Category Archives: life around us

One Good Thing

Let’s find one good thing every day.
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The return and this and that (and cats of course)

First off, shout out to Katie at the Jewelry Repair Center in Schodack. I took a chance one day and stopped in to see what could be done about my crystal pendant. I’d gotten it in 2006 to commemorate getting … Continue reading

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Day 30 NaPoWriMo 2022

I didn’t get the new plants potted in their big pots but I did go out and sit with them this afternoon. In front of me was the warm yellow of the daffodils still holding court in the front garden. … Continue reading

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Day 28 NaPoWriMo 2022

I went to see a talk that was supposed to happen in April 2020. Then it was rescheduled to September 2020 and then April 2021 and then… Well and here we all were at Proctors in Schenectady and out came … Continue reading

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Day 27 NaPoWriMo 2022

Ooops! Night slipped away and I almost forgot to post! visitors to the front yard garden in the night toppled bird feeder Hoof prints by new plants covered up with chicken wire and some hair trimmings the deer have eaten … Continue reading

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