Author Archives: Mary Beth Frezon

One Good Thing

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

Let’s find one good thing every day.
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One Last Test, I Mean, Cat!

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

This is not a test. This is an actual photo of an actual cat and will be my last WordPress test of the night.

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Adorable Cats

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

This maybe a test of a WordPress plug-in, or it may be the most adorable #CatsOfMastodon post you’ve seen in awhile. My cats were more than willing to stay in bed this morning and they were just adorable.
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Field trip

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

Mom and I set off to Gloversville Sewing Center so my trusty machine could get looked at. I am hopeful that it will be a belt or something easily fixed but I’ve had this machine since January 1994 and rode it hard. I did dutifully clean and oil it during all those years but I get it being tired and cranky now. Will wait and see what the report is.

And of course since we were there, we had to look at all the fabric. She found some fun stuff. I found a couple things which may get used for like a vest lining or something: Continue reading →

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Do You Hobby?

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

Had a doctor appointment today and the paper-paperwork was mostly a repeat of the fill-this-out-every-time-you-have-an-appointment-digital history except it asked about work history AND

“Do you have any hobbies?”

Now, this was looking for potentially health-threatening exposures, I get it, but I am rather put off by lumping my painting/printing/etc into something called “hobbies”, so I put it down under work stuff – Artist (painting/printing/fiber). Then the doc and I had a chat about that – what kind, no solvents, etc, etc.

It does have me wondering though, “do you have any hobbies?”
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