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Sonia’s Been to the Auction
Auctions, Country Life, Addiction 20190828 00103a 3 minutes Sonia’s been to the auction! What treasures has she brought home? She didn’t know, when she signed the rental agreement She’d have to pass it every day on the way home. That’s not fair to an addict! And the sign is outside on auction days. “Public Auction Tonight.” Who knows what treasures lie behind those doors? What amazing items will be bought for next to nothing? The preview only whets the appetite. A good rule is “only buy it if you would pay full price.” Never, ever buy [...]
Homesteading: Mountainside and Apartment : The Annual Fall Safari
Homesteading: Country life, preserving, reality, hurricanes, dogs, NYS, DIY, farming, veggies, 01908 00103b 13 minutes: Homesteading ! A much longer piece cut into 8 sections. The year of Hurricane Irene my Fall schedule was completely up-ended. For the last twenty years I have gone upstate in late Fall to get my veggies for the winter. Usually I go between Hallowe’en and Thanksgiving, when the farm closes for the season. By then the weather is cooler, so I can leave them outside in big animal-proof bins without worrying about their getting too hot, and therefore sweating and going mouldy. Usually I [...]
Wood Smoke
Poetry, Memories, Woodsmoke 20190828 00103c Under 1 minute Driving thru cold darkness Black cloud overtakes starry sky. Smell of wood smoke. Memories of childhood overwhelm. Evenings round wood fire Comfortable, secure. Parents still young, alive. Life evolves. Children, now parents, Struggle to provide family memories In a tumultuous world.
Summer Flowers With many apologies
20190826 00102g 20 seconds Seasons, Summer, flowers My heart leaps up when I behold Wild flowers beside the road: Purple, blue, and white and gold, To warm our hearts before the cold Encases all in stranglehold. But when the sharpened blades appear To guillotine the flowers fair. Oh, then I cry.
My Brain Was Wired Funny
20190826 00102f 5 minutes Musings, Life Life is like Rummy. Different people have different strategies: the careful, neat player will do well with basic Rummy. They will pick up only a strictly useful card; one that actually makes a three- or four-card set. When playing against another neatnik it will be a real contest. When against me they will usually win, hands down. However, if we are playing the other version of Rummy, I play it like life: if there is a card deep back in the pack that can make a set with something in my hand, I have [...]