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Everything starts in Sydney

Published on February 17, 2009

Sydney is where the day begins. Sydney is where the first big televised New Year’s celebrations are shown. They celebrate before the rest of us – actually, 12 hours before we do here on the US east coast. They are first, and can stick their tongue out at the rest of us tagging along behind.   […]


Some pictures

Published on February 8, 2009

Here’s how to keep a poodle quiet and happy while you’re turning a heel on a sock.  On those first few rows where you have to count and get it started properly, and don’t want to be interrupted or annoyed. I don’t think there’s a dog born that doesn’t like peanut butter, and that’s a […]


Some days are just so good!

Published on February 1, 2009

Got up on Saturday morning undecided about the day. Sure, I had chores – and plenty of them. We could name the dust bunnies living here. Laundry pile has more acreage than some foreign countries. And if I don’t get to that spill in the refridgerator….. So I went back to the stash and started rooting through, and the […]