Monthly Archives: May 2015

This is what you want to see…

…after a rock is in just the wrong place. Not a bad run though, since the very first iPhone ever… Apple Store App, reservation time of my choosing, already backed up. Actually was carrying a roll of packing tape in … Continue reading

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That’s the sort of email…

I like to receive: Dear Mary Beth, Your order has landed on Earth. All of the items from order #2142 have now been shipped: **shipping information** Ladies and Gentlemen, we are floating in Space! <3

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Developing Your Style – a la Astaire

From today’s The Writer’s Almanac, on the birthday of Fred Astaire: [Fred Astaire] said: “The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it’s considered to be your … Continue reading

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Happy Mothers Day

Nothing we can ever do repays what our Mom does for us but that’s ok. We can keep hoping to be as giving. Billy Collins reads his poem, The Lanyard.

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Birds du Jour

Seen at the east-most bridge over the Kinderhook in Brainard tonight. Made me turn around to take a closer look. (Common Merganser, Male in the elegant black and white plumage, and Female with the reddish head and crest)

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