawn.  I lay with my eyes closed, half asleep.     hoo hoo hoooo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoooo hoo hoo and again… ...

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Part of the reason I like to sew is that I am very interested in the construction of clothing, the fit and the look or, what is often my case, the lack thereof.  I've had some clothing malfunctions as of late, not the Janet Jackson type, but more of the mis-buttoning kind.   ...

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I really tried so hard.   I had one goal that Saturday morning and it wasn’t sleeping in.  The house had suffered too long from the beautiful summer weather, I didn’t care how nice it was outside I was going to stay inside and get the house picked up.  Except that it really...

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I leaned over to pat his knee, neither of us spoke, I couldn’t even look at him as I drove, I knew I had to keep it together because I wondered if he could, I wondered if I could.  Even then I was nudging him to the next level.  “Be brave, give all...

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Rana Clamitans Melanota enjoying his new place That small project spawned a little diy goldfish pond project which then spawned a larger and more back-breaking diy patio and water-fall project.  Looking back on that rock-moving and dirt-dumping  that we did it seemed like and endless task but in the end those projects added...

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Sometimes the “business “of life can get you stuck in the spin-cycle.  You become so busy that you don’t notice what is going on right in front of you.  On the treadmill of two jobs, one as a producer for a multi-media company and another sewing production for a dog clothing company, throw...

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Now, I am not criticizing, I actually think the line is pretty cool and well thought out.  When I first saw it I thought “WOW”!  But that feeling quickly deflated as I watched the well dressed men riding their bikes through the city, my eyes searching the video for a girl on bike. ...

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        Sometimes things seem odd when they really aren't at all Torpid fish  © DFries The cold sealed the fish pond, first with ice, then with snow, making it impossible to check on the torpid goldfish below.  I wondered if I should heat up some water in the kettle to melt...

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Late winter can be a mad, mad time in New England. The calendar tells you spring is almost here, and with the anticipated arrival of daylight savings time lengthening the day, it awakens the memories of blissful warm temperatures, the cheerful return of crocus and tulips, peepers sing their tunes and birds are...

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