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Show-off post

Published on August 16, 2007

Yesterday’s post was all pictures of the grandsons (again).  But there was another reason to go to Chesapeake city, other than to take the boys to see the boats.  Vulcan’s Rest Fibers had called and let me know that my ordered books were in. I already had the Book of Dyeing, and was able to […]


Trip to Chesapeake City

Published on August 15, 2007

Well, I promised the fellows I would show them a boat, and then, this morning, I got a call from Vulcan’s Rest in Chesapeake City, Md.  I had ordered 2 books last week, and they had arrived.  Now, I wasn’t planning on going up there until Saturday, but then, I  remembered promising the boys, and […]


I despise people who terrify children

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Guess this is yet another of my strongly felt “pet peeves.”  Folks who try to force a child into liking something by repeatedly subjecting them to it, whatever it is.  It might be asparagus (Sorry, ma, up there in Heaven, I still hate the damn stringy, slimy, nasty-tasting things and it doesn’t matter how many […]