Smoke gets in your eyes … but exhaust fumes get up your nose.
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Too much – and just right
On Jan 12 I had a lot of things happening.
Continue reading “Too much – and just right”Even More Thankful
I was downstairs, on the phone with S, pedaling my overdue miles, when I heard an unholy sound. A high-pitched alarm sound.
Continue reading “Even More Thankful”Fall chores
Come a day that’s not wet, not too terribly cold, and not windy, it’s time to pull out the rake and gather up the leaves.
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The window in the spare room had cracked.
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The final day is a mix of packing – how did I get everything here with me in the first place? – and the final activities.
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Empty the shed.
Continue reading “Projects”The heat of summer
Maryland in the summer is steamy. So much so that the other day my mother was expressing thankfulness about how low the humidity was, and the standard she was using seemed to be “well we aren’t dripping wet immediately upon exiting the house.”
Continue reading “The heat of summer”Before and after
When I moved in, I knew I had the red tree out front, but right along the property line were two other trees I wasn’t so sure about.
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For a Saturday, I was ridiculously productive.
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