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Guess who came to dinner?

Published on October 8, 2006

So I’m sitting peacefully at work, working hard at my knitting and repeatedly saying, “I’ll connect you with the Public Information recording” about 5,000 times, when I get a message from Brian telling me that he’ll be down for dinner shortly after 6.  Well, that’s great news, wonderful news, but I’m wondering —  Who’s home cooking […]


Dealing with crowds

Published on October 7, 2006

NASCAR Race Weekend was two weeks ago in our fair city, and I thought we were done with dealing with crowds for a while.  But I was wrong – again.  Forgot about the Air Show at the Base.  This is expected to draw 100,000 visitors over the 2-day affair – into a town that’s so […]


And we celebrate October how????

Published on October 3, 2006

My daughter informs me that, because it is October, I must knit socks.  Why???  Because it’s October.  Because it’s gonna get much colder soon?   No, because it’s October.  You want socks?  No, I’ll knit my own damn socks!   Are we sending them off somewhere?  Donating them to some cause? No. Then why do I have to knit […]