Monthly Archives: November 2009

Still in Alabama

I’m still in Alabama…sitting at a coffee shop in Auburn checking email.  I’ll be back home for one night and then I’m going to Washington DC  for a few days to meet with Transportation Secretary LaHood!  I’m excited to get … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving

Katie and I want to wish all of you a Very Happy Thanksgiving! We have much to be thankful for and your friendship is high on our list, right behind family and health!  We hope each of you has a … Continue reading

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Thanks Ludo!

Gee Ludo, while your Mum is away you have been very busy!  Katie got a package in the mail from you, and she was very excited!  She begged me to open it, but I told her she had to wait … Continue reading

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PS: a little bit of this and a little bit of that

For those of you interested, here is a link to an Ann Arbor review of the concert I went to.  If you scroll down to the bottom you can see Dr. Nel play the piece he played for the encore.  … Continue reading

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Baking with the past

Last night I made cookies.  A new recipe, something I noticed in a magazine the last time I was at the library, all ginger and dark chocolate.  Before I began  blending the butter and dark brown sugar I automatically reached … Continue reading

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Invasion of the fog

Seems fog is the theme from across the country this week!  We woke up to it today as well.  And it’s not burning away with the rise of the sun, though the weather people said it would be gone by … Continue reading

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New Park

It was a beautiful day today, warm and a bit sunny.  So Katie and I went to the park; a new park today, as our favorite one is filled with hunters.  Katie got lots of sniffing in, and we met … Continue reading

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Things learned

The things you learn when you drop a 9×13 Pyrex baking pan on a tile floor. 1.  That you can move really really fast while scooping up Sheltie dog to get her away from the shattered glass. 2.  That the … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday

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Just taking a walk

Yesterday I decided I had missed enough beautiful days doing nothing much in particular, so I decided to go for a walk.  Alone.  Of course it was no longer a beautiful warm sunny day; it was cold and the sky … Continue reading

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