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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 12

As I got down my dinner plate
As I grabbed a jar of gherkins
I realized that my kitchen had
an overwhelming memory… Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 26

Never a postmark • your words come to me again • unsullied Continue reading

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Visiting Minions

The cats have stayed with Mom before but not for quite a while. This time the adjustment was pretty easy because I stayed too, at least that’s the theory. And they’ve made themselves right at home. This evening Ginny was sitting in the front picture window looking primly at the next door dog Betsy, who was barking her doggie head off. Just proof: Cats rule, dogs drool. Continue reading

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State of the Cat

I’m calling this “Study in Tans” which is pretty ritzy for a picture of Ginny snoozing on the couch. Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo – Day 9

So very rainy and later windy today. Did some “productive things” like changed the sheets and did some wash, did the dishes I left over yesterday, fed the happy if chilly sourdough starter. Figured out a way to keep it … Continue reading

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