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Monthly Archives: June 2008

A Wopat Affair

Friday, June 27, 2008

Last night, I went to see A Catered Affair at the Thomas Kerr Theatre on Broadway. This was a fluke: one of the board members where I work called and said she had spare tickets for that evening, so I was off on the train to the city a few hours later.
Tom Wopat was a [...]

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The Madness of Queen Betty

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Since Colin and I returned from London, we are able to indulge in having animals again. Our first feline acquisition is BETTY (seen here), who is completely bonkers.
Betty is a rescue kitty, who was feral for the first 10 weeks of her life. But that doesn’t explain her madness. Nothing could explain her penchant (obsession, [...]

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Back to the Future!

Friday, June 20, 2008

Or, Rather, Back to the Royal Futura 800

After a long mooning period over the romance of Zach Houston’s poetic life and a deep longing to be cut off from Gmail (though I love it so, it plagues and distracts me!), I jumped into the deep end and made a $26 ebay purchase. It arrived [...]

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WSHU - A “Very Special Fundraiser”

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Interrupting my A.M. snoozing time/Morning Edition listening hour this morning was Kate Remington of WSHU’s classical music morning telling me that she’d gotten to work early this morning for “a very special fundraiser.”
Memorial Day weekend marked our one year anniversary back in the U.S., our return to National Public Radio. I love NPR. I fell [...]

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Brought to You by the Letter ‘D’

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

It’s very early and I’ve been ebaying for a typewriter.
See, I’ve got a notion of escape that– apparently– involves an almost obsolete technology. I’ve got Zach Houston on my mind today, and my escapee friend, the letter D.
As alphabets go, this year has definitely been a Silent E, so far. Very busy indeed, and absolutely [...]

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Reading “Out of a Clear Sky”

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

I am happy to report that I received my copy of Sally Hinchcliffe’s Out of a Clear Sky in the post yesterday. It is currently out of stock on Amazon proper, but you can buy it in the U.S. through Amazon booksellers. It took about a week to arrive.
Sally’s bio in the book is typically [...]

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A Note on Nougat

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Occasionally I ask myself “What are you writing?!?? Pelting squirrels and fuzzy cat buses?!?”
That is usually when I can feel myself “filling in”– you know, writing something that isn’t exactly the truth of what is on my mind.
I guess I “fill-in” on the days when I need to talk, to spill it, but I just [...]

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Where the White Squirrels Are

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

I like to be tormented. Anyone who knows me can tell you that.
Squirrels are my latest rant. We are infested with them in our yard! Apparently that fat squirrel wasn’t just enjoying the pickings of our compost pile… she was out swinging the cat around a couple months ago and now we have 10 squirrels [...]

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Catbuses Need Love Too

Sunday, June 1, 2008

I try not to love the internet as much as I do, but there are so many good reasons.
Here’s another good reason to check it out. Not only can you buy secondhand things on Craigslist, you can buy all sorts of things you never knew you might not be able to live without.

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Monthly Archives: June 2008

A Wopat Affair

The Madness of Queen Betty

Back to the Future!

WSHU - A “Very Special Fundraiser”

Brought to You by the Letter ‘D’

Reading “Out of a Clear Sky”

A Note on Nougat

Where the White Squirrels Are

Catbuses Need Love Too

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